Author Angela Brown
Portland’s Satyress have the misfortune of releasing their debut at a time when occult rock bands the world over are chomping at the bit to become the new The Devil’s Blood. Despite forming back in 2012, the band have only… Continue Reading →
Austin Lunn, the musical mind behind US one-man black metal project Pancopticon travelled to Norway back in 2011 to study zymurgy, in preparation for the opening of his very own brewery; named Hammerheart and based in Minnesota. While there, pals… Continue Reading →
Remember how terrifying Indian’s ‘From All Purity’ was? Well it looks as if Coffinworm are about to steal their title of ‘scariest album of the year’ with ‘IV.I.VIII’, the follow-up to 2010’s ‘When All Became None’. Blackened sludge, doom-death, whatever… Continue Reading →
This is a partnership that works better on paper than it does in practice – given the fruitful marriage of Sunn O)))’s collaboration with Boris, the idea of them working alongside Ulver, a band that matches Sunn O))) in innovation… Continue Reading →
For people not seasoned to the harshest and most frightening reaches of the doom branch of the metal genre, Indian may come across as a rather uncomfortable and intimidating experience. However, it is in these conditions that the band thrives… Continue Reading →
The internet is for porn, right? Time to step into the 21st century, friends; the World Wide Web is now an eclectic array of cats, cat gifs, funny cat videos AND porn (without cats). Oh, and it’s also seen the… Continue Reading →
Since sowing the seeds of raw sounding black metal back in 2001 with more than respectable demo ‘Tristesse hivernale’, Neige has been growing ever skyward with his project Alcest. Incorporating elements of post rock and shoegaze, Alcest has made music… Continue Reading →
Are those orchids on the front cover? Isn’t this supposed to be a black metal album? What’s going on? These are all questions that would have been raised if you’ve been living in the mountains and listening to nothing but… Continue Reading →
Aside from the EP release of ‘Poartă de dincolo’ back in 2011, all has been quiet on the NB front following multiple band rifts and a series of changes in members. When Sol Faur and Hupogrammos left after the release… Continue Reading →
Long gone are the days when one man metal projects languished in obscurity and failed to meet the mark, with overbearing scratchy vocals drowned in reverb while a drum machine ran riot in the background. Since Vice’s airing of ‘One… Continue Reading →
Finnish for ‘human’, ‘Ihminen’ is the sophomore effort from psych rock quintet Seremonia (Finnish for ‘ceremony’). Any guesses to where these guys are from yet? This opus is a musical exploration into the evil that men do, however, if you’re… Continue Reading →
‘Eldir Nótt’ translates roughly to ‘nightfire’ or ‘ablaze the night’ and this is precisely what German solo project, Fyrnask, does with his second full-length release; mysterious entity Fyrnd is casting a light amongst the solo black metal projects of the… Continue Reading →