Category: Black metal

Tyhjä – Tyhjä (Review)

TyhjäThis is the debut EP from Tyhjä, a black metal band from Finland.

Here we have almost 19 minutes of blistering, ugly hate, which manifests itself, (mostly), as second wave black metal played with passion and bile. Continue reading “Tyhjä – Tyhjä (Review)”

Wilt – Ruin (Review)

WiltWilt are a Canadian black metal band and this is their second album.

Wilt’s 2015 debut album Moving Monoliths was a very well-crafted exploration of atmospheric black metal with doom influences. Continue reading “Wilt – Ruin (Review)”

Aurora Borealis – Apokalupsis (Review)

Aurora BorealisAurora Borealis are a black/death metal band from the US and this is their seventh album.

I always enjoy hearing Aurora Borealis’ music. Their last release – World Shapers – was an exemplary example of how to combine death and black metal influences into a brutal blackened blend of extremity. Continue reading “Aurora Borealis – Apokalupsis (Review)”

Frostland – Winterkult (Review)

FrostlandFrostland are a black metal band from Germany and this is their debut album.

This is second wave-styled black metal, with a firm atmospheric black metal element; sort of a mix of the Scandinavian and US strains. Continue reading “Frostland – Winterkult (Review)”

Forest of Grey – Crypsis (Review)

Forest of GreyForest of Grey are a black metal band from the US and this is their debut album.

Crypsis is a thoroughly engaging 30 minutes of atmospheric black metal, with a firm Cascadian influence. Divided into two lengthy tracks, the band have produced an album that’s both engaging and highly captivating. Continue reading “Forest of Grey – Crypsis (Review)”

Dimmu Borgir – Eonian (Review)

Dimmu BorgirDimmu Borgir are a symphonic black metal band from Norway and this is their ninth album, (unless you count the rerecorded version of Stormblåst).

So, Dimmu Borgir have returned, a band that will likely need little introduction. Is this a case of more of the same, or do they offer something a bit different on their latest album? The truth lies somewhere in between.

Although the classic building Continue reading “Dimmu Borgir – Eonian (Review)”

Wolvhammer – The Monuments of Ash & Bone (Review)

WolvhammerThis is the fourth album from US black metallers Wolvhammer.

This is the much-awaited follow-up to 2014’s Clawing into Black Sun, which was one of my favourite releases of that year. To say I’ve been looking forward to this album is an understatement. Continue reading “Wolvhammer – The Monuments of Ash & Bone (Review)”

Vyre – Weltformel (Review)

VyreVyre are a German post-black metal band and this is their third album.

Vyre offer up a 52-minute sophisticated cocktail of electronically enhanced avant-garde/post-black metal, which has been further spiked with keyboards, synths, cello, and violin. Continue reading “Vyre – Weltformel (Review)”

Voidthrone – Kur (Review)

VoidthroneThis is the second album from Voidthrone, a US black metal band.

This is the follow up to the very enjoyable Spiritual War Tactics, which showcased the band’s keen ability when it came to dark, dissonant black metal that also employed doom and death metal elements very well. Of this album I said Continue reading “Voidthrone – Kur (Review)”