God’s Bastard are a black metal band from the US and this is their debut EP.
Whatever happened to Floods, I hear you ask? Well, the answer, partly at least, is that their former guitarist/vocalist ended up joining forces with the drummer of Krallice/Woe to produce this rather fine new project. Continue reading “God’s Bastard – Last Standing Village (Review)”
This is the third album from one man French black metal band Sühnopfer.
After 2014’s very enjoyable Offertoire, Hic Regnant Borbonii Manes provides us with 52 minutes of new material that tears into the airwaves with streaks of melodic colour and a frenzied heart of darkness. This is misanthropic, furiously melodic black metal with a Medieval feel and theme, propelled by rage and very aggressive screams. Continue reading “Sühnopfer – Hic Regnant Borbonii Manes (Review)”
This is the second album from Sol Sistere, a black metal band from Chile.
Extinguished Cold Light lasts 52 minutes and contains aggressive atmospheric black metal that’s largely influenced by the 90s era. Continue reading “Sol Sistere – Extinguished Cold Light (Review)”
Mavradoxa are an atmospheric black metal band from the US and this is their third album.
Afer enjoying 2017’s memorable Lethean Lament, Mavradoxa have now returned with a shorter album, (43 minutes vs its predecessor’s 62 minutes), that sees them focused, lean, and firing on all cylinders. Continue reading “Mavradoxa – Nightmarrow (Review)”
This is the fourth album from German Black Metallers Stellar Master Elite.
Hologram Temple is the much anticipated follow up to 2015’s massively enjoyable III: Eternalism – The Psychospherical Chapter. It has not disappointed. Continue reading “Stellar Master Elite – Hologram Temple (Review)”
Lörd Matzigkeitus are a black metal band from Canada and this is this project’s third album.
From the Many Splintered Minds mixes a harsh form of black metal with elements of death metal and a multitude of blackened underground styles of extremity. Parts of the album are more traditionally brutal, while others are more avant-garde in range and delivery. Continue reading “Lörd Matzigkeitus – From the Many Splintered Minds (Review)”
Forlet Sires are a Swiss post-black metal band. This is their second album.
2016’s Journey Towards Ruin was a definite highlight of that year, so as soon as I was told about this new release, I was quite excited. Continue reading “Forlet Sires – Holy (Review)”
Norden is a one man black/Viking metal band from Poland and this is his second album.
This is a Bathory-influenced Viking metal album, (complete with Bathory cover song), that combines this with elements of black and pagan metal to produce a blackened, yet still authentic, take on the Bathory style of Viking metal. Continue reading “Norden – Z Popiołów i Krwi… (Review)”
Blyh are a German black metal band and this is their second album.
Awake to Emptiness is 45 minutes of raw, melodic black metal, spread out over five lengthy tracks. Continue reading “Blyh – Awake to Emptiness (Review)”
Varaha are an atmospheric metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
This album contains 69 minutes of music that merges blackgaze, doom, post-black, Gothic, and post-metal together into a beguiling and affecting package. Continue reading “Varaha – A Passage for Lost Years (Review)”
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