There are positive and negative ways to frame a sudden explosion in popularity like the one that’s hit death-doom in the last couple of years. The happier way of looking at it is that the genre is experiencing something of a renaissance, and relative newcomers to the genre like Spectral Voice and Temple…
Of Mice & Men – Defy Despite everything seemingly being stacked against them from the outset, Of Mice & Men somehow (ahem..) defied the odds against them to become one of the most credible and exciting bands on the modern metalcore circuit. Yet their story has also been one of…
The Faroe Islands are a self-governing entity off the coast of Denmark. I was completely unaware of their existence until I researched the background and history of Hamferð, to my knowledge the most famous band from these islands. Their debut album, Evst, flew completely under the radar in 2013, and…