Notes From Underground
Notes From Underground features the latest underground metal bands!
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Album Review: WITCH CASKET – Hatred Index
While one certainly cannot complain about the popularity and sheer enormity of the Metal scene these days compared to the…
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Album Review: IHSAHN – Ámr
The mid-1990s were an important time for me personally, musically, and also for the Metal community in general. I was…
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Album Review: YASHIRA – Shrine
Listening to this, the first full-length by Yashira from Jacksonville, FL, I feel as if transported back to 2002. While…
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Album Review: ABOVE AURORA – Path to Ruin
In Extreme Metal, despite being the forefront of creativity perhaps in any genre of music, things can often become too…
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Album Review: VARMIA – W Ciele Nie
This year seems quite different from last year. In 2017, the scene became so populated with new albums that for…
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Album Review: GRIFT – Vilsna Andars Boning
Fans of Sweden’s Atmospheric Black Metal band, Grift, should be accustomed to Erik Gärdefors’s habit of releasing EPs. Vilsna Andars…
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Album Review: MESSA – Feast for Water
Messa’s new album Feast for Water begins much like it looks. Taking the cover imagery as a starting point —…
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Album Review: AUGURY – Illusive Golden Age
It’s been nine years since the last release from Canadian progressive/technical death masters Augury. Fortunately, this dormancy has been but…
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Album Review: ON THORNS I LAY – Aegean Sorrow
Greek goth purveyors On Thorns I Lay are accomplished veterans, having contributed much to the goth aesthetic of earlier years.…
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Album Review: SCUMPULSE – Rotten
Right out of the gate, Scumpulse reveal themselves with zero pretense whatsoever. Blackened crust is the game, and Scumpulse have…
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Album Review: INSECT ARK – Marrow Hymns
“It’s so fucking cool,” I remarked casually while recommending Insect Ark’s upcoming record Marrow Hymns to a friend. As I…
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Album Review: FALLING THROUGH APRIL – Zodiac
FALLING THROUGH APRIL hails from Charlotte, NC. The 4 founders found each other while playing in different bands that were…
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Album Review: FROST GIANT – The Harlot Star
The year is just beginning, and already I’m convinced that we’ve been given one of the most genuinely joyful thrill…
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Album Review: KOHTI TUHOA – Pelon Neljäs Valtakunta
“Thank you, sir, may I have another!” This is how I feel when gripped in the furious talons of Finland’s…
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Album Review: THRONE OF HERESY – Decameron
I was in a bookstore the other day with my wife. The English-language section, as is typical in bookstores located…
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Album Review: Psykup – Ctrl + Alt + Fuck
Psykup may prove an intriguing band in the slightest. Whether their intention is to amuse or challenge is one thing.…
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Album Review: Lo! – Vestigial
“Pink goopy bald guy.” If you’ve seen even a second of Lo!’s instantly iconic music video for their 2015 track…
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Album Review: NECK OF THE WOODS – The Passenger
Bands who prioritize diversity in their musical palette will by design create polarizing music. Vancouver metal quintet Neck of the…
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Album Review: OCCASVS – Nocturnal Majestic Mysteria
You will be surprised by Occasvs. From the album’s opening notes through its winding, relentless journey, you will be surprised…
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Album Review: HUMAN AFTER ALL – Don’t Worry, It Only Gets Worse
Identity Crisis, The Illusion of Safety and The Artist in the Ambulance. Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses and The Curse.…