Category: Black metal

Eigenlicht – Self-Annihilating Consciousness (Review)

EigenlichtThis is the debut album from US black metal band Eigenlicht.

Majestic and ethereal, esoteric and occult, expansive and exploratory…all of these words and many more can easily be used to describe the music on Self-Annihilating Consciousness. This is atmospheric black metal that truly is all of those things and so much more. Continue reading “Eigenlicht – Self-Annihilating Consciousness (Review)”

Esoctrilihum – Pandaemorthium (Forbidden Formulas to Awaken the Blind Sovereigns of Nothingness) (Review)

EsoctrilihumEsoctrilihum is a French one man black/death metal band and this is his second album.

71 minutes of harrowing, terrify blackened evil? Sign me up! The man behind Esoctrilihum has created a monster of an album. Continue reading “Esoctrilihum – Pandaemorthium (Forbidden Formulas to Awaken the Blind Sovereigns of Nothingness) (Review)”

Funeral Winds – Sinister Creed (Review)

Funeral WindsThis is the fourth album from Funeral Winds, a black metal band from the Netherlands.

This is black metal played in the classic style; hateful, raging, and full of the fire and fury of the second wave. Continue reading “Funeral Winds – Sinister Creed (Review)”

Seventh Genocide – Toward Akina (Review)

Seventh GenocideSeventh Genocide are an Italian post-black metal band and this is their second album.

Now this is quite the ambitious and expansive work. 59 minutes of post-black metal, delivered with passion and no small amount of skill. Continue reading “Seventh Genocide – Toward Akina (Review)”

Living Altar – Scythes Towards Psyche (Review)

Living AltarLiving Altar are a Lithuanian black/death metal band and this is their debut EP, (after a demo and a split).

This is bestial black/death metal that takes no prisoners with its venomous assault and violent tendencies. Continue reading “Living Altar – Scythes Towards Psyche (Review)”

Neverending Winter – Сеногной (Review)

Neverending WinterNeverending Winter are a Russian black metal band and this is their latest EP.

After very much enjoying last year’s Хиус, it’s with great pleasure that I listened to Сеногной. Continue reading “Neverending Winter – Сеногной (Review)”

Harakiri for the Sky – Arson (Review)

Harakiri for the SkyThis is the fourth album from Austrian post-black metallers Harakiri for the Sky.

Well, it only seems like yesterday since we were graced with Harakiri for the Sky’s third album III: Trauma, which was unveiled in 2016. This album was somewhat of a slow-burning sleeper hit for me; I Continue reading “Harakiri for the Sky – Arson (Review)”

Bhleg – Solarmegin (Review)

BhlegBhleg are a Swedish folk black metal band and this is their second album.

Roughly four years after Bhleg’s enjoyable debut album Draumr Ást appeared, the band have now returned with a colossal new album; Solarmegin is a 98-minute celebration of the sun. Yes, that’s right; this album is a big one. Continue reading “Bhleg – Solarmegin (Review)”