This is a gargantuan four-way split, consisting of 15 tracks across a total duration of 96 minutes. Continue reading “Thy Darkened Shade/Amestigon/Inconcessus Lux Lucis/Shaarimoth – SamaeLilith: A Conjunction of the Fireborn – Split (Review)”
Tag: Black metal
Narbeleth – Svmma Cvm Nox Arcana (Review)
This is the fifth album from Cuban black metallers Narbeleth.
I always enjoy catching up with new Narbeleth material. If you’re unfamiliar with the band, also make sure you check out 2014’s A Hatred Manifesto, 2015’s Through Blackness and Remote Places, and 2017’s Indomitvs. Continue reading “Narbeleth – Svmma Cvm Nox Arcana (Review)”
Ennoven – Empty Passes, Silent Trails (Review)
This is the second album from Polish one-man post-black metal band Ennoven.
This is the follow up to 2014’s Redemption, which was a very enjoyable debut record. Empty Passes, Silent Trails, however, is on another level entirely. It contains only four tracks, but lasts 47 minutes, and spans a world of emotion and mood. Continue reading “Ennoven – Empty Passes, Silent Trails (Review)”
Sordide – Les Idées Blanches (Review)
Sordide are a black metal band from France and this is their fourth album.
Sordide deliver us 39 minutes of sharp, modern black metal. Continue reading “Sordide – Les Idées Blanches (Review)”
Worm Shepherd – In the Wake ov Sòl (Review)
Worm Shepherd are a blackened deathcore band and this is their debut album.
Blackened melodies expand with fiery grace and keyboards swell with malevolent doom, only to be cruelly cast aside by cold, merciless slams when the moment is right. Worm Shepherd play a form of blackened deathcore that combines Continue reading “Worm Shepherd – In the Wake ov Sòl (Review)”
Seputus – Phantom Indigo (Review)
This is the second album from US death metallers Seputus.
Here we have 48 minutes of psychedelic extreme metal. Combining elements of black metal, death metal, and grindcore into meaty, substantial tracks, this album is not your standard extreme metal album. Continue reading “Seputus – Phantom Indigo (Review)”
Klamm – Misanthropocene (Review)
This is the third album from black metal band Klamm.
Misanthropocene is an interesting and engaging album that offers the listener a modern and layered interpretation of black metal. The style is rooted in the atmospheric one, but also takes in elements of the melodic, avant-garde, and post-black Continue reading “Klamm – Misanthropocene (Review)”
Sadistik Forest – Obscure Old Remains (Review)
This is the latest EP from Finnish death metallers Sadistik Forest.
Morbid Majesties was a highlight of 2018, so it’s great to have Sadistik Forest back with some new material. Obscure Old Remains contains four songs, with a total duration of 19 minutes. Continue reading “Sadistik Forest – Obscure Old Remains (Review)”
Noctule – Wretched Abyss (Review)
Noctule is a one-woman black metal band from the UK, and this is her debut album.
Brought to us by the singer/guitarist of Svalbard, Wretched Abyss is a 42-minute Skyrim-themed album that takes some of the darker and melodic elements you can hear in Svalbard’s sound, and wraps them around a blackened core. Continue reading “Noctule – Wretched Abyss (Review)”
Mental Cruelty – A Hill to Die Upon (Review)
This is the third album from German deathcore band Mental Cruelty.
This is the follow up to 2019’s Inferis, although A Hill to Die Upon is a different beast to its predecessor. Although the foundations are the same, they’ve been built upon and reshaped into a far darker, more blackened Continue reading “Mental Cruelty – A Hill to Die Upon (Review)”
