Tag Deathspell Omega
I may be going through a phase of listening to black metal bands that melt my brain rather than just melting my face, but how about something that can do both? Step forward Imperial Triumphant who have been finding ways… Continue Reading →
I’m not sure if I’ve been paying more attention than normal over the past few months and burrowing into those dark corners to find new and interesting stuff, but 2014 is slowly but surely turning out to be one hell… Continue Reading →
Pact’s debut full length The Dragon Lineage Of Satan, with its somewhat crude but oddly effective and altogether appropriate cover art, was a surprise bundle of nasty, very accomplished black metal with hard and fast values to match the bestial… Continue Reading →
Sinister, discordant guitars slither. Gregorian chants intone solemnly in the background. Drums tattoo a martial beat as the introduction builds. Yep, so far, so Deathspell Omega. Given that this US-based three-piece finish their latest record with a cover of ‘Malign… Continue Reading →
Something that has become increasingly apparent to me as I have aged is the importance of ‘form’ within the realms of extreme metal. By that I mean, the accolades that can be showered upon something almost of a direct result… Continue Reading →
Nuke ‘em all, eh? Yes, very clever, see what you did there chaps. Despite the impressive cover art, there’s a distinct whiff of almost deliberate meatheadedness wafting from this latest effort from Germany’s very own Darkmoon Warrior. The album title… Continue Reading →
Temple of Baal have spent years limbering up with split releases and the occasional full-length. Years of picking up fans and a few decent reviews here and there. Probably sweat, almost certainly blood although, I suspect, not very many tears:… Continue Reading →
So to our Portuguese cosmic black metal band. This is actually their debut album despite a nineties formation date, an EP ‘Evil’ and then time interrupted by a long layoff due to internal self-destruction. All goodv inspiration it seems, proven… Continue Reading →
These are currently good times for death metal. The sinister churn of occult acts such as Necros Christos and Grave Miasma are sending shivers down people’s spines, the ultra-tech boys such as Origin strive for ever-faster ways of damaging their… Continue Reading →
Slidhr are Irishman J. Deegan, here helped out with drums by B. Einarsson and they have previously released an EP and a split before entering the dreaded ‘hiatus’. But back they are and this was recorded and mastered in Iceland… Continue Reading →
Moonreich are French and previous purveyors of a couple of EPs and a full length but have never crossed my path before I’m afraid, so I just dived in with no preconceptions, which is always nice. After the ten second… Continue Reading →
My last encounter with Aosoth was their uncompromising debut LP released about 4 or 5 years ago. Though it was a competent, snarling slice of black metal I still recall coming away slightly underwhelmed – perhaps more to do with… Continue Reading →