With their theatrical aesthetics and Revelation-inspired lyrics, Saviour Machine caused quite the stir with their debut.

The latest release from the anonymous one-man band uses searing blackgaze to confront chronic illness.

The band’s latest transcendent cosmic metal journey features contributions from members of Oceans of Slumber, Aeonian Sorrow, and Lycia.

The Swedish duo evoke the universe’s vastness with a spell-binding blend of metal, shoegaze, goth, ambient, and electronica.

The duo’s final album combines black metal and shoegaze to brutal, yet beautiful effect.

These songs move in directions that are more interesting than the simple “shoegaze + metal” equation implies.

Sorrow Plagues’s blend of black metal and shoegaze contains a few sonic surprises along the way.

This gorgeous space-themed EP blends metal and shoegaze to stunning effect.

If the thought of a band likely decked out in leather, chains, spikes and/or corpse paint ripping through the theme to My Neighbor Totoro fills you with delight, then this is the album for you.

Put simply, Wind’s Poem is the most haunting album I picked up in 2009.

A welcome shot in the arm for the world of intelligent metal.

A real gem that hasn’t lost it’s energy after almost a decade, and whose impact will probably never fully be known.

I found this release interesting as a reminder of how far Christian music has come.

This CD surpassed any preconceptions I had concerning how a hardcore band should play or operate.

Although clearly influenced by bands such as Limp Bizkit and Rage Against the Machine, he remains a one-man show.