Tag black metal
Scavenging around the byways, farmlands, woodlands & waterways of rural France and digging up gems like rare truffles, Antiq are always a label to keep an eye on. The last offering from them Moisson Livide ‘Sent Empèri Gascon’ is still… Continue Reading →
Avant-garde black metal, dark atmospheres and themes …. let’s try Serotonin. “Motiv” is the band’s fourth album release. The band itself has been around for about 20 years. The album starts with the fast and hard “Climbing the Colossus”, the… Continue Reading →
A good album title has always been a sellable gimmick throughout the history of music, but it’s something else to come across an album whose name reflects just how much you are enjoying it and never want the experience to… Continue Reading →
Well I’m a bit confounded about all this and the information provided on this band inviting us to their ‘Days Of Darkness’. Yes, language wise everything is in German but we are told they were founded in London. Fair enough… Continue Reading →
Those of you who follow the underground black metal scene, if you can call it that these days with practically everything being available at your fingertips, will probably know this US black metal act because the band members have played… Continue Reading →
Sometimes it feels more like we are providing a weather forecast than actually reviewing an album especially when it comes to atmospheric black metal. Here we have a project from Austria led by Thorn which is an apt name due… Continue Reading →
One of many things that has kept me into black metal for such a long time is the variety the genre has to offer. You’ve got the typical/default sounds of the bands who shaped the genre from Norway and beyond,… Continue Reading →
This is the fourth album by this Quebec band, but it was their previous 2021 album in particular ‘A Diabolical Thirst’ which seemed to grab the attention not just of myself but of a whole bunch of other people too… Continue Reading →
Koldbrann, as many people know, is Norwegian for gangrene, and not, as was suggested to me, the name of a breakfast cereal. You will gather from the name if you don’t know the band already that extreme black metal is… Continue Reading →
A new outfit but seasoned ghouls and gargoyles gathered together here for some Grand-Guignol blackness and a touch of the grandiose. With members past and present from the likes of Hyrgal, BÂ’A, Seth, Glaciation, Anorexia Nervosa and Diablation (whose Irreverent… Continue Reading →
The (many) wolves of madness howl, a mournful little melody wafts over the top, and then – somewhat abruptly – chaos ensues. Rocketing straight to the top of my mental list of “I don’t know what I was expecting, but… Continue Reading →
Like all other European nations, the Netherlands has given metal its share of noteworthy bands, both new and from ages past. One group who have emerged from the Utrecht region in the last few years is Defacement, one group shrouded… Continue Reading →