Tag black metal
These boys work fast it seems. Hot on the heels of 2013’s ‘Omen Ex Simulacra’ comes the latest instalment of disturbing, horrific death metal from the prolific US-based duo. Coming as it does barely 9 months after that most recent… Continue Reading →
Candles, skulls, magic circles and corpse painted figures are all present on the artwork of this 4 track EP along with a spiky logo naturally. Well it’s obvious that we are in for a dose of blasphemous black metal here!… Continue Reading →
A new filthy force emerging from the foggy forests of Finland (well they probably live somewhere quite respectable but it sounds good) are Oath. This duo has only been active since 2012 but have already accrued a couple of EP’s… Continue Reading →
This, Genius Ultor’s second album, was recorded in a mouldy pre-war house, reeking of “complete humiliation and degradation”. The band then added their contribution of “necrophobic atmosphere and paranoid unease”. This seems to be natural territory for Polish blackened death… Continue Reading →
Further enforcing the notion that the UK currently has one of the strongest black metal scenes in the world are Swansea-based trio Ghast. This band has failed to get the media attention they deserve with debut ‘May the Curse Bind’… Continue Reading →
Solbrud’s debut was an atmospheric black metal gem and lauded as a welcome boost to Denmark’s scene which has always lived in the shadow of its two closest Scandinavian neighbours. Clearly a nation with a happier disposition is all I… Continue Reading →
Formed in their native Mexico five years ago and currently residing in California, the barbarians of Funereus have been perfecting their craft with a few demos, EPs and splits, not to mention 2010’s debut album ‘Profane Rite of Morbid Glorification’…. Continue Reading →
We seem to get a split disc every couple of weeks or so and they are certainly reliable for discovering new bands, especially when it comes to the black metal side of things. This latest one via Immortal Frost Productions… Continue Reading →
When the opening notes of second song ‘Master Of Shadows’ hits, the immediate question that gallops through your brain (probably on the road to Asa Bay) is “does the world need another Bathory covers band doing all original material?” I… Continue Reading →
I think some of us take black metal from Ukraine a bit for granted. Sure it is an underground thing but many of us into the music look to the region for releases of a consistent high quality at least… Continue Reading →
The title of this album suggested that there was sophisticated intrigue or it was too clever for its own good. I missed the band’s first work, “The Perpetual Paradox”, so the only clues were going to be in the listening…. Continue Reading →
It’s funny how one minor misgiving (in the case of Myrkur ‘where have they come from that gets their debut recording signed up by Relapse?’) can get you worried. Yes there’s the visuals that made me fear another dull post-rock… Continue Reading →