Tag black metal
A very good warning is never to watch the film Jacob’s Ladder on LSD, especially not on first viewing. That said you should also probably never listen to Hell Militia on LSD either, not that this scribe dabbles in such… Continue Reading →
I’ve had good experiences with Hungarian black metal bands in the past. Thy Catafalque and Nefarious immediately come to mind. Here’s another one in Kolp. The concept of “The Outside” is to take us to a void, a place where… Continue Reading →
Within three minutes of the start of Hel, the third full length release from Italy’s Melencolia Estatica its pretty clear that the multi-instrumentalist behind it, a lady named Climaxia, isn’t going to make things easy on the listener. Obligatory tolling-bell-followed-by-wall-of-riff… Continue Reading →
This two-track, Greek BM split opens with an epic, fifteen-minute piece by Spectral Lore, whose excellent, earthy-and-euphoric full-length ‘Sentinel’ it was recently my pleasure to review. New track ‘Duty’ is similarly powerful and dramatic, albeit with a lighter tone and… Continue Reading →
Iran, not the sort of place you would expect to find a black metal band hailing from is it? Looking on Metal Archives out of interest I see that Iran has 47 bands listed. To be honest even with a… Continue Reading →
Oh Von. Von, Von, Von – never in the history of black metal has so much been said about so few who have released so little. Two demos released in 1991 and 1992 has been the grand sum of their… Continue Reading →
This extremely dark work comes from France and is the first release by this band. I don’t know all of the bands with whom Void Paradigm has links, but I do know Wormfood who some years back released an extremely… Continue Reading →
Well I knew that nobody was likely to choose to do this one when it went out on the reviews list, I was kind of pleased really too as it was destined for me and I was well aware that… Continue Reading →
How is this for synchronicity? Just a little time ago we reviewed the new and bloody excellent album Wetterkreuz by German band Eis and also ran an interview with them. The band had previously been called Geist (mind, spirit, ghost… Continue Reading →
After three years of significant change Eïs has emerged from the destructive oceanic forces of legal threats, a change of name and the departure of several members last year. Judging by the latest album Wetterkreuz the band has emerged stronger… Continue Reading →
If decomposing, mind-scouring black metal is what your evil doctor ordered, then look no further than Ophidian Forest. Densest Green, the first track on this split with Hæresiarchs of Dis, is the sonic equivalent of waking up happy that you’re still… Continue Reading →
Hey, look, I got an album of Aussie atmospheric black metal and Dis Pater isn’t involved! Ahem. Sorry. But it weirdly (and stupidly on my part) surprised me with my recent review duties. Anyway, sporting a fine black and white… Continue Reading →