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A Gift To Artwork // 2019 In Review

Karlo Doroc
December 24, 2019
A Gift to Artwork, Best of 2019, News
A Gift to Artwork, taken from the Caligula’s Horse song “A Gift to Afterthought”, breaks down and analyses your favourite album artwork. The first time an album’s name appears, it will link to a large and (whe... Read More...

Post Rock Post // Best of 2019

Nick Cusworth
December 11, 2019
Best of 2019, Post Rock Post
When putting this year of post into perspective, I think the best place to go is the very beginning. In our first column from this year I remarked at the fact that right from the get go 2019 was shaping up to ... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn – April 2019

Scott Murphy
April 29, 2019
Kvlt Kolvmn
Welcome to Kvlt Kolvmn. Spring has sprung, but the very last vestiges of our dearly beloved winter cling like icy hands to the soil. My home state is preparing itself for a very late snow storm over the next f... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 4/26/19

Scott Murphy
April 26, 2019
Release Day Roundup
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quali... Read More...

Illyria – The Carpathian Summit

Trent Bos
April 15, 2019
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Earlier this year we ran an article about “what we’re looking forward to in 2019” where I highlighted my excitement for what the sub-genres of blackgaze and post-black metal would have to offer this year. I no... Read More...

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