This is US black metal band Fin’s fourth album.
Fin specialise in raw, underground second-wave black metal that’s not without its moments of light. Continue reading “Fin – Arrows of a Dying Age (Review)”
Category: Black metal
Arkheron Thodol – Thaw (Review)
Arkheron Thodol are an atmospheric black metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
Atmospheric black metal is one of my favourite sub-genres. When it’s done well and you’re in the mood for it, there’s nothing quite like it. Continue reading “Arkheron Thodol – Thaw (Review)”
Khaospath – …for the Devil Speaks the Truth (Review)
This is the second album from Khaospath, a Swedish black metal band.
This is an interesting album in a few different ways.
Although it’s undoubtedly raw and aggressive, it also contains a hearty heavy metal influence alongside its more traditional second wave approach. Continue reading “Khaospath – …for the Devil Speaks the Truth (Review)”
White Ward – Futility Report (Review)
This is the debut album from White Ward, a Ukrainian post-black metal band.
This is post-black metal with avant-garde tendencies. However, this is a very simplistic description of what you’ll find on Futility Report; the music is anything but simple.
Mix Ihsahn, Ulver, Ephel Duath, Blut Aus Nord, Deafheaven, and Wolves in the Throne Room together, and you’ll still only have the barest glimpse of what White Ward play. Continue reading “White Ward – Futility Report (Review)”
Woest – La Fin de L’ère Sauvage (Review)
Woest are an industrial black metal band from France and this is their debut release.
Woest play some of the filthiest, blackest, malignant music you’ve probably heard in a while. Continue reading “Woest – La Fin de L’ère Sauvage (Review)”
Rosk – Miasma (Review)
This is the debut album from Polish post-black metallers Rosk.
Rosk play post-black metal with atmospheric, doom, and ambient influences. Continue reading “Rosk – Miasma (Review)”
Mountains Crave – As We Were When We Were Not (Review)
Mountains Crave are a UK black metal band and this is their debut album.
This is black metal that skilfully builds progressive, atmospheric, and post-metal elements into its construction. Continue reading “Mountains Crave – As We Were When We Were Not (Review)”
Time Lurker – Time Lurker (Review)
This is the debut album from one-man French black metal band Time Lurker.
Time Lurker is atmospheric black metal that’s sophisticated and thoughtful.
Elements of modern, depressive and post-black metal can be heard in places, enhancing and widening the scope of Time Lurker’s atmospherically blackened base. Continue reading “Time Lurker – Time Lurker (Review)”
Bewitcher – Bewitcher (Review)
This is the debut album from US black/speed metal band Bewitcher.
This is some heady old-school stuff. Mixing thrash, speed, heavy, and first-wave black metal influences into its delivery, this album is designed to get you headbanging. Continue reading “Bewitcher – Bewitcher (Review)”
Abomnium – A Hollow Path (Review)
Hailing from the Netherlands, this is a one-man black metal project. This is his fourth album.
A Hollow Path contains 42 minutes of raging blackened nastiness, all tied together with some extra death/thrash metal influences. Continue reading “Abomnium – A Hollow Path (Review)”
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