I love Halloween! I suppose, for many of us Metalheads, that’s the kind of thing that can be left unsaid. But it’s also just plain
Author: JWukotich/VUK
I run a website called The Turning Gem. My intention with it is to explore new ways of looking at old things. Particularly those that give our minds the most trouble. We find Angels in the Angles.
Additionally, exploring my love of heavy music, I write reviews for The Metal Wanderlust, and VM-Underground as VUK.
Double Review: Plague Hymns EP – Sarcoptes / Desert of Ghouls EP – Eremit
I have no good excuse for putting this review off for as long as I have. I suppose, to put it plainly, it was difficult
Album Review: The Germs of Circumstance – Johansson & Speckmann
I’m going to start by stating the obvious: Rogga Johansson and Paul Speckmann are legendary underground Death Metal supreme beings. I am also going to
Review/Interview – Poema Arcanvs – Stardust Solitude
Poema Arcanvs is not the kind of band that clobbers you upside the head with their intentions. It’s not immediately clear which direction they’re going
Interview: Nathan Guerrette – Great Cold Emptiness
GREAT COLD EMPTINESS – A Conversation with Songwriter Nathan Guerrette. Vuk: Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with me. I really
Track Premiere: River’s Breath – Hateful
Ladies and gentlemen, lovers of all things harsh, atrocious and ferocious sounding, gather your things! It’s time to pack up and head for hills of
Album Review: Éons – Neptunian Maximalism
There is a common misconception among less adventurous listeners of heavy music that Metal somehow owns heaviness. This belief discounts any music that isn’t wholly
Album Review: Arcane Haze (EP)/ Fetid. Rotted. Cursed (Demo) – Garden Of Eyes
Nattskog, the man behind Garden of Eyes, is an incredibly prolific one-man Black/Death/Noise Metal making machine. In addition to Garden of Eyes, Nattskog has involved
Album Review: Descending Pillars – Void Rot
The first piece I ever wrote for The Metal Wanderlust was for the Split EP Void Rot did with Atavisma. In that review, I affectionately
Album Review: Protosapien – Jupiterian
Jupiterian’s early work (the “Archaic” EP, and first LP “Aphotic”) is fairly straightforward Doom Metal. Extremely enjoyable, but not overly unique, at least not to
Album Review: Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel – VoidCeremony
20 Buck Spin is having quite a year. With releases by Skeleton, Obsequiae, Solothus, Ulthar and Bedsore, the label churns out remarkably unique and often
Album Review: When Life Falls Silent – Phobetor
It has taken me some time to figure out what to say about this band. Upon first hearing their soon to be released debut “When
Album Review: Firstborne – Firstborne
Released June 19th, the same day as Lamb of God’s first recorded work without drummer Chris Adler, “Firstborne” was met with seemingly understandable mixed reviews.
