Tag black metal
From lovely California comes the equally lovely blackened grindcore of Killgasm. When I picked up “A Stab in the Heart of Christ” and looked at the track titles and band name, I reminded myself for the umpteenth time that I… Continue Reading →
Whoever heard of introspective death metal? Well apparently, if you splice just the right amount of black metal into the mix, a delicate splash of industrial gloom and you’ve got the starkly named Emptiness. You may think that’s a rather… Continue Reading →
Fucked up French black metal is virtually par for the course for this nation, when it comes to wreaking havoc on the unsuspected listener and Neige Morte do just that with their second full length. This is not easy music… Continue Reading →
Well we all get a blood red fog in front of our eyes at times and here you can get one in your ears for good measure. This Finnish death worshipping black metal horde have quite a few releases behind… Continue Reading →
After 10 years, a couple of demos and a split cd, Finland’s Hellspirit have released their debut album “Dawn under Curse”. Along the way they have forged a reputation for their live shows. The structure and movement of this album… Continue Reading →
A load of rancid food stalls and hippy head shops got slightly singed a couple of days before this date was due to hit town and the gig was moved from Camden to the Garage down the road. A lot… Continue Reading →
It’s taken quite some time for this debut album to arrive from this Hellenic black metal horde. Apparently when they started out in 2004 and released a demo it was well received although was more of a death, thrash hybrid…. Continue Reading →
Having formed a good fifteen years ago as the solo project of Rory Heikkila, it’s only been recently that Shroud of Despondency became prolific with full length albums (having turned into a fully-fledged band around 2011-ish). This is the band’s… Continue Reading →
This is a pretty huge undertaking. The review I mean not the album… Seventeen songs, many of them not short, by a collection of black/pagan metal luminaries brought together by Roman Seyenko of Drudkh with the idea of exploring the… Continue Reading →
Here we have two bands both sharing one member and both containing Poles displaced and living in London. In the case of Raus this is their first recorded work whereas Perunwit are described as “legendary and the oldest Pagan band… Continue Reading →
Metal is far more experimental than the masses would give it credit for, but black metal has always been in a league all of its own. Beyond mere amplified guitar-based music and feeding expression that goes beyond ten tracks and… Continue Reading →
Opening with a wall of shuddering feedback, quickly followed by a storm of angry black metal blasting – what a great way to introduce yourself to a new listener! No pissing around with acoustic intros, fannying around with effects or… Continue Reading →