Tag black metal
If atmosphere is what you want, then atmosphere is what you get with the latest opus from Abstract The Light. ‘Magna Sapientia Quaerere – To The Depths Of Thy Soul’ is a magnificent grand beast and it is made up… Continue Reading →
You have to love a bit of synchronicity. I had been meaning to check out Georgian band Psychonaut 4 properly for some time and had just been covering the excellent Jours Pâles album and been really impressed with vocalist Graf’s… Continue Reading →
Named for the fourth track from 2014s incredible “Memoria Vetusta III; Saturnian Poetry” album, Vindsvals latest spin-off from the Blut Aus Nord mothership sees him take the organic nature of the Memoria Vetusta trilogy forward, much in the same way… Continue Reading →
Dependant on the level of your black metal knowledge, Inflabitan may or may not be a name you are accustomed with. Inflabitan has been pulsating within the black landscape for many years now and has been gaining notoriety as a… Continue Reading →
With a guitarist formerly of Setherial and Impiety and now bass player for Gorgoroth, Italian black metal Xeper are now releasing their fourth album. Stylistically, this is a mixed bag. On the one side, it’s got the air of a… Continue Reading →
Wolves Of Perdition hold the tag line of ferocious black metal and the latest offering from these Finns is nothing short of brutal and barbaric. I guess the clue to the package you are about to present your soul at… Continue Reading →
After a run of covering a fair bit of “post-black’ metal it’s great to be jolted back to the true essence of the genre before it became adulterated by trends and Valdaudr, even if you have never heard of them,… Continue Reading →
There’s a title to conjure with. A hint of Burzum history, a glance back at old worlds or a comment on where the world of music is now? All of them? Anyway, we have three new songs from this excellent… Continue Reading →
I and other writers have found themselves overdosing on the poisoned apples and indeed albums of Matron Thorn lately. Personally, tackling both Benighted In Sodom and Oblivion Gate towards the end of last year I could have happily taken a… Continue Reading →
Gravesend. I immediately thought of the ancient Kent town and wondered why an American band named themselves for this M2 backwater (sorry men or Kent or Kentish men). Apparently, there is a Gravesend in Brooklyn NYC which is the birthplace of Type O… Continue Reading →
Springing forth once more from the Black Forest region of south-west Germany, Thron continue their mission to revive the classic nineties Scandinavian melodic black metal sound. 2018s sophomore “Abyssal” garnered much plaudits for Thron’s contemporary take on nostalgic themes, and… Continue Reading →
Some albums just work. It can be really hard to explain why, but they just have that certain X-Factor (no pun intended). Black metal bands are no exception to this, whether it be keyboard wielding symphonic warriors, Kvlt-er than thou… Continue Reading →