Underdark – Managed Decline (Review)

Underdark - Managed DeclineUnderdark are a post-black metal band from the UK and this is their second album.

Following on from 2021’s Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re-Entry, Underdark have now returned with the 41-minute Managed Decline. Continue reading “Underdark – Managed Decline (Review)”

Amalekim – Avodah Zarah (Review)

Amalekim - Avodah ZarahThis is the second album from international black metal band Amalekim.

Avodah Zarah offers up 46 minutes of melodic black metal for listeners to enjoy, and enjoy we do. Amalekim’s music is gripping stuff. Continue reading “Amalekim – Avodah Zarah (Review)”

Pénitence Onirique – Nature Morte (Review)

Pénitence Onirique - Nature MorteThis is the third album from French black metallers Pénitence Onirique.

Following on from 2016’s V.I.T.R.I.O.L. and 2019’s Vestige comes Nature Morte; 46 minutes of glorious celestial violence and deep immersive feeling. Oh my, this is a good one. Continue reading “Pénitence Onirique – Nature Morte (Review)”

Mānbryne – Interregnum: O Pr​ó​bie Wiary i Jarzmie Zw​ą​tpienia (Review)

Mānbryne - Interregnum O Pr​ó​bie Wiary i Jarzmie Zw​ą​tpieniaThis is the second album from Polish black metallers Mānbryne.

I enjoyed 2021’s Heilsweg: O Udręce Ciała I Tułaczce Duszy, so was eager to check out its follow up. Interregnum: O Pr​ó​bie Wiary i Jarzmie Zw​ą​tpienia contains 40 minutes of new material. Back with a new drummer, (also in Blaze of Perdition), Mānbryne sound better than ever. Continue reading “Mānbryne – Interregnum: O Pr​ó​bie Wiary i Jarzmie Zw​ą​tpienia (Review)”

Woe – Legacies of Frailty (Review)

Woe - Legacies of FrailtyThis is the fifth album from US black metal one-man band Woe.

Legacies of Frailty is the eagerly awaited follow up to 2017’s Hope Attrition. The Woe of 2023 is aggressive and dark, offering blistering speed and textured power. Across 48 minutes the now-solo act delivers a record that scars the cosmos with its scorching brand of emotive black metal. Continue reading “Woe – Legacies of Frailty (Review)”

Valravn – The Awakening (Review)

Valravn - The AwakeningValravn are a Finnish black metal band and this is their second album.

Featuring a current/ex-member of Altar of Betelgeuze/Cardinals Folly, The Awakening contains 44 minutes of expressive black metal. Continue reading “Valravn – The Awakening (Review)”

Loth – 616 (Review)

Loth - 616This is the third album from French black metallers Loth.

Loth play a modern form of atmospheric black metal that nonetheless benefits from history’s tutelage. Across 41 minutes the band capably show what they’re capable of, and 616 is a rewarding album that fans of the style would do very well to spend some time with. Continue reading “Loth – 616 (Review)”

Marduk – Memento Mori (Review)

Marduk - Memento MoriMarduk are a Swedish black metal band and this is their fifteenth album.

Memento Mori contains 42 minutes of passionately crafted blackened intensity. It’s like bottled chaos and frenzied mayhem, with moments of dark storms and nightmare worldbuilding. Yep, Marduk are back. Continue reading “Marduk – Memento Mori (Review)”

Nixil – From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire (Review)

Nixil - From the Wound Spilled Forth FireNixil 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)”