It was by sheer accident that I stumbled on Gangar's gig on the ticket marketplace searching for something else entirely. What caught my eye initially was the advertised mix of folk, jazz, metal, and prog. What sealed the deal, however, was the description, which quoted, of all things, Metal Storm's Non-Metals review of the band's début EP Tre Danser and reminded me that I probably had a still-open Bandcamp tab somewhere as a reminder from way back when.

Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Druidess, Deeproot, Dungeon Shaker, Aastarah, Rotten Cavern, and D’Archipelago.

We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.

Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Eyriahrk Nunshkar, Saint Heaven, Darkvoid, Ancient Seance, Ethereal Wound, and Chymist.

The story of Emperor is of a band who formed and gained first acclaim during the flash fire of the most controversial era of extreme metal, and through the relatively short span of seven years released four genre-defining albums that step by step took the band musically further from their beginnings...