Season of Mist

Esoteric – A Pyrrhic Existence Review

By Ferrous Beuller on November 23, 2019 in 2019, British Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Death Metal, 34 comments

“Funeral doom must be the most impenetrable iteration of extreme metal. The genre’s painfully protracted process either engrosses or evades the listener entirely with its inevitable crawl and morose mass. Cherd of Doom and I are blood-bound for the cause where as “metalheads” like Holdeneye
harbor a taste to offend the soul. This lack of middle ground has been exploited to great effect by many bands over the years, but the fittingly named Esoteric take the proverbial cake. The Brits’ particular brand of doom is about as challenging as it gets and wields an entire weather system of psychedelic textures and thunderous passages.” A study in large-scale doomery.

Bask – III Review

By Kenstrosity on November 8, 2019 in American Metal, American Rock, Folk, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Reviews, Season of Mist, Stoner Rock, Folk, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Rock, 14 comments

“Asheville, North Carolina. A bizarre cultural potpourri famous for its beer, food, music scene and road construction, Asheville is one of those strange places that is both cripplingly flawed and difficult to resist. It’s a fascinating place, and it has my heart. So it should come as no surprise that I Bask in the glow of III, an Americana-spiked hard rock album that comes direct from my current hometown. We write infrequently about stuff from or within spitting distance of this city, but it seems like every time we do we like what we get—I direct you to Aether Realm and Undrask, for starters—and Bask’s latest continues the trend.” Sweet home Carolina.

Cannabis Corpse – Nug So Vile Review

By Saunders on November 4, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Death Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Death Metal, 43 comments

“Cannabis Corpse have gained impressive mileage from their death metal gimmick, mainly through striking a keen balance between their old school Floridian worship, crafty weed and death metal puns, and a blasting sense of fun and technical expertise integrated into their chunky, groove-laced brand of death. The experienced band follow-up 2017’s reliably solid Left Hand Pass on the cheekily titled homage to Cryptopsy’s classic None So Vile album, here re-dubbed as Nug So Vile.” Smoke damage.

Voyager – Colours in the Sun Review

By Steel Druhm on October 30, 2019 in 2019, Australian Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Progressive Metal, 35 comments

“A new Voyager album is always an unknown quantity. I’ve dearly loved some of the Australian prog-meisters material, and felt ambivalent about some of it as well. I raved about 2011s The Meaning of I, but struggled to love parts of followup V. They won me over again on 2017s Ghost Mile, so naturally I hoped the good times would keep rolling with their new opus Colours in the Sun. And why shouldn’t they keep rolling?” Why indeed.

Necronomicon – Unus Review

By Mark Z. on October 29, 2019 in 2019, Black Metal, Canadian Metal, Death Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Symphonic Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, 21 comments

“Necronomicon are death metal underdogs. Formed in 1988, this Canadian trio have been toiling in the underground for decades yet have never achieved widespread popularity. Admittedly, that’s somewhat understandable given their sound hasn’t always been the most innovative. My first encounter with them was “The Time Is Now” from 2010’s Return of the Witch, which (while a decent song) made the band sound like they were trying to copy Behemoth’s The Apostasy.” Into the Unus.

The Great Old Ones – Cosmicism Review

By Eldritch Elitist on October 28, 2019 in 2019, Black Metal, French Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Black Metal, 74 comments

“It’s tough to sell a band like The Great Old Ones, who from a passing glance could be accused of ad libbing modern metal tropes. Lovecraftian concepts? Obviously. An indulgence in black metal’s modern, atmospheric trappings? You bet. Adorable matching outfits and manscaped beards? Like you even have to ask. Yet the band speaks for themselves. Unlike so many of their contemporaries in the current black metal scene, they morph the stale post-black aesthetic into something monumental and individualistic, a sound that reimagines post-black metal through an uncommonly aggressive lens.” Olde shadows grow greater.

Angry Metal Primer – Novembers Doom and Voyager

By Dr. Wvrm on October 27, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Angry Metal Playlist, Angry Metal Primer, Australian Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Progressive Metal, Prophecy Productions, Season of Mist, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Progressive Metal, 14 comments

In which we go apeshit.

Cloak – The Burning Dawn Review

By Kenstrosity on October 24, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Reviews, Rock, Season of Mist, Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Rock, 26 comments

“If you listened to Cloak’s debut back in 2017, you know exactly what to expect from The Burning Dawn. If you don’t already know of Cloak, they play an accessible brand of black metal that feels like it was written in a scenic wasteland, evocative of dust and dusk, the scent of clean air and the sight of bloodred sun (cue Adam Burke).” Controlled burn.

1349 – The Infernal Pathway Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on October 15, 2019 in 2019, Black Metal, Norwegian Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Black Metal, 35 comments

“Though 2014’s Massive Cauldron of Chaos backed off the nightmare of Demonoir and Revelations of the Black Flame to have a little more fun, this Norwegian quartet still has Demonoir on its mind. Already seven levels deep into ‘The Tunnel of Set,’ how much deeper will The Infernal Pathway go?” The road to Hell is paved with stuff.