This is the debut album from Irish/international black metallers Belial’s Throne.
Featuring the drummer of Coscradh, Forgotten Land of the Lost Souls contains 36 minutes of good quality second wave black metal. Continue reading “Belial’s Throne – Forgotten Land of the Lost Souls (Review)”
This is the second album from US black metallers Weald and Woe.
Weald and Woe play a medieval folk-influenced brand of melodic black metal. Across 37 minutes they craft an album of ancient atmosphere and blackened hooks. Continue reading “Weald and Woe – For the Good of the Realm (Review)”
Marduk are a Swedish black metal band and this is their fifteenth album.
Memento Mori contains 42 minutes of passionately crafted blackened intensity. It’s like bottled chaos and frenzied mayhem, with moments of dark storms and nightmare worldbuilding. Yep, Marduk are back. Continue reading “Marduk – Memento Mori (Review)”
This is the debut EP from Black Birch, a Swedish black metal band.
Containing 22 minutes of music, Black Birch is an atmospheric black metal release that showcases the very capable talents of this new black metal act in no uncertain terms. Continue reading “Black Birch – Black Birch (Review)”
This is the debut album from Canadian black metal band Boréalys.
L’heritage brings us 61-minutes of atmospheric black metal. Boréalys have produced an enjoyable slice of mournful black metal that recommends itself well. Continue reading “Boréalys – L’heritage (Review)”
Baxaxaxa are a German black metal band and this is their second album.
Featuring members of Runespell and Ungod, Baxaxaxa play black metal with sinister atmosphere and wicked groove. De Vermis Mysteriis contains 41 minutes of atavistic blackened character. Continue reading “Baxaxaxa – De Vermis Mysteriis (Review)”
Lepra are a black metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
In a fit of pure laziness on my part, I’m going to just reproduce a line from the promo blurb to set the scene for this release – “It is not your usual cup of black metal, this one has a unique blend of black punk/and roll, folk, goth rock, doom… All played with drums, bass, flute, endless keyboards, and duelling vocals.” Continue reading “Lepra – Devil’s Blood in Her Tongue (Review)”
This is the fifteenth album from Blut Aus Nord, a French black metal band.
Blut Aus Nord have an enviable discography, (see Triunity, Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry, Deus Salutis Meæ, Hallucinogen, and this new album’s direct predecessor – Disharmonium – Undreamable Abysses, as a few examples), and they’ve now already added to it again with the 44 minutes of new material that is Disharmonium – Nahab. Continue reading “Blut Aus Nord – Disharmonium – Nahab (Review)”
This is the second album from one-man Finnish black metal band Wooden Throne.
Brought to us by a member of October Falls, Eternal Wanderer of the Night Sky is a 34-minute atmospheric black metal album that incorporates elements of doom into its dark framework. Continue reading “Wooden Throne – Eternal Wanderer of the Night Sky (Review)”
Urfaust are a black metal band from the Netherlands and this is their seventh album.
Untergang contains 38 minutes of idiosyncratic black metal. Urfaust craft music that has impressive worldbuilding properties, and on this album they excel at bringing their dark vision to life. Continue reading “Urfaust – Untergang (Review)”
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