Tag black metal
Gonius Rex, The Heretic and Soul Reaper a.k.a Onirik return for their fourth album of black metal “wandering textures”. If you’re looking for life this isn’t the best place to come. Grey and drawn out structures seem to represent Onirik’s… Continue Reading →
Less than 12 months after the release of last year’s mighty black dirge Untrodden Corridors of Hades it’s difficult to imagine what little unfinished business Varathron might have at this point in time. Particularly with the band’s sixth full-length on… Continue Reading →
Arriving like a purulent belch this sophomore effort by this Swedish band is unshackled to the confines of ideological genre parameters as they gouge open black metal with corrosive hardcore elements and deluging sludge passages. Opening the release is the… Continue Reading →
After some tumultuous changes which led up to 2012’s emotional and icy blast Wetterkreuz, things for Eïs seem to be settling down and providing the perfect backdrop for their latest album. A more permanent line-up has emerged and the name… Continue Reading →
One no doubt unintended outcome of this work is that if you show photos of people in corpse-paint over a ten year period, there’s no ageing process. So before I started to listen to this French band’s historical collection, I… Continue Reading →
After dabbling with Thy Catafalque over the past few releases I have to say: nothing quite prepared me for this. The band has always been an interesting one to watch thanks to main man Tamás Kátai’s fairly unique blend of… Continue Reading →
Black metal de France and this has more than a whiff of the eau de war about it as illustrated on the grim grey artwork and the opening sounds of gunfire and marching boots. Neptrecus debut album ‘L’Aube De Declin’… Continue Reading →
Some call it Rocktober, I call it silly season. Apart from this sterling show London also has Ufomammut playing with Jex Thoth and Cruachan with Ereb Altor on tonight. Doubtless there are others on elsewhere too. Tough choices but short… Continue Reading →
I was always a great fan of Windir and when in unfortunate circumstances Vreid was formed out of their ashes, I followed them too. Vreid’s first album “Kraft” (2004) continued the Windir approach where fresh modern black metal found an… Continue Reading →
You have to admire a band that kicks off an album with a genre-defining epic that most other bands would have saved until the very last. The 13 minute pagan metal standard bearer – and add a couple of minutes… Continue Reading →
We are still recovering from the serious black riff-mongery of VI which features members connected to the Aosoth horde and now another collective entwined to their family tree are here to conjure up more potent magic, making it a real… Continue Reading →
Conditions are stormy in Belgium. This is where Drawn into Descent come from with their “rugged” black metal. “Elude” captures the scene. Patient, yet epic in its post metal ring, it has an air of Cult of Luna about it…. Continue Reading →