Tag black metal
Anyone fancy a blast of experimental, instrumental black metal which produces “a feeling, as if the mind of the listener, dragged into the music, were unable of concentrate itself or were experiencing a powerful hallucinogen effect”? Thought so. Having lurked… Continue Reading →
As the stylishly subtle artwork to Koldbrann’s new album ‘Vertigo’ hints, there is something a bit different about this Norwegian regime in 2013. To explain all, core members Kvass and Mannevond kindly agreed to talk with Ave Noctum. AN: First… Continue Reading →
Melencolia Estatica’s album Hel, inspired by Fritz Lang’s classic film Metropolis with its imaginative and talented mix of modern, harsh and complex black metal with a broad use of vocals was one of 2012’s musical highlights for me. Masterminded and… Continue Reading →
Yes indeed looking at those random meaningless words you are hardly expected to have a clue what this is all about. What we have though is a one man black metal project helmed by Emil Togrul from Turkey, whom we… Continue Reading →
This Melbourne based lot have been around since 2004 and have released a fair few demos, splits, EP’s and an album ‘World Cremation’ in 2010, prior to this. I have to admit that they had pretty much escaped me until… Continue Reading →
So my reviews for 2013 start with something dark, evil and menacing in the form of Greek black metallers Enshadowed whose third full length has taken some time to come out after the sophomore in 2003, though the band has… Continue Reading →
One of those couple of yearly, very well wrapped packages of discs from Russia courtesy of Solitude Productions turned up and I wondered if it was going to contain anything new from the mighty Raventale, surely it was about time,… Continue Reading →
Zushakon are an old school black metal band from Singapore. Recent progress has seen the release of a self-titled album and a change of line-up, which saw the introduction of Lord Kathir who is known for his work with Rudra… Continue Reading →
A three-man outfit with members split between New Zealand and Scotland, Barshasketh plough a narrow furrow of stripped-down, melancholic black metal that’s a mix of Mayhemic rumblings and bleak, burning melodies. Harsh yet oddly clean, the production has a paradoxically… Continue Reading →
Acrimonious, black metallers hailing from the armpits of Satan himself… Just kidding! These guys are from Athens, Greece. Having released a Demo in 2003 ‘Unholy Cult Demonic’ and then two EP’s in 2006 ‘Perdition Gospel’ and ‘Broken Bonds of Balance’… Continue Reading →
Where the hell to start with this one then? Well it is a lot different than anything heard since the band were reborn and got back together as Septicflesh, in fact it feels completely wrong calling them that for this… Continue Reading →
It’s a brand new year as I sit down to write this review, a new start, a new dawn, the sun is beaming through the window. Life, is it not something to love, to embrace, to cherish? Fuck that load… Continue Reading →