Review: Oak Pantheon – The Absence
In an attempt to infuse every metal genre into one, Oak Pantheon managed to craft an okay album.
In an attempt to infuse every metal genre into one, Oak Pantheon managed to craft an okay album.
Workaday melodeath with touches of folk-tinged brilliance shining through
Look, can we all admit that subgenres are just hashtags for music nerds? Anyway, here’s some #heavy #folk #epic #doom #prog #metal.
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Tech death musician tries to write about an album that’s not really tech death. Fails miserably. More at 11.