This is the second album from one-man Finnish black metal band Wooden Throne.
Brought to us by a member of October Falls, Eternal Wanderer of the Night Sky is a 34-minute atmospheric black metal album that incorporates elements of doom into its dark framework. Continue reading “Wooden Throne – Eternal Wanderer of the Night Sky (Review)”
Urfaust are a black metal band from the Netherlands and this is their seventh album.
Untergang contains 38 minutes of idiosyncratic black metal. Urfaust craft music that has impressive worldbuilding properties, and on this album they excel at bringing their dark vision to life. Continue reading “Urfaust – Untergang (Review)”
Nixil are a US black metal band and this is their second album.
From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire presents us with 43 minutes of black metal that is intimately acquainted with a darker side of the style that’s both vicious and mood-rich. Continue reading “Nixil – From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire (Review)”
After recently discovering the Norwegian black metal band Sworn, and thoroughly enjoying their latest record A Journey Told Through Fire, I felt compelled to do a deep dive through their discography. I decided to document this as part of a new named feature on the site. I’m not sure how often I’ll get to do these, but when I can, I will, and I can already think of a few bands I’d love to thoroughly explore in this way. Before then though, we have Sworn. They have three albums other than their latest, and I’m going to concentrate just on these, (they also have a demo, an EP, and some singles to their name). Let’s dig in. Continue reading “Artist Deep Dive: Sworn (Review)”
This is the debut album from one-woman black/doom band Decompression from the US.
Decompression is a 53-minute collection of original compositions, (five), and cover songs, (three, including one from Forgotten Tomb). Stylistically, black/doom doesn’t really do it full justice, but it’s a loose descriptor that’s suitable enough. Continue reading “Decompression – Love Is the Beauty of the Soul (Review)”
This is the debut EP from US black metal band Pyrkagion.
The Katechon and the Unending Fire is a 26-minute EP consisting of two tracks. Brought to us by members of Bell Witch, Human Effluence, and Hissing, Pyrkagion deliver a strong lesson in modern black metal. Continue reading “Pyrkagion – The Katechon and the Unending Fire (Review)”
The Circle are a German black metal band and this is their second album.
Of Awakening is a 33-minute black metal album of sorts that incorporates elements of doom, ambient, symphonic, and post-black metal. While black metal is the obvious tag for this, and it’s superficially the correct one, it doesn’t tell the whole story of Continue reading “The Circle – Of Awakening (Review)”
This is the seventh album from Canadian one-man black metal act Nordicwinter.
After enjoying 2020’s Desolation and 2021’s Sorrow, I was pleased to see This Mournful Dawn appear. I was then surprised when I subsequently found out that the artist has released two other Nordicwinter albums between Sorrow and this new one! Has being this prolific impacted upon quality levels since I last encountered this act? Continue reading “Nordicwinter – This Mournful Dawn (Review)”
This is the third album from Invultation, a solo death metal band from the US.
This is some nasty stuff. Feral Legion is a 37-minute bestial war metal album that assaults the listener with its death metal bite and sharp blackened claws. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill album though, and Invultation might surprise you. Continue reading “Invultation – Feral Legion (Review)”
This is the debut album from US black metal band Earthen Altar.
Earthen Altar play nature-inspired atmospheric black metal informed by the Cascadian style., but not restricted to it. Earthen Altar contains three tracks with a total duration of 27 minutes. Before we start, prepare yourself, as this is a colossally strong release. Continue reading “Earthen Altar – Earthen Altar (Review)”
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