Reaching the obscure corners of the genre — As my fondness for the Synthwave genre continues growing, I continue to make my way deeper into the obscure corners of its existence. It refuses to get boring for me, and I wanted to give a shout out to some lesser-known artists. I only have one album from the vast…

Part 2 of my favorite sub-sub-genre of music — Due to the overwhelming success of my previous story, 15 of my Favorite Atmospheric Black Metal Albums, I’ve decided to produce a sequel to it. It is, after all, is my favorite sub-sub-genre of music, so I should have no problem coming up with 15 more albums to check out. …

Some of my favorite folk metal artists — Folk Metal is perhaps one of my top three favorite metal sub-genres. Why? I’m glad you asked! Acoustic interludes are what pulled me into the metal realm in the first place. There’s something about the juxtaposition of aggression and clean melodies that really enhances the music for me. The genre…

And other nerdy music statistics — I discovered an enormous amount of new music in 2021, so I thought I would look at some notable things. I keep track of a lot of nerdy statistics on my own for albums I bought, but I also “scrobble” my listening habits on last.fm, whenever I’m listening to stuff…

Ulver is something of an anomaly. Founded and fronted by Kristoffer Rygg (a.k.a Garm), he has been the only consistent member throughout the band’s entire duration. They have had a very prolific, devious, and versatile career thus far. They’ve also had quite an impact on my music taste over the…

Post-rock has been one of the more interesting, unpredictable, and hard to define genres I’ve discovered. It’s a more experimental form of rock, focusing more on timbre, texture, and atmosphere than the traditional riffs and choruses. Post-rock is often (but not always) instrumental and tends to focus on musical buildups…

As long as music has been created, mankind has experimented with different genres. Certain genres keep getting pushed further and further until they start to be combined with each other. There are many genres that seem incompatible — that there’s no possible way they could go together in any universe…

What’s it all about? — Ahh, the 1980s. When cell phones were bulky and unreliable, and hair gel flowed like wine. Synthwave is a subgenre that aims to celebrate the simpler times, recreating fond memories of those who lived it — or didn’t. It captures the vibe of cheesy action and sci-fi film soundtracks, typically…

Ambient. Metal. These two words describing a genre probably sound completely paradoxical. Looking at them individually, these two genres couldn’t possibly be farther apart in the musical realm, right? I mean, metal is all about distortion, speed, and being as loud as possible. Ambient music is so quiet, one doesn’t…