Author Demitri Levantis
Like all other European nations, the Netherlands has given metal its share of noteworthy bands, both new and from ages past. One group who have emerged from the Utrecht region in the last few years is Defacement, one group shrouded… Continue Reading →
Forty-plus years in music can see entire genres and scenes be born, reach fruition, gain mainstream success and then retreat back into obscurity or, rarely, disappear entirely. It’s also a period of time in which you’d expect a legendary band… Continue Reading →
Orange Goblin, a mainstay of the British metal scene for nearly 30 years and have achieved much in their long, fruitful career which has bordered both stoner, doom and traditional metal. Now is the time for their tenth studio outing… Continue Reading →
Finland, the land of snow, ice, Santa Claus and trees n shit. I say trees n shit because that’s the most remarkable way of describing the atmospheric black metal band, Aran, which was penned by some bloke in another online… Continue Reading →
Halfway into 2024 and the metal world has seen an excellent share of new releases from most genres, particularly black metal’s more up and coming subgenres such as cosmic and oceanic black metal. But in terms of identity, the scene… Continue Reading →
If you have immersed yourself in the numerous genepools of metal genres over a long period of time, one thing that tends to enter the mind of an audiophile is sorting certain bands or genres into the right time of… Continue Reading →
Black metal is an ever widening and diversifying genre, something that delights me with every new release as it annoys all the gatekeepers who want everyone to sound like something recorded on a kids’ tape recorder in a Norwegian basement… Continue Reading →
Swedish melodic black metal group, Wormwood have returned with their fourth album, The Star. Having never heard of this band before, I guess the eponymous star shone brightly in terms of first impressions, making me want to hear more from… Continue Reading →
Thirty-five years is a long time in music, and not just for metal. In the wake of some ridiculous actions committed by members of the early black metal scene in Scandinavia just over three decades ago, the notoriety birthed from… Continue Reading →
The most unusual thing about depressive black metal force, Dødsfesrd is how you would most certainly presume they were Scandinavian owing to the band name. However, the mysteriousness of the name does not rob the band from perfecting all elements… Continue Reading →
Belgium like all other European nations has birthed its fair share of atmospheric black metal over the past decade or so, when the genre became particularly popular. But like all metal genres, for every gem of audible beauty there are… Continue Reading →
I’ll start this review by saying that the label of “ritual black metal” or any band of the black metal ilk referring to their concerts as ‘rituals’ is cringe-inducing on another level. However, every now and then we are given… Continue Reading →