Temple Desecration are a black/death metal band from Poland and this is their debut album.
With a title like Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos you expect a certain level of extremity, and Temple Desecration deliver it in no uncertain terms. Continue reading “Temple Desecration – Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos (Review)”
Oubliette are a melodic black metal band from the US and this is their second album.
As well as featuring members of bands such as Enfold Darkness and Inferi, Oubliette also have a member of the always impressive Battle Path in their ranks. Oubliette are a somewhat different proposition than the expansive post-metal of the guitarist’s other band, however. Continue reading “Oubliette – The Passage (Review)”
Myrkvid are a French black metal band and this is their latest EP.
Myrkvid play classic, second-wave black metal with a rolling, grooving fury and energetic blasphemy. Continue reading “Myrkvid – Demons Are Inside (Review)”
This is the third album from Australian black metallers Mesarthim.
2016’s .- -… … . -. -.-. . was an album I really enjoyed, so this new full-length is very gratefully received. The Density Parameter, however, is something else entirely. Continue reading “Mesarthim – The Density Parameter (Review)”
Runespell is a one man black metal band from Australia, and this is his second album.
I enjoyed 2017’s Unhallowed Blood Oath, which gave us seven tracks of utterly authentic 90s second wave black metal. Well, it’s now 2018, and we have yet another seven tracks to consume. Continue reading “Runespell – Order of Vengeance (Review)”
Immortal are a Norwegian black metal band and this is their ninth album.
Immortal are pretty legendary by now, and as this album is their first since 2009’s All Shall Fall, it has a lot of expectations riding on it. Continue reading “Immortal – Northern Chaos Gods (Review)”
With the End in Mind is a one man black metal band from the US. This is his debut album.
Here we have 55 minutes of expressive, expansive Cascadian atmospheric black metal. Well, this is something quite special. First seeing the light of day in 2016, it’s now getting a new lease of life via Temple of Torturous Records. Continue reading “With the End in Mind – Unraveling; Arising (Review)”
Sykelig Englen is a black metal solo project from the UK and this is the artist’s second album.
Hagall features short slices of Scandinavian-influenced black metal. Bands such as Marduk, Mayhem, Shining, and Gorgoroth are probably pretty decent starting reference points, but don’t tell the whole story. If you throw in some depressive black metal alongside this, as well as some other, quirkier elements, then I suppose you’ve largely a got a good idea of what this sounds like. Continue reading “Sykelig Englen – Hagall (Review)”
Aornos is a one man black metal project from Hungary and this is his fourth album.
Rooted in traditional black metal, The Great Scorn is an atmospheric and raw rendition of cosmic black metal that also incorporates some elements of more modern styles in its blistering delivery. Continue reading “Aornos – The Great Scorn (Review)”
This is the third album from Swedish black metal act Funeral Mist.
Hekatomb is a one man band brought to us by the vocalist of Marduk.
Hold on tight, because Hekatomb is a whirlwind of savage destruction and creative intensity. Continue reading “Funeral Mist – Hekatomb (Review)”
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