Tag blackened death metal
I quite enjoyed this Norwegian band’s previous album, ‘Temple Of The Adversarial Fire’ which I reviewed for the site back in 2017. I suspect the reason behind the inconsistent release rate is down to a couple of members being in… Continue Reading →
From the school of blackened death metal come Ephialtes. “Melas Oneiros” is a debut album but there’s no shortage of experience in this band which is headed by Quazarre whose cv includes Devilish Impressions, Asgaard and Crionics. Menace lurks everywhere,… Continue Reading →
Black Curse, a Denver based Blackened Death Metal act featuring members from Primitive Man, Khemmis, Spectral Voice, Spirit Possession and more. It’s pretty clear these guys have some top tier Extreme Metal credibility. Their 2020 debut Endless Wound proved this… Continue Reading →
The immense God Dethroned are back and this time with their twelfth full length release, and it is a beast. ‘The Judas Paradox’ opens with its namesake and title track, the marathon of the album and a horde of melodies… Continue Reading →
Black Lava is an experienced band with affiliations to many other bands, among them Vipassi and Million Dead Birds Laughing. Translated into genre, that broadly means instrumental progressive metal and technical death metal. Signs are that this second album from… Continue Reading →
Out of the bunch of bands with this moniker the Swedish version is probably the most recognised having been around since the early 90s where they released a handful of demos but didn’t release a full length until ‘Burial Dimensions’… Continue Reading →
Anyone into extreme metal over the last 30 years or so will be familiar with Sweden’s Necrophobic, their long history is testament to their ever enduring ability to release one captivating album after another. Indeed the band broke the black… Continue Reading →
Has it really been five years since Vltimas released ‘Something Wicked Marches in’? The debut really struck a chord with me and is one that I return to pretty regularly. It’s fair to say I wasn’t in isolation and the… Continue Reading →
After a decade of silence Danish destroyers Panzerchrist re-convened last year with their founder Panzergeneral putting together an almost completely new tank crew. This was probably a bit of a gamble although guitarist Frederik O’Carroll was returning for a second… Continue Reading →
I’ve just been listening to an Iblis Manifestations podcast (Shayan from Trivax’s podcast, shout out for him) where Shayan and Cult Never Dies boss Dayal Patterson and the particular segment concerning what is black metal and what the attitude of… Continue Reading →
With their inception coming during the Pandemic years, Melbourne, Australia based Blackened Death Metal band Black Lava have unleashed their new album ‘Soul Furnace’, complete with stunning artwork. In my opinion, the phrase ‘Soul Furnace’ instantly creates an image in… Continue Reading →
Virtually anything on the Godz Ov War roster is worth checking out especially if you like utter extremity and brutality. Information is rather scant on this Polish band having only dredged up that it is a solo project by a… Continue Reading →