Mood is the single most important aspect of black metal. It has to be dense, bleak and occasionally triumphant in it’s loneliness. When I listen to black metal I’m not giving ear to technical prowess or even a high quality recording. I want it to be op …

The world of instrumental, epic rock music is getting a bit crowded these days. It seems like every week a new band buys a couple loop pedals, drones out for 10 minutes, plays one riff for another 10, calls themselves epic and repeats this process ad n …