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This is the third album release by Québec-based Acédia in their eleven years of existence. The fact that they produce black metal is no surprise, given the pedigree of the region in this genre, but Acédia are known for the… Continue Reading →
Active since 2006, despite title, this is actually the fifth album from French duo ACOD and their first for LADLO. They are described as playing black and death metal and I noted that that Jérome of the highly regarded Celestia… Continue Reading →
Time for a French dose of Morbid Fear who are ready to poison us with their debut dose of Hemlock. Established by musician JCEX who was later joined by vocalist Sakrifiss their work is described as ‘Haunting black metal’ and… Continue Reading →
This is a debut EP from Miasmes who promise a bit of raw and dirty old school black metal. The fact that the lyrics are in French is immaterial as it’s a language that lends itself to black metal, not… Continue Reading →
Time to pack those musical travel bags and head off in the mind at least to Greece. A nice place for sure but as we travel from South to North the narrations at hand are not going to be full… Continue Reading →
As you’ve probably worked out by the title this latest offering by Dutch black metal band Wesenwille is a live album plus their first album presented as a very nice double CD digipak package. I was utterly impressed by the… Continue Reading →
It seems somewhat negligent on our behalf not having seemed to have covered a Déhà release in the past. Since 2018 this Belgian whose real name is Olmo Lipani has well over 40 releases to his name, the majority of… Continue Reading →
You can always rely on Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions to unearth new and interesting bands from France and here we have just that, with a CD taking in 2, 4 track EP’s released together on a split album. Although… Continue Reading →
This may only last 25 minutes but having heard this Lithuanian band’s two previous, I had no doubt that this would be another journey of post metal intensity with many variations to keep us honest. Negation, lethargy, epiphany, alienation: I’m… Continue Reading →
If you follow the releases on this French label then you know it has garnered a reputation for unveiling top-quality black metal over the last decade and none more so than Lunar Tombfields with a debut of scintillating atmospheric black… Continue Reading →
A debut album from this revolting, regal French musician going by the name of Baurus. His debut EP ‘Vile’ of a couple of years ago may have passed you by but if not, you would no doubt have been struck… Continue Reading →
Mon dieu, it’s time for the crazed carnival that is Pensees Nocturnes once more. Their last album ‘Grand Guignol Orchestra’ took us on a madcap ride on the waltzer and ended with the Magic Roundabout theme and this one starts… Continue Reading →