Messa are an Italian doom metal band and this is their second album.
This is the follow up to 2016’s very enjoyable Belfry. This was an album that took the classic doom metal template and injected elements of ambient/drone into it, along with the band members’ own distinct personalities. Continue reading “Messa – Feast for Water (Review)”
This is a collaboration between Japanese multi-instrumentalist Keiji Haino and US post-metal band SUMAC.
SUMAC feature an impressive calibre of members, (Isis, Baptists, Russian Circles), so it’s a real shame I’ve never encountered any of their work previous to this. Keiji Haino I’m even more unfamiliar with, but it seems he has built up a significant body of work and collaborative projects over time. Continue reading “Keiji Haino & SUMAC – American Dollar Bill – Keep Facing Sideways, You’re Too Hideous to Look at Face On (Review)”
Seventh Genocide are an Italian post-black metal band and this is their second album.
Now this is quite the ambitious and expansive work. 59 minutes of post-black metal, delivered with passion and no small amount of skill. Continue reading “Seventh Genocide – Toward Akina (Review)”
LÜÜP is a, (deep breath), Greek one man experimental avant-garde blackened classical band, (phew), and this is his third album.
Canticles of the Holy Scythe features 37 minutes of music that consists of a black metal undercoat, which has then been fully fleshed out and painted with colours from folk, progressive, avant-garde, ambient, and classical music. Continue reading “LÜÜP – Canticles of the Holy Scythe (Review)”
Nortt is a one-man black/doom metal band from Denmark and this is his fourth album.
Here we have 40 minutes of black metal that’s been bent to the will of funeral doom and dark ambience. This is music to listen to in a lightless environment, preferably while staring up at the stars and contemplating how insignificant you are. Continue reading “Nortt – Endeligt (Review)”
This is a split release between two sludge/doom/post-metal bands from Germany – Blæck Fox and Morasth.
Blæck Fox present us with 15 minutes of layered blackened gloom. Spread over two tracks, Blæck Fox bring the darkness with enviable ability. Continue reading “Blæck Fox – Morasth – Split (Review)”
Dirge are a French atmospheric post-metal band and this is their latest EP.
Making my 2014 end of year best of list, I’m a huge fan of the band’s previous album Hyperion, so it’s great to have some new material from this band. Continue reading “Dirge – Alma | Baltica (Review)”
Charnia are a post-metal band from Belgium and this is their second album.
Het Laatste Licht is a single 40 minute track that’s as ambitious as it is finely realised. This is a superlative piece of work where the worlds of dark ambient mood, neoclassical atmosphere, and post-metal build/release collide and merge to great effect. Continue reading “Charnia – Het Laatste Licht (Review)”
This is the latest release from one-man UK-based experimental drone band Dunjin.
The Conqueror Worm is 43 minutes of experimental soundscapes and grim ambience, taking in drone, noise, industrial, and dark atmospherics. Continue reading “Dunjin – The Conqueror Worm (Review)”
Kval is a one-man black metal band from Finland and this is his debut album.
Apparently starting out life under the name Khaossos and released in 2015 with the title Kuolonkuu, this new version is a re-recorded beast that’s now been updated and Continue reading “Kval – Kval (Review)”
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