Cadaveris – The Ceremony of Worshiping (Review)

CadaverisCadaveris are a Russian black metal band and this is their debut album.

This is half an hour of orthodox, occult black metal that comes across as a malevolent mix of Watain, Marduk, Mayhem and Dark Funeral.

Performed and executed with the passion of Continue reading “Cadaveris – The Ceremony of Worshiping (Review)”

Interview with Woe

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Woe’s latest album Hope Attrition hits like a truck and is chock full of so many aggressive riffs you’ll wonder what the Hell has just happened.

Get ready to drown in blast beats and fiery rage. Get ready for Woe… Continue reading “Interview with Woe”

Coldfells – Coldfells (Review)

ColdfellsColdfells are a blackened doom band from the US. This is their debut album.

This is a blackened doom release that really does blur the line between the two styles. Is this doom metal with a distinctly blackened feel to it, or is this black metal with a doom metal veneer? Possibly more the latter than the former, but either way, the Continue reading “Coldfells – Coldfells (Review)”

Craven Idol – The Shackles of Mammon (Review)

Craven IdolThis is Craven Idol’s second album. They are a black metal band from the UK.

2013’s Towards Eschaton made an impression on me, and I still return to it now and then for a fix of ugly blackened worship.

Craven Idol play black metal forged in the fires of Continue reading “Craven Idol – The Shackles of Mammon (Review)”

Ars Magna Umbrae – Through Lunar Gateways (Review)

Ars Magna UmbraeArs Magna Umbrae is a one-man black metal band from Poland and this is his debut EP.

Through Lunar Gateways provides us with terrifying apocalyptic black metal that’s steeped in atmosphere and blackened gloom.

The music on this Continue reading “Ars Magna Umbrae – Through Lunar Gateways (Review)”

Voidthrone – Spiritual War Tactics (Review)

VoidthroneVoidthrone are a US black metal band and this is their debut album.

Voidthrone play dissonant, uneasy, black metal with elements of doom and death metal mixed in.

If you smash together Ulcerate, Gorguts, Deathspell Omega and Wolvhammer and then Continue reading “Voidthrone – Spiritual War Tactics (Review)”

Sloth Herder – No Pity, No Sunrise (Review)

Sloth HerderThis is the debut album from Sloth Herder, a blackened grindcore band from the US.

Sloth Herder are a murky underground monster that’s slowly been rising up through the underworld over the last few years to claim its victims. With No Pity, No Sunrise, they’re finally ready to make their big assault. Continue reading “Sloth Herder – No Pity, No Sunrise (Review)”