This is the second album from Belgian black metal band Cult of Erinyes.
The band’s 2016 EP Transcendence was a very strong calling card for Cult of Erinyes, ably demonstrating their ritualistic black metal to great effect. Continue reading “Cult of Erinyes – Tiberivs (Review)”
Barathrum are a Finnish black metal band and this is their ninth album.
This is old-school black metal with plenty of groovy mid-paced sections that drip filth everywhere and generally make a mess all over everything they touch. Continue reading “Barathrum – Fanatiko (Review)”
None are a black metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
This album contains 30 minutes of material that combines atmospheric and depressive black metal.
The song titles – Cold, Wither, Suffer – pretty much Continue reading “None – None (Review)”
Ashen Horde are a black metal band from the US and this is their latest EP.
2015’s Nine Plagues was a striking record. Now, we’re treated to an equally striking two-track EP named The Alchemist. Continue reading “Ashen Horde – The Alchemist (Review)”
Doedsvangr are a black metal band from Norway/Finland and this is their debut album.
Made up of members that have a very impressive history, you know this is going to be good, but it’s actually even better than that. Continue reading “Doedsvangr – Satan ov Suns (Review)”
Entity of Hate are an Indian melodic black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Featuring a member of Diabolus Arcanium, this is 15 minutes of melodic black metal with death metal undertones. Continue reading “Entity of Hate – Cursed for Eternity (Review)”
Ghost Horizon is a US one-man black metal project and this is his second EP.
This is black metal that’s both atmospheric and melodic. This is highly emotive music that clearly has meaning and depth within its blackened atmospheric assault. Continue reading “Ghost Horizon – The Erotics of Disgust (Review)”
Bereft are a blackened doom band from the US and this is their latest album.
Have you ever wanted to listen to a band like Yob or Pallbearer, but wished that they had a darker, blacker side? Enter Bereft.
So, imagine Continue reading “Bereft – Lands (Review)”
This is Norse’s third album. They are a black metal band from Australia.
Norse have always stuck out as being a bit different from your run-of-the-mill black metal. 2014’s Pest was a very enjoyable slab of individualised blackened filth, full of interesting ideas and unusual riffs and structuring. This is continued and refined on The Divine Light of a New Sun. Continue reading “Norse – The Divine Light of a New Sun (Review)”
Earth Rot are an Australian blackened death metal band and this is their second album.
As Earth Rot’s last EP Chthonian Virtues was one of my favourite releases from 2016, I was very excited to hear Renascentia.
If you haven’t encountered Earth Rot Continue reading “Earth Rot – Renascentia (Review)”
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