Møl are a post-black metal band from Denmark and this is their debut album.
This is 42 minutes of atmospheric and emotive blackgaze. Taking a base of sharp, modern black metal and incorporating into it an obvious love of shoegaze’s ethereal intensity, Jord is a double-edged sword, promising both salvation and damnation. Continue reading “Møl – Jord (Review)”
This is a split between two Austrian black metal bands – The Negative Bias and Golden Dawn.
The release starts with The Temple of Cruel Empathy by The Negative Bias. This is a 12-minute foray into the atmospheric black metal cosmos. Continue reading “The Negative Bias/Golden Dawn – Split (Review)”
This is the second album from Australia’s Atra Vetosus, a melodic/atmospheric black metal band.
While I enjoyed 2013’s Voices from the Eternal Night, it seems that Atra Vetosus have truly come of age on Apricity. On this latest album Atra Vetosus have expanded their melodic black metal sound to include elements of the atmospheric, depressive, and post-black metal styles, and they have done this very well indeed. Continue reading “Atra Vetosus – Apricity (Review)”
This is the debut album from French black metallers Hyrgal.
Hyrgal play aggressively melodic black metal with a modern coating of hard ice. Continue reading “Hyrgal – Serpentine (Review)”
Siberian Hell Sounds and Convulsing are both non-standard black metal groups from Australia and they have teamed up on this split release.
I enjoyed Siberian Hell Sounds’ last EP Svengali, so it’s great to hear some new material from them. Svengali contained five tracks and lasted under 18 minutes in total, so when I saw that their side of this split contained just one 20-minute song, I knew I had to make listening to it a priority. Continue reading “Siberian Hell Sounds/Convulsing – Split (Review)”
The Stone are a Serbian black metal band and this is their eighth album.
After an enjoyable 2014 release in Nekroza, The Stone are now back with a further 49 minutes of aggressive black metal. The Stone prefer their black metal dark and sinister, with an atmospheric component that works really well; this album is a great addition to their discography. Continue reading “The Stone – Teatar Apsurda (Review)”
This is the debut album from Norwegian black metallers Enepsigos.
Plague of Plagues contans almost an hour of visceral, aggressive black metal, the likes of which is likely to cause anyone nearby to wilt under its fiery assault. Continue reading “Enepsigos – Plague of Plagues (Review)”
This is the latest EP from Sheidim, a black metal band from Spain.
As far as EPs go this is a lengthy one – at 28 minutes in duration it’s actually longer than some albums. This is absolutely not a complaint, of course, nor does it really impact on anything as such; merely an observation. Continue reading “Sheidim – Infamata (Review)”
This is the second album from French black metallers Karne.
2014’s Faith in Flesh saw Karne nail their colours to the mast with their brand of high-speed black metal that had melodic bite and grim determination. Continue reading “Karne – Symposium of Torments (Review)”
This is the debut album from French black metal band Acedia Mundi.
So, what do we have here? This is modern black metal played with a technical sheen that still manages to be relatively catchy, despite its imposing veneer. Continue reading “Acedia Mundi – Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Review)”
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