This is the fifth album from German blackened metal act Mantar.
A new Mantar album is always an enjoyable event. 2018’s The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze and 2022’s Pain Is Forever and This Is the End were both compelling hybrids of black metal, punk, and grunge, so it’s with expectation that we turn to the 36-minute Post Apocalyptic Depression. Continue reading “Mantar – Post Apocalyptic Depression (Review)”
Bergthron are a German black metal band and this is their seventh album.
After a 15-year absence, Bergthron have unexpectedly appeared out of nowhere with 32 minutes of new material in the form of Neu Asen Land. If you know any of Bergthron’s first few albums or so, this almost sounds like a completely different band, so don’t go expecting the sprawling atmospheric black metal epics of their early work. If you’re unfamiliar with them though, or aren’t bothered by a change in direction, then there’s much to enjoy here if you are of a certain taste. Continue reading “Bergthron – Neu Asen Land (Review)”
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