Tag black metal
Back in 2018 Aorlhac culminated their “windy” trilogy of releases with L’esprit des vents. Having only caught the tail end of this gust, to say I was blown away would not be an understatement. Now these French brigands move on… Continue Reading →
Some things in life can be relied upon, and the Finnish Black Metal scene is one of them, spawning a seemingly endless supply of bands ready to scorch the world with their nasty, vitriolic outpourings. Solacide are one such band,… Continue Reading →
As Finland has such a strong representation as it does in the black metal field, with bands such as Archgoat, Horna, Impaled Nazarene, Sargeist and Behexen to name but a few, I was expecting great things from Saturnian Mists latest… Continue Reading →
This is a sixth album by this astoundingly good German atmospheric black metal band and like others acts in this field their ability to create palpable feeling and tangible emotion is breath-taking. It is also their second concept album, following… Continue Reading →
Clarinets with black metal – that’s what we have here. It’s not only clarinets but a host of other instruments including the bagpipes, a violin, trombone, euphonium, darbuka and something called a mandoloncello. The individual behind this is a classical… Continue Reading →
At the time of writing, I am not finding a huge amount of info about Spider God and this release*, indeed it is a web to be unravelled. This is UK based black metal and is described as raw and… Continue Reading →
The news today is filled with horrific pictures of the aftermath of Hurricane Ida which ripped through Louisiana and Mississippi over the last couple of days. New Orleans is once again ravaged by weather with more cultural and musical landmarks destroyed including Louis Armstrong’s… Continue Reading →
Dodgy things may or may not be happening in Belarus, but I’ve found this is a go-to country when it comes to metal music. Here’s another one in Pa Vesh En, a black metal project with the values of emptiness,… Continue Reading →
You can’t judge a book by its cover the old saying states, which is what I did to some degree with this fourth album by Runespell headed up by multi-instrumentalist Nightwolf. My expectations for a feral black metal release were… Continue Reading →
‘Cold Darkness’ and ‘Fall Division-Luciferianism’ from the Swedish underground here. Sounds sinister and it is. The unwieldly to pronounce Hladomrak have been in existence since 2011 and were started as a one-man outfit by Evgenerator who has kept them going… Continue Reading →
‘Excommunica’ is captivating and mesmerising from the outset, it is layered and complex and demands your full attention to absorb and soak up every beat and percussion strike. The band cite that it has taken them 5 years to build… Continue Reading →
Ah another new name despite having a previous album and an EP out. Pretty much an international band on the album line-up but, I think Germany based with its core members. Black metal. Kind of. It opens with the sounds… Continue Reading →