Tag black metal
In the latest edition of ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Swedish’ we actually have a band from Switzerland, Stortregn. Everything about this album screams at me that it comes from the Swedish black and death metal scene of about 15… Continue Reading →
Wilfully one dimensional is how I’d describe a lot of funeral doom. Yes, there is potential genius in tracks that have a tendency to repeat themselves over and over for 10 minutes at a time, but also potential for lack… Continue Reading →
If ever there was a country where you would expect the most bleak and soul crushing black metal to emerge and be procreated from then it is definitely Iceland. Having loved “In Terra Profugus” immensely I was keen to discuss… Continue Reading →
‘Eldir Nótt’ translates roughly to ‘nightfire’ or ‘ablaze the night’ and this is precisely what German solo project, Fyrnask, does with his second full-length release; mysterious entity Fyrnd is casting a light amongst the solo black metal projects of the… Continue Reading →
One of the most overlooked items in Darkthrone’s expansive back catalogue is undoubtedly ‘Under a Funeral Moon’. Sandwiched between the infamous ‘A Blaze in the Northern Sky’ and ‘Transylvanian Hunger’ it’s not difficult to see why this ’93 opus doesn’t… Continue Reading →
King Fear is a relatively new project formed by Nachtgarm (of Negator, and recently filling in for Dark Funeral on vocals). Before this, their debut full length album, they had released only a single EP in 2012. Although there is… Continue Reading →
For the moment the obscure sounding Volgna-Gath come enshrouded in as much mystery as is lurking within the pea-soup fog billowing out of my window on this cold autumnal morning. They come armed with a devilish LaVeyan mission statement proclaiming… Continue Reading →
I had quite a hard time with my last and first encounter with Mortuary Drape which was the recent Peaceville re-issue of third album ‘Tolling 13 Knell’ originally released in 2000. Now the label have similarly re-activated the cult Italian… Continue Reading →
I don’t know where the sun that’s mentioned in the title of this album is supposed to be. Given that Ajuna put forward a description of it as “psychotically atmospheric”, I think there’s an irony. Black, epic, noisy and dark… Continue Reading →
Not the catchiest of names or titles I’ll grant you but one I would urge you to remember as if there’s any justice, you’ll be hearing it a lot more over the next 12-18 months. I was introduced to this… Continue Reading →
So to our Portuguese cosmic black metal band. This is actually their debut album despite a nineties formation date, an EP ‘Evil’ and then time interrupted by a long layoff due to internal self-destruction. All goodv inspiration it seems, proven… Continue Reading →
I used to play Stormlord’s 2004 album “The Gorgon Cult” a lot. For me it rode a little on the back of Dimmu Borgir’s symphonic black metal style but instead of having the ultra dark and satanic edge, this was… Continue Reading →