This is the debut album from French post-black metallers Heir.
So what makes this post-black metal? Well, that would be the sludge and hardcore influences that are liberally strewn around. Continue reading “Heir – Au Peuple de l’Abîme (Review)”
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Enslaved – E (Review)
Enslaved are a Norwegian progressive black metal band and this is their fourteenth album.
Enslaved have put out so much quality music over the years it’s no wonder that they’re one of many people’s favourite bands, (including mine); they have more than earned that privileged. Continue reading “Enslaved – E (Review)”
Ty – The Golden Soul and the Hunger Feelings (Review)
Ty are an atmospheric/post-black metal band from Venezuela and this is their debut album.
It was the album cover that drew me to this release, and I’m glad it did. This is obscure, underground black metal that focuses on atmosphere and mood rather than aggression or blackened hatred. Continue reading “Ty – The Golden Soul and the Hunger Feelings (Review)”
Myrkur – Mareridt (Review)
Myrkur is a one woman post-black metal band from Denmark. This is her second album.
I thoroughly enjoyed both Myrkur and M; their combination of raw, second wave black metal and folk, choral beauty was as well-judged as it was well-executed. However, if you thought M was the culmination of Myrkur’s style, and Mareridt would be just more of the same, you’d be mistaken. Continue reading “Myrkur – Mareridt (Review)”
Falaise – My Endless Immensity (Review)
This is the second album from Falaise, a black metal band from Italy.
A very much enjoyed the band’s debut album As Time Goes By, which was an hour of enjoyable blackgaze melancholy, with dark atmosphere and depressive moods. Continue reading “Falaise – My Endless Immensity (Review)”
Orbseven – Cosmos out of Chaos (Review)
Orbseven is a one-man post-black metal band from the US and this is his fourth album.
2014’s .ismos. was a creative and novel album that took various aspects of avant-garde, experimental, and post-black metal and forged them into something quite enjoyable and satisfying. Continue reading “Orbseven – Cosmos out of Chaos (Review)”
Schammasch – The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite (Review)
This is the latest EP from Swiss post-black metal band Schammasch.
Oh, Schammasch. You never quite know what they’re going to do next. Their last album, the colossal and immense Triangle, was so good it made it to the second position in my best of 2016 list.
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Faunus – Where Everything Begins with an End (Review)
Faunus is a one-man Greek black metal band and this is his debut album.
This is atmospheric black metal, with long songs that are inspired by the natural world. Each track is dedicated to a season and has its own atmosphere and character dedicated to exploring this theme; the artist seems to have gone to great lengths in an attempt Continue reading “Faunus – Where Everything Begins with an End (Review)”
Tombs – The Grand Annihilation (Review)
Tombs are a US post-black metal band and this is their fourth album.
Both 2014’s Savage Gold and last year’s All Empires Fall were absolute top-quality releases from this very well-regarded band. Mixing black metal with a whole host of other styles and influences to create something all Continue reading “Tombs – The Grand Annihilation (Review)”
Amiensus – All Paths Lead to Death (Review)
This is the latest EP by US black metallers Amiensus.
Following on from their very well-received earlier work, (Restoration, for example), Amiensus return with a 29 minute EP that’s their darkest, most-direct work yet. Continue reading “Amiensus – All Paths Lead to Death (Review)”
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