I like dissonant, avant-garde death metal as much as the next person, but Sunless’ debut album Urraca really does live in its own league. It manages to take everything I like about the style and somehow improve on it. The listener is assaulted by atypical riffs, dissonant melodies and progressive heaviness, all with an accessibility, (relatively speaking), that’s rare for this kind of thing. Continue reading “Interview with Sunless”
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”
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”
Polish black metallers Mord’A’Stigmata have recently unveiled their latest album Hope. This is an album that’s a layered, multifaceted release, demonstrating an involved and intricate black metal that’s the best work the band have done to date, in my humble opinion. Continue reading “Interview with Mord’A’Stigmata”
After a 20 year gap we finally have a new Morta Skuld album, and what an album it is! Wounds Deeper than Time is an absolute ripping listen, giving us nine songs that demonstrate a band living up to that old saying – all killer, no filler. Continue reading “Interview with Morta Skuld”
Muscular, taut, and full of the kind of death metal that can knock you out from a distance, Carnal Decay’s fourth album You Owe You Pay is brutality incarnate.
This is an album that’s relentlessly hostile and spends its entire length bludgeoning you with torn off body parts and bloody stumps. Carnal Decay buzz with energetic violence, and You Owe You Pay is this energy captured and distilled into musical form.
Enter guitarist Isabelle Iten to spill her guts about the carnage within… Continue reading “Interview with Carnal Decay”
A Breach of Silence’s third album Secrets boasts a marked progression in the band’s sound. Bigger, bolder, better and brighter than ever before, Secrets is an album that sticks in the mind. I’ve really enjoyed following this band’s development and progress over the years, and I have to say that Secrets is their most complete-sounding album to date. It really is a damn good listen, so make sure you check it out. Continue reading “Interview with A Breach of Silence”
Sunlight’s Bane’s debut album – The Blackest Volume: Like All the Earth Was Buried – has got to be one of the best examples of individualistic filthed-out extremity that I’ve heard in quite some time. Put simply, it’s fantastic.
Nick, the band’s vitriolic singer, gave us some more insight into his hugely impressive band… Continue reading “Interview with Sunlight’s Bane”
Xenocide, the latest album by Australian band Aversions Crown, is 50 minutes of the best kind of modern extremity. Fusing cutting-edge death metal with haunting atmospherics and a streamlined sophistication, the songs that make up this release are brutal, relentless and catchy enough to make it seem like getting your face ripped off over and over again is a good thing.
We talked to the band’s guitarist Mick Jeffery to get you in the mood for some of their ultra-brutality… Continue reading “Interview with Aversions Crown”
Dread Sovereign have returned with their latest album For Doom the Bell Tolls, and it’s quite a corker. Their debut album already showed what an impressive proposition they were, and their latest seals that view. Where Dread Sovereign go, I will follow, for their doom metal is truly the way. Continue reading “Interview with Dread Sovereign”
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