Tag black metal
For decades, the Guinness World Records have listed countess Erzsebet Bathory, a Hungarian noblewoman who lived in the sixteenth century, as the world’s most prolific female murderer, attributing the death of more than 600 young women to her, despite the… Continue Reading →
I think sometimes as fans we all kinda forget how hard it is for some bands to actually get music out – the world constantly intervening with irritating necessities like food, a place to sleep, stuff like that getting in… Continue Reading →
It must have seemed like ‘the end of the world’ and indeed for many it was “as the generals left the game and only the wounded remained” (to quote another band). The folly and lunacy of the first world war… Continue Reading →
As someone who isn’t generally a fan of staying in the same genre for too long, I’ve ended up reviewing a lot of black metal albums lately. Which is fine in a lot of ways – it is one of… Continue Reading →
Let’s not beat about the bush here. When your album title sounds this much it should already be a Darkthrone album, it’s safe to say you’re wearing your influences on your suitably grim sleeve. To delve further into the known… Continue Reading →
Of all the bad things to occur in the metal scene in the time I’ve been aware of its existence is the creation of the audible twaddle spew: deathcore. Sadly, given hardcore’s influence on many extreme metal genres it is… Continue Reading →
First port of call before getting stuck in to the 2nd album from this Czech band was finding and reading the short novel they had “found their own meaning” within the pages of and interpreted it as narrative inspiration for… Continue Reading →
Sarvekas’s debut opus Woven Dark Paths has been making the rounds in the black metal circles recently, to numerous accolades. That’s why, dear reader, I decided to give it a spin, and let my extremely biased opinion dissect it. But… Continue Reading →
A jubilant explosion rolls across time and space. It’s the new Mesarthim. Now, Mesarthim has never been ‘trve kvlt’, and it’s been a long time since the Australian enigma has restrained itself to strictly mysterious and/or sorrowful melodies. In this… Continue Reading →
Hailing from the midst of pottery country Tamworth Staffs, Decimated Cross are a fairly young band playing UKBM. They have an EP, a few singles and 2020 album ‘From Pagan To Waste’ to their name so far and I notice… Continue Reading →
Once again I find myself exploring the darker depths of black metal’s underbelly, and finding its cold, claustrophobic embrace familiar and comforting. This month’s offering comes from Voidmilker, a name which will be new to most, as this is their… Continue Reading →
Considering that the album title refers to planetary destruction it’s no surprise that this album starts off in a volatile and explosive fashion with the drums blasting in and chaos unleashed. This Norwegian band and leader Evighet may not have… Continue Reading →