Tag Debemur Morti
I think it’s fair to say that some artists are out there and “difficult” when it comes to reviewing and even listening to unless you are in a certain state of derangement. Dødsengel, the duo of Kark along with drummer… Continue Reading →
I don’t know of this particular project before I received this, but the description that went with is intriguing: “Doomjazz mercilessly mixed with the ambience of Black Metal, Gregorian soprano singing juxtaposed with unholy cavernous screams”. It’s all inspired by… Continue Reading →
My favourite thing about Metal is when Metal references Metal and I can only assume that this is the case with Power From Hell. Whom if they haven’t plied their name from the Onslaught album of the same name then… Continue Reading →
A prolific live band, self-styled blackened hardcore warriors Hexis here are releasing their third full-length album. Prepare for dark heaviness. The opening song “Letum” has a surprisingly pleasing flow. It’s a bit straight line, which seems to be the recurrent… Continue Reading →
You wouldn’t want anyone throwing a Pestilent Hex at you, would you? Imagine what you could end up with, all manner of nastiness. Covid would be a prime example perhaps. It could even be booby-trapped within the music itself. We… Continue Reading →
Since forever the universe has been trying to teach us about the concept of interconnectedness, that what affects one person, one town, one region, one country, will sooner or later affect everybody else on the planet. Depending on your worldview,… Continue Reading →
As the anniversary of their third decade of existence draws closer, this French pioneering outfit show little signing of slowing down. Indeed, it’s astonishing to realise that it’s also been almost twenty years since the release of the influential and… Continue Reading →
Aara are a black metal band from Switzerland founded in 2018 who, it seems, made good use of the lockdowns and the plague years. Vocalist and lyricist Fluss (Engl.: river) and multi-instrumentalist Berg (Engl.: mountain) are now releasing their fourth… Continue Reading →
Opening track, ‘Ascension Towards The Promethean Fire’, begins with the bells tolling and then launches into raw demonic dirty black metal. It is calculated and measured and is as polished as it is maniacal and vile. The vocals from Lord… Continue Reading →
With this album, Californians Cailleach Calling (along with Ukrainian drummer Yurii Kononov) “fuse trancelike Emperial bludgeon with dreamlike melodic ambience, countering vocals of tether-end savagery with emotive, ethereal intimations of deep space”, we’re told. The ambiance is distinctly black metal…. Continue Reading →
This is a very interesting band. An atmospheric black metal band from Indonesia, there is a Ukrainian element in the form of the drummer who was with the admirable White Ward, and some guitar elements. This band has been around… Continue Reading →
Having previously plucked bass for French sludge outfit Overmars throughout the noughties, Marion Leclercq brings us the sophomore full-length from her solo project, a full five years after the well-received debut. Opener “The Descent” is driven mostly by oppressive doomy… Continue Reading →