Hoth are a melodic black metal band from the US and this is their third album.
Astral Necromancy takes the listener on a 50-minute trip through a cosmic abyss of sorts. An ambitious and vast release, the songs are sparkling and multifaceted as they tear through their playing time. Continue reading “Hoth – Astral Necromancy (Review)”
Incorporea are a Spanish black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Here we have a darkly atmospheric 12 minutes of music. The two songs on this EP are very enjoyable examples of what Incorporea are capable of. Full of bleak, depressive atmosphere layered with cold aggression, this brief foray into the land of Incorporea is definitely worth the trip. Continue reading “Incorporea – To Exorcize the Sun (Review)”
Magister Dixit are a melodic black metal band from Canada and this is their sixth album.
Featuring members of Spirit of the Forest, Their Blood, Their Sweat, Their Tears contains 50 minutes of melodic/symphonic black metal, played with gusto and delivered with passion and a hunger for war. Continue reading “Magister Dixit – Their Blood, Their Sweat, Their Tears (Review)”
Arallu are a black metal band from Israel and this is a re-release of their fourth album.
Not familiar with Arallu? Make sure you definitely check out Geniewar and Six. You won’t be disappointed. Continue reading “Arallu – Desert Battles – Descending to the Sands (2018)(Review)”
Vahrzaw are an Australian black/death metal band and this is their third album.
Here we have the follow up to 2014’s Twin Suns & Wolves’ Tongues. This was a blisteringly aggressive album that combined death metal ferocity into its blackened assault. Continue reading “Vahrzaw – Husk (Review)”
Marduk are a legendary Swedish black metal band and this is their fourteenth album.
Viktoria has a duration of 33 minutes and finds Marduk in fine fiery form. Continue reading “Marduk – Viktoria (Review)”
Asgrauw are a black metal band from the Netherlands and this is their third album.
Carrying a torch for old-school Scandinavian second wave black metal through a forest at night, Asgrauw have delivered an album that really does make me nostalgic for the 90s. The music on Gronspech speaks to me in a very specific, occult-tinged way that only this kind of music can. Continue reading “Asgrauw – Gronspech (Review)”
Wistful is a one man post-black metal project from Portugal and this is his second album.
Metempsychosis contains 41 minutes of dark, blackened music. Mixing together post-metal and blackgaze into an ambient black metal core, this is wonderfully evocative and emotive post-black metal that’s filled to the brim with sorrow, despondency, and feelings of aching loss. Continue reading “Wistful – Metempsychosis (Review)”
Gaerea are a Portuguese black metal band and this is their debut album.
On Unsettling Whispers Gaerea have crafted 42 minutes of black metal that’s distinctly non-standard and in many ways is quite…unsettling. Continue reading “Gaerea – Unsettling Whispers (Review)”
Duir are an Italian folk/black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Here we have 31 minutes of music that’s largely rooted in black metal, but has a firm folk side to it. Continue reading “Duir – Obsidio (Review)”
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