Tag Dark Fortress
Mord A Stigmata are another of those bands from the seemingly endless Polish factory of black metal. Around since 2004, “Hope” is their fourth full album release. “Hope” is not an all-out assault. It is steady, creepy even with a… Continue Reading →
Founded in 2009, this gritty German collective seem most adept at summoning up swathes of death-doom all weighed down with a depressive post and black metal gloom that lingers long after the last note has sounded out. Now on their… Continue Reading →
From the land of Endstille and Dark Fortress comes Der Weg einer Freiheit, And like those bands there’s a chill in the air, at least to start with as the fire and smoke and darkness develop over the course of… Continue Reading →
Melkor has been for the most part a single man black metal project since its inception in 2004. This can mean a high degree of introspection and anger. There is some but what is remarkable about “Irrlicht”, Melkor’s second album,… Continue Reading →
The sewer stench of Camden gives way to the fragrant scent of incense as we walk into the Underworld. Candles are on stage and ritualistic ambient music washes over us from the PA. We await the arrival of the strangely… Continue Reading →
Here’s the seventh album from this particular German school of creeping black death. “The musical expression of emotional abysses” is the way they describe it. “Venereal Dawn” centres on the theme of living light but in a way that spawns… Continue Reading →
Infestus is basically a dirty and disease-ridden black metal project from Germany, with a current membership of one. If the track titles are anything to go by, “The Reflective Void” seems to be a thematic step away from previous albums,… Continue Reading →
This interesting-looking band features members from Naglfar, Secrets of the Moon, Nachtreich and Matthias Jell, the ex-vocalist of Dark Fortress who was on one of my favourite black metal albums of all time, “Séance”. For sure this was never going… Continue Reading →
Singing along happily to “The Day You’re Gonna Die” and generally protesting about anything and everything may not sound like the recipe to a memorable work, but Sic Zone come at this album from an interesting angle. It would be… Continue Reading →
As the album title suggests, there’s a strong doom metal element in this work. Whilst occasional comparison can be drawn with My Dying Bride, Mourning Beloveth and so forth, Ukrainian band Amily create a broader base of patterns and progressions… Continue Reading →