Hagoroth are a black metal band from an unknown location, and this is their second album.
No information is available as to whether Hagoroth is a full band or a solo venture. Either way, Hagoroth play black metal with progressive and avant-garde tendencies, and it’s really rather special. Across 38 expressive minutes, Hagoroth reveals itself to be a carefully curated blend of aggression, atmosphere, emotion, and exploration. Continue reading “Hagoroth – Hagoroth (Review)”
Carbon Tomb are a death metal band from Denmark and this is their debut album.
Carbon Tomb play dissonant death metal, with a touch of a blackened influence in places. Passage to a Neutron Star delivers a 34-minute exemplar of the style’s dark allure, offering both brutality and feeling. Continue reading “Carbon Tomb – Passage to a Neutron Star (Review)”
This is the third album from Canadian black metallers Miserere Luminis.
Miserere Luminis contain members of Conifère and Gris, and on Sidera they bring us 51 minutes of highly affecting atmospheric black metal. This is an uncommon journey that’s presented before you. Will you avail yourself of the gifts that Sidera has to offer? Continue reading “Miserere Luminis – Sidera (Review)”
Lumen ad Mortem are an Australian black metal band and this is their second album.
Following on from 2023’s Upon the Edge of Darkness, A Grave Descent brings us 42 minutes of new material from Lumen ad Mortem. Theirs is an engaging, enveloping form of black metal that burns cold, but is still fiery at heart nonetheless.
A Grave Ascent follows Continue reading “Lumen ad Mortem – A Grave Ascent (Review)”
Inferno are a black metal band from Czechia and this is their ninth album.
2013’s Omniabsence Filled By His Greatness, 2017’a Gnosis Kardias (of Transcension and Involution), and 2021’s Paradeigma (Phosphenes of Aphotic Eternity) were all strong releases of an esoteric nature. With four new songs that expand across 41 amorphous minutes, Inferno have arrived once more with The Anthropic Sophisms (On the Heights of Despair) to show the world their inscrutable vision for blackened darkness. Continue reading “Inferno – The Anthropic Sophisms (On the Heights of Despair) (Review)”
This is the debut album from US black metal band Astral Alchemy.
Weaving Chilling Magical Dreamworlds unleashes 39 minutes of multifaceted black metal on the world. Astral Alchemy revel in the creation of an alluring mix of the ancient and the modern, leading to a record that captures the strengths from both remarkably well. Continue reading “Astral Alchemy – Weaving Chilling Magical Dreamworlds (Review)”
This is the third album from French black metal band Mourir.
Following on from 2020’s Animal Bouffe Animal and 2022’s Disgrâce, Nous, le Venin contains 41 minutes of new, ferociously grim material from Mourir. If you haven’t encountered Mourir before, then steel yourself before entering their threatening world. Continue reading “Mourir – Nous, le Venin (Review)”
This is the fourth album from International black metal band Sojourner.
Containing the artist behind Miasmata, Sojourner play what can probably loosely be termed as atmospheric black metal, but with an epic streak and a definite Gothic metal flavour. In essence, it’s metal, atmosphere-first, and balances beauty and darkness wonderfully. Continue reading “Sojourner – Gateways (Review)”
This is the second album from Irish doom/sludge band Soothsayer.
The Unbinding follows on from 2016’s At this Great Depth and 2021’s Echoes of the Earth, heralding the return of the bone-shaking Soothsayer. Across five colossal songs Soothsayer showcase a sound that’s developed, while also retaining what made them so good in the first place. Continue reading “Soothsayer – The Unbinding (Review)”
This is the second album from Icelandic black metallers Vafurlogi.
Following on from 2024’s Í Vökulli Áþján, Gneisti af eldi Guðs delivers 49 minutes of new material. Now rounded out to a full band, Vafurlogi’s black metal has been greater developed. The band were already in a good place with their music, but now they’ve taken things up a step. Continue reading “Vafurlogi – Gneisti af eldi Guðs (Review)”
