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Perhaps this is a bit of an “escape” for Parisian Joseph Apsarah. He has shrugged off past nom de plumes and similarly dispensed with past collaborators he has worked with under the Cepheide banner. This project was a trio when… Continue Reading →
The body of the devil is praised in all its orgiastic pleasures and delights from these sinister Frenchmen. Active since 2008 and with 3 albums prior to this, the band are dedicated practitioners of the dark arts. The strangely entitled… Continue Reading →
This mysterious work, the second from Adoperta Tenebris, just oozes darkness with its pictures of thick forests at dusk. I noted a track called “Vultures of the Mass Grave”. Before it comes “We Were Giants”. The ambiance is that of… Continue Reading →
Yep apparently it’s a U not a V. Fooled me so out go my kvlt crvdentials…. Lovely packaging for the debut EP by this French solo project of atmospheric black metal. A half obscured figure struggles through a raging blizzard,… Continue Reading →
Taking a slight sidestep from the more pagan French style I have become accustomed to from this label Hegemon are a much more orthodox proposition. Perhaps they have not always been this way as I note that in the past… Continue Reading →
Back in 2018 Aorlhac culminated their “windy” trilogy of releases with L’esprit des vents. Having only caught the tail end of this gust, to say I was blown away would not be an understatement. Now these French brigands move on… Continue Reading →
The end of the world could come in many forms; war, famine, plague, meteors, climate change, natural and ecological disaster, zombies, Vogon Constructor Fleets. One thing seems ever more assured though and that is that the end is indeed nigh…. Continue Reading →
I’m really not sure what it is with French bands who play this style of music but reading behind the lines one wonders if members entwined in their line-ups are difficult to work with. Personally, I was incredibly disappointed that… Continue Reading →
It is always good to continue reviewing a bands output when you covered their previous releases as I reviewed this French acts debut ‘Serpentine’ and the split with Bâ’a and Verfallen in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Both those releases were… Continue Reading →
And now for something a little bit different… It’s time to shuffle the deck and pick some cards from the Minor and the Major Arcana of musician Jeff Grimal, formerly of The Great Old Ones. Fate is very much in… Continue Reading →
Hot on the heels of an album by labelmates and sharers of split release Griffon, a new album by French medievalists Darkenhöld appears. Great news for those of us who want to dip back in time and escape to a… Continue Reading →
Two tracks of over 20 minutes each in a post black metal style sounds like a weighty affair. This is the French band’s second album release. In the beginning it is atmospheric. After narrative by a sound-effected voice, we enter… Continue Reading →