Tag Satyricon
If I had a pound for every press release I have read that promised ‘True Black Metal’ I’d be reasonably financially comfortable. It’s a common and almost always empty promise these days and as a result I tend to pay… Continue Reading →
Sidious are a four piece blackened Death Metal band from our nation’s capital. They are comprised of Isfeth on vocals, Indomitus –guitar, Baalrath on bass and Khrudd (snigger) on drums. Apparently these chaps are drawn from various corners of the capitals… Continue Reading →
There are always big hints put about by black metal bands suggesting the worship of dark gods. But very few musicians wear their black hearts so prominently on their sleeves as the driving force behind Thy Darkened Shade. Semjaza is… Continue Reading →
Having had a taster of what these guys from Birmingham could do with their previous demo ‘Hate Legions Ride!’ right here on Ave Noctum earlier this year, I was more than happy to see their debut full length appear on… Continue Reading →
By now anyone with a passing interest in Black Metal and not just the historians should know the significance of 1349’s name so I am not going to be one of those reviewers that starts off pointing it out (what… Continue Reading →
As a black metal band, trying to make your mark in 2014 when releasing your debut album must be a pretty tough gig, but that’s exactly what Noctem Cursis are doing with ‘Nocturnal Frost’ here. There are of course multiple… Continue Reading →
There is a clue in the name and Alt-Fest is very much the alternative festival that we in the UK could only have dreamed about a few years ago. It was then that announcements were made telling us about this… Continue Reading →
Metal is far more experimental than the masses would give it credit for, but black metal has always been in a league all of its own. Beyond mere amplified guitar-based music and feeding expression that goes beyond ten tracks and… Continue Reading →
If it’s French and it’s black metal then it is bound to be strange, weird or even plain bizarre and whilst not as bizarre as some French black metal beasts out there it’s close enough to bamboozle the listener with… Continue Reading →
Opening with a frosty array of jangling guitar chords, a gravel-coated set of lungs hissing out about cold winds and mountains, and an accompaniment of clattering drumwork, Subliritum set their musical stall out pretty straightforwardly from the off. This is… Continue Reading →
Don’t get too concerned about the band name it is neither an album title that got missed by Dimmu Borgir nor a sinister religious order who want to win over heretics and idolaters to their way of thinking. What we… Continue Reading →
I have to say, before I listened to this cd, I first looked these guys up and found this quote on metal Archives; “Adamus Exul are strictly apolitical, performing and promoting misanthropic and anti-social black metal art forms only” I… Continue Reading →