Tag blackened death metal
Although a new name, the band members of The Howling Chaos have done the rounds in the world of death and black and extremely brutal metal. No doubt there’s plenty of blood and gore in there. One of the band… Continue Reading →
In true or should I say trve Godz ov War fashion, this album came with minimal information, although it wasn’t hard from the artwork, the band name and the album title to work out that we’re dealing in black and… Continue Reading →
It is described as death-black metal, and it is death-black metal. This is Polish metal and so the atmosphere is dingy and threatening. The music is relentless and uncompromising. The vocals are like subterranean growls. It is harsh. This is… Continue Reading →
Formed in late 2013 by Thorben Rathje in Germany and Rich Osmond in the United States, Cambion released a demo and EP before Chason Westmoreland joined the duo in 2019. Throwing itself into the title track “Conflagrate the Celestial Refugium”… Continue Reading →
Having ties to bigger bands can sometimes be a great thing, it might give your band the leg up they need, however it can also be a detriment if your music sucks. Rise To Remain spring to mind here, the… Continue Reading →
Despite pushing out a couple of demos in the late noughties, it wasn’t until 2017 that Prometheus birthed a full album. Rather than steal fire from the gods, this particular Prometheus borrow contemporary dense atmospherics from Cruciamentum et al, melding… Continue Reading →
Just like politicians, who so often misjudge their audiences these days, bands miss-step. Who can say why? A spurt of creativity too far or a complete lack of it? Imperfect lives; band or relationship breakdown, or other life changing circumstances,… Continue Reading →
Since 2008 Arroganz have been churning out their own mix of blackened death metal. The German’s fifth LP, “Morsus” finds them in particularly dark form on an album with a sound that pretty much suits the weird times we find… Continue Reading →
This French duo have garnered much acclaim for their earlier efforts, this being their third album. “Cosmogonie” is a lengthy opus of progressive blackened death metal that runs over the manufacturing restrictions of a single CD; physical releases will be… Continue Reading →
Ah, the current hot weather spell in the UK makes me think of good old Australia. I tell you what else makes me think of our south of the equator cousins? Blackened death metal. I reviewed 2016’s “The Hecatomb” album… Continue Reading →
Polish blackened death metal band Conquest Icon have been around since 2009, since when they have released two albums including this one, their first being in 2010, and three tracks on a split three years later. Looking at the history… Continue Reading →
Swedish act Sodomisery has some well-established players from the Stockholm scene at the helm which was originally started as a studio project by Harris Sopovic where a self-titled EP was released in 2017. Step forward to 2020 and the band… Continue Reading →