Endon are a Japanese experimental post-hardcore band and this is their third album.
Holy crap, what the Hell is this? I looove it when you stumble blindly upon something as unexpectedly individual as this, especially when it’s done so well. Done poorly, this would be unlistenable nonsense, (and I’m sure there are some that would regard this as such), but Endon have a talent, it seems, for producing unusual, non-easy Continue reading “Endon – Boy Meets Girl (Review)”
Mallephyr are from the Czech Republic and play black/death metal. This is their second album.
Womb of Worms contains 38 minutes of occult, misanthropic black metal that’s bolstered in places by the inherent might and muscle of death metal. It also features a member of Panychida. Continue reading “Mallephyr – Womb of Worms (Review)”
Windswept are a Ukrainian black metal; band and this is their second album.
Featuring members of Drudkh, this is Windswept’s follow up to 2017’s The Great Cold Steppe. Continue reading “Windswept – The Onlooker (Review)”
Downfall of Gaia are a German post-black metal band and this is their fifth album.
Downfall of Gaia are an impressive proposition. Their blackened brand of atmospheric sludge metal is channelled into post-black metal songs that are both satisfying and immersive. We last encountered them on 2016’s Atrophy, and now they grace us with 40 minutes of new material. Continue reading “Downfall of Gaia – Ethic of Radical Finitude (Review)”
January has seen somewhat of a slow start to the year for metal releases. Despite this, there have still been some that are well worth your attention. Have a look at the gems below and let me know which ones sound the best to you… Continue reading “Monthly Overview – the Best of January 2019”
Morild are a Danish black metal band and this is their debut album.
To give this album it’s full, unabridged title –
’Så kom mørket og tog mig på ordet
En sort sky af minder
I afgørende stunder
Frosset fast i mit indre
Jeg håber det forsvinder med lyset
At dø eller blive fri’
Which apparently translates as – Continue reading “Morild – Så kom mørket… (Review)”
Enon Chapel are an American black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Featuring a member of Palace of Worms, this project takes influence from Victorian era London and specialises in raw, lo-fi black metal. Continue reading “Enon Chapel – Enon Chapel (Review)”
This is a split between two black metal acts – Hænesy from Hungary and Moondweller from Russia.
Hænesy open up the split, and after enjoying their debut album Katruzsa from last year, it’s great to have some new material from them already. Continue reading “Hænesy/Moondweller – Earth and Space – Split (Review)”
Ars Magna Umbrae is a Polish one man black metal band and this is his debut album.
Lunar Ascension is the follow up to the impressive Through Lunar Gateways, which I really enjoyed. As it turned out, we didn’t have to wait too long for a full length release after all, and here it is. Continue reading “Ars Magna Umbrae – Lunar Ascension (Review)”
Ondfødt are a Finnish black metal band and this is their second album.
We’ve met Ondfødt before on 2014’s Hexkonst, which I found to be quite an enjoyable blast of largely traditional rawness. Continue reading “Ondfødt – Dödsrikets Kallelse (Review)”
