Articles by Addison Herron-Wheeler

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  Behold! The Monolith

  Architects of the Void

  PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2015

  Some doom is just so much fun to listen to you can't help but spin albums over and over again. Songs by bands like Conan and Electric Wizar...

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  Windhand

  Grief's Infernal Flower

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2015

  Windhand's latest LP has been hyped up as one of the most important and exciting releases of the year. The Richmond, VA quintet have risen...

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  Sabbath Assembly

  Sabbath Assembly

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2015

  We don't get many rock stars who are actually occultists anymore; or, if they are, it is only in their personal lives, and plays a lesser p...

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  Nightfell

  Darkness Evermore

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2015

  It's rare that a band can pull off a seamless blending of genres in a way that absolutely works, without sacrificing artistic integrity or...

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  Sibiir

  Swallow & Trap Them

  PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2015

  If you want to piss off a metalhead, or at least start a colourful discussion, mention that "shoegaze influenced black metal." It's a polar...

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  Morbid Slaughter

  A Filthy Orgy of Horror and Death

  PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2015

  The punk-inspired black metal onslaughts that have become prevalent lately keep on coming on this release by black metallers Morbid Slaught...

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  Midnight/Shitfucker

  Untitled Split

  PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2015

  The split album is a delicate balance — it can work really well, to the point where the songs start to only sound good in context wit...

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  Temple of Void

  Of Terror and the Supernatural

  PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2015

  There has been an interesting trend in death metal lately: rather than blasting forward with the most aggressive and angry music possible,...