Tag black metal
Nightbringer have produced an explosive piece of work here that is nothing short of electrifying at times. Gigantic riffs battling criss-crossing tremolo guitars, half a dozen different vocal styles and around 70 minutes of epic, occult-inspired black metal. On many… Continue Reading →
As French black metal veers from the sublime to the ridiculous finding new bands can be a bit of a minefield. For every Deathspell Omega there is a Fadades, however there are usually a few clues to help sort the… Continue Reading →
Dying Vision is a group of musicians from Poland. Now there are many excellent musicians from Poland where there seems to be a blackened death factory producing such people, but two members of this band were of particular interest. First… Continue Reading →
By now anyone with a passing interest in Black Metal and not just the historians should know the significance of 1349’s name so I am not going to be one of those reviewers that starts off pointing it out (what… Continue Reading →
I consider myself hugely privileged to have been given the last couple of Winterfylleth albums and splits to review: I’ve seen them grow up in public from a pretty raw but uniquely talented grouping, with a little pinch of early… Continue Reading →
Ah this takes us back to dark medieval times. Remember those photo shoots in the early years of black metal with people posing with swords and wearing armour in castles all with shifty looks in their eyes? They had to… Continue Reading →
OK, confession time – I listen to most of my music on my Ipod when travelling around. As much as I’d love to spend hours each evening huddled in front of my vinyl player with the lights dimmed, absorbing every… Continue Reading →
It’s coming up to two decades since USBM stalwarts Krieg started on a career which has seen some of the harshest black metal ever shat out the bowels of all that is unholy. Their 2002 release ‘Destruction Ritual’ was my… Continue Reading →
This has certainly been a long time coming. Back in 2007 and at the height of the orthodox ‘for Him’ renaissance of truly Satanic black metal, this obscure Swedish duo released their debut ‘De Contemplanda Morte: De Reverencie Laboribus Ac… Continue Reading →
Complicated and intricate post black metal here from this Russian duo with their debut EP. Essentially this work consists of two sprawling tacks with plenty of ideas about them. It’s partly avant-garde and out there and also kind of installing… Continue Reading →
Poland’s Bloodthirst were on my radar about 8 years ago, to be honest, I lost touch with them, so it’s refreshing that they are still doing what they do and releasing new material. ‘Chalice of Contempt’ is their first release… Continue Reading →
When it comes to globetrotting this little Russian label seems to go far and wide to deliver the goods. Last time we had anything promo wise from them they unearthed the rather remarkable Narjahanam a funeral doom band from Bahrain…. Continue Reading →