Review: Hexella – The Ancient Gaping Mouth LP
		
						
					From the scorching depths of Texas’ Deep South rises Hexella—a relentless black metal machine, forged in 2019 from the mind and raw
		
						
					From the scorching depths of Texas’ Deep South rises Hexella—a relentless black metal machine, forged in 2019 from the mind and raw
		
						
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					From the moment you press play, you’re plunged into a dark, suffocating atmosphere that wouldn’t feel out of place in one of
		
						
					The band deliberately chose to use coordinates as track titles to evoke a sense of mystery, detachment, and exploration. According to their
		
						
					The album Pradavni by Serbian black metal band Osktnavitelj originally saw the light of day in 2023 as a self-released, limited edition. This first
		
						
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					If you didn’t know that Philippe Tougas hails from Québec and is thus a Canadian, you would never have guessed it from
		
						
					Filip Dupont’s mind must, at times, feel like it’s on the verge of bursting from the relentless flow of ideas, riffs, and
		
						
					A wall of sound crashes over you the moment Finnish duo Hexerei open their second album Realms… with the annihilating “Omenstorm of