Fen are a UK progressive black metal band and this is their fifth album.
Fen combine atmospheric, progressive and post-black metal into their beguiling music. Taking the appropriate elements of each and using them to suit their own purposes, the music on Winter is expansive and full of dark vision. Continue reading “Fen – Winter (Review)”
This is the fourth album by Manetheren, a black metal band from the US.
Here we have 62 minutes of atmospheric black metal with dark, nihilistic, apocalyptic themes.
Manetheren’s approach to black metal is one of layering. Various Continue reading “Manetheren – The End (Review)”
Blood Moon are a black metal band and this is their debut album.
Inspired by the 90s second wave of black metal, but not limited by it, Blood Moon offer up 51 minutes of ancestor worship and ritualistic incantations in the form of Through the Scarlet Veil.
The music is mystical and obscure. It’s Continue reading “Blood Moon – Through the Scarlet Veil (Review)”
This is a split between Palace of Worms and Ecferus – two US one-man black metal bands.
Both of these bands are ones that I really enjoy, and both have a history of quality releases, (check out The Ladder, Prehistory and Shamaniacal Essence), so when I found out they were sharing a split release, the expectation levels rocketed up. Continue reading “Palace of Worms/Ecferus – Split (Review)”
Mord’A’Stigmata are a black metal band from Poland and this is their fourth album.
2013’s Ansia made a very good impression with its expansive take on the genre, while also incorporating post-metal and doom elements into its sound. Continue reading “Mord’A’Stigmata – Hope (Review)”
Cioran are an Italian blackened punk band. This is their latest release.
Chaos. Ugly, blackened chaos. Underground hardcore punk with more anger and bile than you can shake a stick at. Yes, this is what you should expect from the 25 minutes of mayhem on Bestiale Battito Divino. Continue reading “Cioran – Bestiale Battito Divino (Review)”
Tenebrositas is a one-man black metal project from Croatia. This is his latest demo.
I really liked 2015’s Forever Nothing, which was a raw 34 minutes of Norwegian black metal worship that really hit the spot for me. Continue reading “Tenebrositas – Alone in the Frozen Wastelands (Review)”
The Great Old Ones are a black metal band from France and this is their third album.
Boasting a larger and more comprehensive production than ever before on their latest release, The Great Old Ones sound as great as their name implies. Bold, grand and aggressively majestic, EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy is an album to explore and be afraid of, for the dark delights it contains are not for unwary travellers. Continue reading “The Great Old Ones – EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (Review)”
This is the fourth album from Belgian symphonic black metal band Saille.
The band’s third record Eldritch was an enjoyable listen full of sharp aggression and dark symphonics.
Featuring the same amount Continue reading “Saille – Gnosis (Review)”
This is the latest EP by one man US black metal project Ecferus.
2015’s Prehistory was an album that I enjoyed so much that I regularly return to it. Evoking the grandeur and wonder of the natural world from a black metal perspective; Prehistory, and its follow up Pangaea, are both albums that I heartily recommend. Continue reading “Ecferus – Shamaniacal Essence (Review)”
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