Tag Immortal
One of the joys of music writing is to be blown away by an act you were previously completely unaware of – it doesn’t happen all that often but when it does, it somehow vindicates all the hours of trudging through… Continue Reading →
Slegest was the vision of guitarist Ese when he left Vried in 2010 and in essence is taking more traditional heavy metal and marinating it in black metal for a while, keeping it dirty and dark. Knowing that, the slow… Continue Reading →
Olde are Stiofan deRioste (Celtachor) and Chad Davis (Hour Of 13) and their mission statement is “We are for the regression back to the days of virtuous pride and honour of the Elders.” and frankly it does exactly what that… Continue Reading →
‘Violent and hateful black metal’ is the name of the game for this horde based out of Hollywood of all places! Yep it’s certainly not the first place that you would associate with this style of music unless of course… Continue Reading →
When I got the first Nordland album by musician Vorh to review, besides finding the music extremely promising if a little leaning towards Burzum and Immortal, I did bemoan the presentation. A little picky of me on a self-release in… Continue Reading →
Through dark and tortured black metal, this four track ep deals with gnosis, sin and chaos. Well, this is France. What a lovely picture the duo that is Rotten Liver paint. Actually it’s all rather jolly as the first track… Continue Reading →
If you like your black metal to be pure as pure can be, in all its lo-fi glory then Ildjarn and his vocal companion Nidhogg should be a project that you have explored in your formative years. Formed back in… Continue Reading →
Canadian Mark R. who makes up Ov Hollowness is a busy character, this being his third album of ‘blackened atmospheric metal’ in just about as many years. High work rate for essentially a solo artist. He also seems pretty good… Continue Reading →
So what gets your goat the most? Is it po-faced black metal bands who serve their Lord Master Satan with true dedication and are adherents of the much revered left hand path of never mentioned shubanagadingdong cult, or those who… Continue Reading →
Indeed it is “a story that’s been told countless times before.” The origins of black metal as a musical art form are always going to stir interest from those both within and outside the scene. One wonders if centuries down… Continue Reading →
Prickly kind of band, Winterfylleth, or so I always think. Or maybe they are just being open and keen to discuss their ideas of culture and heritage as it impacts on their creativity makes me weirdly defensive. There again their… Continue Reading →
You have to laugh at the liner notes here, which say that with ten years of Darkthrone in the offing the label wanted to release a best of compilation but the band responded saying they would make a back-patch to… Continue Reading →