Wells Valley are a Portuguese post-metal band and this is their latest EP.
This EP features two new songs and a Pink Floyd cover, and is the band’s follow up release to 2015’s very enjoyable Matter as Regent.
Continuing their theme of taking the standard Continue reading “Wells Valley – The Orphic (Review)”
This is the latest demo release from US black metallers Sovereign.
It’s hard not to be impressed with black metal that’s played as authentically and as passionately as this so obviously is. Continue reading “Sovereign – Spirit Warfare: Demo MMXVII (Review)”
The Noctambulant are a melodic black metal band form the US and this is their debut album.
Combining elements of the US and Swedish styles of fast, melodic black metal, Advocatus Diaboli is 46 minutes of scything, blistering music that quickly unfolds with attitude and its own dark light. Continue reading “The Noctambulant – Advocatus Diaboli (Review)”
Folie a Deux are a black metal band from Sweden and this is their debut album.
This is underground and nasty. The band’s style is somewhere between black and death metal, taking elements of both and barking rough growling shouts over the top of everything. Continue reading “Folie a Deux – Misanthropic Slaughter Cult (Review)”
This is the debut album from Ulsect, a death/black metal band from the Netherlands.
Ulsect specialise in technical/avant-garde/dissonant death metal, with heavy atmosphere and blackened aesthetics. Continue reading “Ulsect – Ulsect (Review)”
Promethean are a French symphonic blackened death metal band and this is their debut EP.
The cover of this alone was enough to pique my interest. You know what they say; come for the cover, stay for the music, right? Continue reading “Promethean – Aloades (Review)”
This is the latest EP from Torc, a black metal band from the Czech Republic.
Torc play black metal with a few other influences which can be heard in the songs. Continue reading “Torc – Vzpomínky na Slunce (Review)”
Dødsengel are a Norwegian black metal band and this is their fourth album.
Well, there’s a lot going on here. I very much enjoyed their split with Nightbringer, but it didn’t prepare me for this.
This is sophisticated black metal with a broad theatrical side when it comes to the vocals, almost like an occult ritualistic opera that aims to summon fell beings from the abyss. Continue reading “Dødsengel – Interequinox (Review)”
This is Nightbringer’s fifth album. They are a black metal band from the US.
Where to start with an album like this? There’s so much expansive content it’s hard to do it justice with words. Continue reading “Nightbringer – Terra Damnata (Review)”
Muka are a Croatian black metal band and this is their second album.
Here we have almost 30 minutes of dark, dissonant black metal. This description doesn’t paint a complete picture though, as here’s a band that play according to their own rules of multi-genre music. Continue reading “Muka – Sveta Stoka (Review)”
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