At Dusk and Sacerdos are both black metal bands from the US, with At Dusk being a one-man entity and Sacerdos being a duo.
At Dusk’s contribution to this release is one 15 minute song named Condemned. Continue reading “At Dusk/Sacerdos – Split (Review)”
This is the second album from French black metallers Karne.
2014’s Faith in Flesh saw Karne nail their colours to the mast with their brand of high-speed black metal that had melodic bite and grim determination. Continue reading “Karne – Symposium of Torments (Review)”
This is the debut album from Greek black metal band Chaosbaphomet.
This album is bookended by a long, ritualistic, avant-garde track that serves as an introduction, and by a Necromantia cover at the other end of the album. In the middle, however, we get 24 minutes of Chaosbaphomet’s furious own-brand black metal. Continue reading “Chaosbaphomet – Promethean Black Flame (Review)”
This is the second album from one-man Swedish black metal project Grift.
The brainchild of the man behind Arfsynd, (among others), this is atmospheric black metal that features acoustic and folk elements alongside the more traditionally blackened ones. Continue reading “Grift – Arvet (Review)”
Vihamieli are a Finnish black metal band and this is their debut album.
Vihamieli play their black metal in the traditional, second wave way, full of blasphemous hatred and icy winds. Continue reading “Vihamieli – Kuolevain Veri Uinuu Ikuisuuteen (Review)”
Poison Blood are a US black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Consisting of members of Horseback and Krieg, this is 19 minutes of old-school darkness. Continue reading “Poison Blood – Poison Blood (Review)”
Northern Plague are a black/death metal band from Poland and this is their second album.
I enjoyed Northern Plague’s 2014 debut album Manifesto, so it’s with high expectations that I approached their new work Scorn the Idle. Continue reading “Northern Plague – Scorn the Idle (Review)”
This is the second album from US black metallers Uhtcearu.
Hot on the heels of last year’s impressive debut album The Plight of Wanderers, Uhtcearu clearly aren’t interested in resting on their laurels as we already have a new album from them. Not that I’m complaining, as their debut album was one of the more notable and enjoyable releases of 2016. Continue reading “Uhtcearu – For Darkness to Subside (Review)”
Narbeleth is a Cuban one-man black metal band and this is his fourth album.
I’ve been willingly following Narbeleth’s work for a few years now, starting with 2014’s A Hatred Manifesto and then with 2015’s Through Blackness, and Remote Places. There’s just something so pleasingly atavistic, raw, Continue reading “Narbeleth – Indomitvs (Review)”
This is the debut album from Suns of Sorath, a progressive black/death metal band from the US.
Flowers of the Lily boasts a lot of complex, technical playing. This has been structured into progressive music with black/death leanings, and peppered with avant-garde, classical, and jazz influences. Continue reading “Suns of Sorath – Flowers of the Lily (Review)”
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