Vaiya might not be a household name in atmospheric black metal, but on the strength of Remnant Light, it deserves to be. Bleak and grim, but not without beauty or heart, Remnant Light was originally released in 2014, but is now getting a re-release thanks to those lovely people at Nordvis/Bindrune Recordings. Continue reading “Interview with Vaiya”
Possession are a black/death metal band from Belgium and this is their debut album.
Possession play malevolent, evil black metal with some old-school death metal and doom elements. Continue reading “Possession – Exorkizein (Review)”
Floods are a US black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Floods play a mix of black, death and sludge metal. Which genre they are actually playing is up for debate, although I’d argue that black metal forms the largest part of their musical equation, so we’ll go with that. Continue reading “Floods – Floods (Review)”
This is Anomalie’s third album. They are a black metal band from Austria.
Anomalie play post-black metal that absorbs the listener early on with its grasp of atmosphere and feeling. Continue reading “Anomalie – Visions (Review)”
Fell Ruin are a blackened doom band from the US. This is their debut album.
Fell Ruin first graced the Earth with their sickened brand of sludgy black doom in 2015 with Devices. They’ve now returned with their first full length. I enjoyed Devices, (can one enjoy something as nasty as this band?), but To the Concrete Drifts is probably even better. Continue reading “Fell Ruin – To the Concrete Drifts (Review)”
This is the second album from this New Zealand black metal band.
Winter Deluge play malevolent black metal that takes its cues from the second wave.
With enough blackened distortion, blasting Continue reading “Winter Deluge – Devolution-Decay (Review)”
This is the third album from Italian black metal band Obscure Devotion.
Obscure Devotion play sophisticated occult black metal with a mature, yet still fiery approach to extreme music. Continue reading “Obscure Devotion – Ubi Certa Pax Est (Review)”
Inferno are a black metal band from the Czech Republic and this is their seventh album.
The last time we encountered Inferno it was on their previous album – Omniabsence Filled by His Greatness. This album made a very good impression on me and it’s one I’ve listened to many times over the years. Continue reading “Inferno – Gnosis Kardias (of Transcension and Involution) (Review)”
Falls of Rauros are one of those groups that can always be relied upon to release a quality black metal album. Their latest release is Vigilance Perennial, and I don’t think I’m alone here in considering it to be the band’s best album to date. Continue reading “Interview with Falls of Rauros”
This is the fourth album by Woe, a black metal band from the US.
Here we have a black metal album that has a decidedly American flavour to it that includes some minor aspects of post-black metal, hardcore and a pinch of death metal.
The album is Continue reading “Woe – Hope Attrition (Review)”
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