This is the debut album from Temple Koludra, a German black metal band.
Temple Koludra’s music uses black and death metal to craft a grim, raw exploration of Indian cultures and influences via extreme metal’s embracing framework. Continue reading “Temple Koludra – Seven! Sirens! To a Lost Archetype (Review)”
Ancient Hostility are a Ukrainian/US black metal band and this is their debut album.
This is, on the surface of things, a second wave black metal album, full of the sort of misanthropy and hatred that you’d expect for something like this. Scratch the surface, however, (and by this I mean actually listen to it), and you’ll also find a bit more than the norm here. Continue reading “Ancient Hostility – Ancient Hostility (Review)”
If April saw a lot of high quality albums released, May was ridiculous. Worse than April, I had a shortlist of 23 albums that I judged were fitting of being highlighted. Somehow, I have no idea how, I have managed to get this down to 11. I wanted to get that down to an even 10, but just couldn’t find one to cut. Anyway, here we goooooooo… Continue reading “Monthly Overview – the Best of May 2019”
This is the seventh album from french black metallers Deathspell Omega.
Deathspell Omega are well-known in black metal circles, and a new release is always somewhat of an event for people with a taste for high quality esoteric substance. Continue reading “Deathspell Omega – The Furnaces of Palingenesia (Review)”
Kval are a black metal band from Finland and this is their second album.
I’ve been greatly anticipating the next Kval release, as the band’s 2017 self titled debut album was quite the underground find. The debut seemed to be a solo affair, whereas this new one seems to have added a guitarist. Continue reading “Kval – Laho (Review)”
Starless Domain are a US black metal band and this is their debut album.
Consisting of a single track lasting almost an hour, (at least my version is – I’ve seen others that are divided into four tracks), EOS is an ambitious journey into the night sky. Continue reading “Starless Domain – EOS (Review)”
Nyss are a French black metal band and this is their second album.
Nyss’s 2017 debut album Princesse Terre (Three Studies of Silence and Death) was an atmospheric and raw slice of blackened art that struck a chord with me, and I’ve returned to it many times since. Continue reading “Nyss – Dépayser (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)”
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