Tag black metal
Once again, North America has spawned a mighty fine atmospheric black metal outfit, this time a two piece going by the name Oceansnow. Although the members don’t wish to be identified, they wear their influences on their sleeves. The press… Continue Reading →
Looks like I am the fourth of our writers to tackle this group and the other three releases were met with varying results on their hard to categorise and ambient driven blackness. This gives the impression that the unwieldly named… Continue Reading →
Striking wrath, exquisiteness and ambience are just some words that could be used to describe these four black metal Danes working in absolute harmony to create their first full length release, ‘Forfader,’ which is laced throughout with haunting melancholy and… Continue Reading →
The publicity for this dripped bombast and extravagant claims. The job of matching the hype falls to Deathspell Omega, who might have a chance, given their experience in the world of black metal creations. “The Long Defeat” is their eighth… Continue Reading →
The flock is gathered once more, penned in waiting for the wolves to pounce and render flesh. The follow up to debut album ‘Deus qui non mentitur’, sees the French artists BÂ’A reflecting on good and evil and interpreting the… Continue Reading →
E-L-R are a Swiss band from Bern, playing quite an individual mixture of Doom, Shoegaze and Black Metal. Recently, Prophecy Productions have released Vexier, the band’s second album. Lush soundscapes, filled to the rim, taking the listener on a journey… Continue Reading →
Not to be confused with the German act also bearing this moniker, this long running and enduring Italian black metal band has been around for more than two decades and have probably never received the recognition they so richly and… Continue Reading →
Abbath. His press blurb calls him “The Lemmy of Black Metal”, and as much as I wanted to revolt against this idea, I have to agree. He’s had some much-publicised troubles in the last couple of years, but he appears… Continue Reading →
It’s often well worth trawling through the vast array of promo material that is thrown at us and ignoring the bigger bands for those that are new underdogs just starting out. Treasure can be found and as far as Danish… Continue Reading →
Having found the venue and grabbed a cider, early entertainment was provided by the local wildlife. A mob of around 40 Hackney hoodrats had decided to have a brawl outside the chicken shop opposite and were ineffectually trading swipes at… Continue Reading →
That’ll teach me not to do my research. I was very taken with the debut album by WW1 obsessed blackened death metal band Kanonenfieber but neglected to dig and it appears Non Es Deus are the gent by the moniker… Continue Reading →
I’ve spoken in the past about how I dislike the whole thought process of catchy is lame or false, it’s simply not the case. Music is there to be enjoyed and as pathetic as it sounds sometimes that means I… Continue Reading →