Black metal – Page 120 – Wonderbox Metal

The Sarcophagus – Beyond This World’s Illusion (Review)

This is the second album from The Sarcophagus, a black metal band form Turkey.

This is the debut album from this Portuguese black metal band.

We’ve met this band before with 2016’s Ventos de Ódio, which made me hungry for more. Monte da Lua is here to satiate that hunger. Continue reading “Ordem Satânica – Monte da Lua (Review)”

This is the debut EP from this US one-man black metal project.

Here we have a short, vicious slice of underground, raw black metal. However, all is not what it might initially seem to be with Cimejes. Continue reading “Cimejes – Summoning Warrior Possession (Review)”

Dodecahedron are a black metal band from the Netherlands and this is their second album.

Much like the recent Ulsect album, (a band that share members with Dodecahedron), Kwintessens is devoted to harrowing nightmarescapes and disturbing atmospheres. Whereas Ulsect Continue reading “Dodecahedron – Kwintessens (Review)”

Lava Invocator are a Ukrainian black metal band and this is their debut album.

This is classic black metal, traditionally played with hatred and fervour.

Think a mix of bands such as Darkthrone, Mayhem, Dissection, and Dark Funeral to get an idea of the playing field they inhabit. Continue reading “Lava Invocator – Mörk (Review)”

This is the debut album from Kafirun, a Canadian black metal band.

I very much enjoyed Kafirun’s Death Worship and Glorification of Holy Death releases, and this early work of theirs demonstrated the great promise that the band had. I always felt that they were building up to something, and apparently that something is Eschaton. Continue reading “Kafirun – Eschaton (Review)”

Svartsyn is a cult one-man Swedish black metal band and this is his ninth album.

This is classic black metal, misanthropic and pure. If you’re looking for a hit of the good stuff, then In Death has almost 50 minutes of it. Continue reading “Svartsyn – In Death (Review)”

This is the debut album from Lvx Haeresis, a Swiss black metal band.

This is ritualistic, occult black metal that takes influence from such bands as Ondskapt, Schammasch, and Funeral Mist to craft music that takes the listener on a blackened journey to sights foul and unclean. Continue reading “Lvx Haeresis – Descensŭs Spīrĭtŭs (Review)”

This is the latest demo release from US black metallers Sovereign.

It’s hard not to be impressed with black metal that’s played as authentically and as passionately as this so obviously is. Continue reading “Sovereign – Spirit Warfare: Demo MMXVII (Review)”

The Noctambulant are a melodic black metal band form the US and this is their debut album.

Combining elements of the US and Swedish styles of fast, melodic black metal, Advocatus Diaboli is 46 minutes of scything, blistering music that quickly unfolds with attitude and its own dark light. Continue reading “The Noctambulant – Advocatus Diaboli (Review)”