Articles by Maxwell Rock

A year and a half. That is the period of time it took Varg Vikernes to record the first four Burzum albums back in the early 90s. Though, if it weren’t for Varg’s characteristic madman […]

I’ve always been an admirer of Horn’s nearly unrivaled ability to convey the perennial beauty of nature while concurrently evoking feelings of desolation amidst the vastness of Mother Nature. Even though nature-esque black metal is […]

It is difficult to begin the review of an album so highly anticipated and tremendous in what it had to accomplish. The conclusion of Deathspell Omega’s eclectic and monumental trilogy, Paracletus had some big shoes […]

I still remember that fateful day in 2003 when I stumbled on Cannibal Corpse’s “Shredded Humans.” My uninitiated ears now experienced music that debunked the facade of the “extreme” and “frightening” nu-metal music I was […]