Suffering so you don't have to!
Metalcatto
As you know, nostalgia is part of the Metal life, but it’s usually more prevalent in Black and Death Metal. Power Metal doesn’t count because nothing has changed in 30 years. Masseti‘s Odds and Ends is offering retro-Prog Metal, and though the idea hits me right in the feels, since I used to be a huge fan of the style, I’m also concerned about how much of an ordeal it is to set up such a solo project. There’s an enormous risk of ending up in a cornfest, but we must have faith, right?
Pegah
Mortuanima (“dead soul”) is the debut album by Brazilian Funeral Doom trio Bleak Transcendence, composed of musicians Alexandre Antunes, Michael Siegwarth, and Wagner Müller. This album tells a mournful story of forgotten souls, lost dreams, and the weight of irreversible loss. The artwork, much like the music, blurs the line between life, death, and the unknowable, framing Mortuanima as a chilling meditation on existential horror. The distorted human figure on the cover evokes decay and spiritual corruption, while the mirror serves as a symbolic portal between the realms of the living and the dead. In the background, a shadowy staircase hints at fading memories and abandonment—a fitting visual for an album steeped in sorrow and reflection.
I can’t recall how The Wondering Daughters came to me. Probably it was a video recommending underground bands. Either way, Piah Mater managed to fill the void Opeth left in me when it decided to become a grandpacore band. Piah Mater was almost the missing link between Enslaved and Opeth. Even though you could feel it was copying those bigger bands, it was still great Prog Death/Black Metal, and that is hard to find. For years, I waited, and now I’m so excited to review Under The Shadow of The Foreign Sun. My expectations are high, and disappointment is always a possibility, but I’m diving in! Watch me!
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