Windswept are a Ukrainian black metal; band and this is their second album.
Featuring members of Drudkh, this is Windswept’s follow up to 2017’s The Great Cold Steppe. Continue reading “Windswept – The Onlooker (Review)”
Category: Black metal
Downfall of Gaia – Ethic of Radical Finitude (Review)
Downfall of Gaia are a German post-black metal band and this is their fifth album.
Downfall of Gaia are an impressive proposition. Their blackened brand of atmospheric sludge metal is channelled into post-black metal songs that are both satisfying and immersive. We last encountered them on 2016’s Atrophy, and now they grace us with 40 minutes of new material. Continue reading “Downfall of Gaia – Ethic of Radical Finitude (Review)”
Morild – Så kom mørket… (Review)
Morild are a Danish black metal band and this is their debut album.
To give this album it’s full, unabridged title –
’Så kom mørket og tog mig på ordet
En sort sky af minder
I afgørende stunder
Frosset fast i mit indre
Jeg håber det forsvinder med lyset
At dø eller blive fri’
Which apparently translates as – Continue reading “Morild – Så kom mørket… (Review)”
Enon Chapel – Enon Chapel (Review)
Enon Chapel are an American black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Featuring a member of Palace of Worms, this project takes influence from Victorian era London and specialises in raw, lo-fi black metal. Continue reading “Enon Chapel – Enon Chapel (Review)”
Hænesy/Moondweller – Earth and Space – Split (Review)
This is a split between two black metal acts – Hænesy from Hungary and Moondweller from Russia.
Hænesy open up the split, and after enjoying their debut album Katruzsa from last year, it’s great to have some new material from them already. Continue reading “Hænesy/Moondweller – Earth and Space – Split (Review)”
Ars Magna Umbrae – Lunar Ascension (Review)
Ars Magna Umbrae is a Polish one man black metal band and this is his debut album.
Lunar Ascension is the follow up to the impressive Through Lunar Gateways, which I really enjoyed. As it turned out, we didn’t have to wait too long for a full length release after all, and here it is. Continue reading “Ars Magna Umbrae – Lunar Ascension (Review)”
Ondfødt – Dödsrikets Kallelse (Review)
Ondfødt are a Finnish black metal band and this is their second album.
We’ve met Ondfødt before on 2014’s Hexkonst, which I found to be quite an enjoyable blast of largely traditional rawness. Continue reading “Ondfødt – Dödsrikets Kallelse (Review)”
From the Vastland – Daevayasna (Review)
From the Vastland is an Iranian/Norwegian black metal band and this is their fifth album.
I enjoyed 2016’s Chamrosh, and Daevayasna provides us with another 47 minutes of classic black metal fury. The artist behind this project is rounded out by a full band for Daevayasna, boasting current and ex-members of Continue reading “From the Vastland – Daevayasna (Review)”
Azaghal – Valo Pohjoisesta (Review)
Azaghal are a Finnish black metal band and this is their eleventh album.
It’s been many, many years since I last heard Azaghal. This is definitely my loss, as I was a huge fan of the band at one point. Unfortunately I just lost track of what they were doing, for no particular reason, so it’s great to have the opportunity to catch up with them on their latest release. Continue reading “Azaghal – Valo Pohjoisesta (Review)”
Blurr Thrower – Les Avatars du Vide (Review)
Blurr Thrower is a one man atmospheric black metal band from France and this is his debut release.
Blurr Thrower’s music is heavily influenced by the Cascadian scene, which is no bad thing when the results are this good. Continue reading “Blurr Thrower – Les Avatars du Vide (Review)”
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