Tag Acoustic
This is an interesting project from Bauda, a progressive rocker from Chile. In it he collaborates with Rene Rutten of The Gathering. After a dramatic opening, “Vigil” is one of the most transfixing progressive tracks I’ve heard. It has that… Continue Reading →
One of the least mentioned aspects of this misunderstood-but-we’re-secretly-glad metal genre we all love is the willingness to explore and embrace other cultures, particularly in their mythic or historical sense. Yeah, the Daily Hate wouldn’t believe it, but it does…. Continue Reading →
Talk about being wrong-footed. This record may have been released on the niche Swedish label Nordvis and it may feature a snow-drenched, misty landscape on its cover but in all honesty, that is where any similarities with the form of… Continue Reading →
On an ever increasing journey to birth new genres and experiences, our beloved Metal has spawned another new one – Dark Country Rock/Metal. Yep! Here it is, playing away merrily like it doesn’t have a care in the world, razzing… Continue Reading →
Some Hungarian folk music anyone? What’s that shaking the head all about, we never did claim to be a noisy metal site, we try and cater for all tastes within reason and it’s always nice to chill out to something… Continue Reading →
When Austin Lunn released ‘Kentucky’ he set himself an extremely difficult challenge; in creating one of the most immersive crossovers of folk and black metal that’s been written to date, he raised the bar incredibly high and it was unlikely… Continue Reading →
It was about a year ago that I first heard that Ravel etched pitter-patter leading into barnstorming single Victim Of Ritual by Tarja. After just one play the song was embedded into my head for seemingly ever. A few plays… Continue Reading →
We normally get windswept black dissonance or strange pulsing ambient blackness via French label Debemur Morti but Tamerlan take us down a completely different acoustic / neo-folk route. This project is essentially the work of multi-instrumentalist Timur Iskandarov a Russian… Continue Reading →
October Falls’ work has always been close to nature. In more recent times, ambient reflection has given way to harshness and fire. “Kaarna” however harks back to acoustic days, giving us an “assemblage from nature mysticism, a sonic walk in… Continue Reading →
It’s been just over a year since last album from Varg Vikernes dropped and ‘Sôl austan, Mâni vestan’ made his intentions quite clear that he has long moved away from the infamous black metal origins that along with his well-documented… Continue Reading →
Three years have passed since Die Apokalyptischen Reiter released their excellent ‘Moral & Wahnsinn’, and to make up for the three year gap they have returned with a double album, ‘Tief. Tiefer’, which translates as ‘Deep. Deeper’, not in… Continue Reading →
This is the eighth album from Austria’s Dornenreich. The track titles are evocative enough, translating into English as “Of Power and Desire and Young Feathers”, “The Light trusts the Night”, “In the Flow of Flames”, “Dream of Dreams” etc. The… Continue Reading →