Crystalmoors are a Spanish pagan/folk black metal band and this is their third album.
This is a double-album release consisting of two different parts. The first is named The Sap That Feeds Us and the second is named La Montaña.
The Sap That Feeds Us is pagan/folk black metal that should find fans in any that favour the work of Dissection, Primordial, Agalloch and Drudkh.
I like the blackened Continue reading “Crystalmoors – The Mountain Will Forgive Us (Review)”
This is the debut album from Jagged Mouth, a sludge/doom metal band from the US.
With the kind of scathingly high-pitched vocals that can strip skin at 100 paces, Jagged Mouth don’t mess around. This is slow and heavy sludge/doom that doesn’t care for being nice or pleasant in any way. Continue reading “Jagged Mouth – Louring (Review)”
This is the second album from Italian post-black metallers Sedna.
I recall Sedna from their enjoyable, if brief, split with Dementia Senex. Lasting just under 8 minutes, their contribution was a quality listen, which made me excited to hear this full-length.
This time we get a full 50 minutes Continue reading “Sedna – Eterno (Review)”
Vashna are an Italian blackened death metal band and this is their debut EP.
Dense and murky, it’s immediately obvious to anyone with any hearing left after the band begin their assault that this is not music for the average metal fan.
This is the darkest and ugliest of death metal that’s Continue reading “Vashna – Know the Way to Embrace the Darkness (Review)”
Dreamarcher are a metal band from Norway and this is their debut album.
What do you get if you take jazz-trained musicians and get them to unleash mayhem via emotive post-whatever distortion and passionate delivery? You get Dreamarcher. Their eponymous debut is Continue reading “Dreamarcher – Dreamarcher (Review)”
Boarstusk is a one-man black Metal doom band from the US. This is his debut album.
After an atmospheric electronic intro, we’re introduced to Boarstusk’s brand of doom-infused black metal. This is ancient, unspeakably raw Continue reading “Boarstusk – Boarstusk (Review)”
Keitzer are a death metal/grindcore band from Germany and this is their sixth album.
Keitzer’s previous album, The Last Defence, was one that I particularly enjoyed and have returned to again and again since its release. It was a top display of angry grindcore mixed with death metal rhythm. Ascension picks up where The Last Defence left off, and then goes further down the sonic avenues of extreme metal.
Ascension’s songs are, on average, Continue reading “Keitzer – Ascension (Review)”
Wolf’s Hunger are a Serbian black/thrash metal band. This is their second album.
Despite there actually being a fair few bands out there that play blackened thrash metal in a convincing and enjoyable way, I still always think of myself as someone that’s not a huge fan of mixing the two. I think it’s Continue reading “Wolf’s Hunger – Bež’te Živi, Vraćaju Se Mrtvi (Review)”
This is the debut album from Obed Marsh, an Australian blackened doom band.
Well, I love the album cover, so we’re off to a good start already. It’s the music that matters, of course, but it’s always nice to like the artwork too. The band also have a member of Ur Draugr in their ranks, so another plus point in their favour.
Do you ever get the feeling that the doom you’re listening to is just not doomy enough? Do you Continue reading “Obed Marsh – Innsmouth (Review)”
This is the fourth album by German black metal band Waldgeflüster.
Waldgeflüster play atmospheric post-black metal with lashings of the second wave thrown in for good blackened measure and some healthy old-school doom aspects to parts of their sound. It’s a beguiling mix and Ruinen is a highly emotive and comprehensive release.
Post-metal melodies flare up in their resplendence, warring with Continue reading “Waldgeflüster – Ruinen (Review)”
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