Mork is a one-man Norwegian black metal band and this is his third album.
Here we have 48 minutes of old-school, Darkthrone-influenced black metal. It’s cold, full of icy groove, and immediately hits the spot. Continue reading “Mork – Eremittens Dal (Review)”
Vihamieli are a Finnish black metal band and this is their debut album.
Vihamieli play their black metal in the traditional, second wave way, full of blasphemous hatred and icy winds. Continue reading “Vihamieli – Kuolevain Veri Uinuu Ikuisuuteen (Review)”
Theurgia are a Venezuelan black metal band and this is their debut EP.
It’s always a pleasure to hear some raw, underground black metal when it’s played with passion and enthusiasm. On Anti Perpetuo, we get 25 minutes of this. Continue reading “Theurgia – Anti Perpetuo (Review)”
This is the debut album from this Portuguese black metal band.
We’ve met this band before with 2016’s Ventos de Ódio, which made me hungry for more. Monte da Lua is here to satiate that hunger. Continue reading “Ordem Satânica – Monte da Lua (Review)”
Moontower are a Polish black metal band and this is their fifth album.
Sometimes it’s impossible to beat a blast of icy, cold, raw, Satanic black metal played like it was still the 90s. Darkness…Glory to Hatred is just such a beast as this. Continue reading “Moontower – Darkness…Glory to Hatred (Review)”
Athos is a one-man Greek black metal band and this is his fourth album.
Here we have almost 40 minutes of authentic second wave black metal for your delectation.
Scathing blackened melodies slice like razor blades through the frosted Continue reading “Athos – Noht Lerapot (Review)”
This is the latest EP from one-man black metal band Råttkung, who hails from Denmark.
Råttkung’s debut EP Dark Is the Beginning was 17 minutes of raw, underground black metal that reached back to the early days of the second wave for inspiration.
In some ways this influence is continued on this latest short release, but we also see another side to Råttkung too. Here we get a mere three songs in 10 minutes, but what this EP lacks in length it makes up for in blackened malice and ambition. Continue reading “Råttkung – Unborn Undead (Review)”
Insanity Cult are a black metal band from Greece and this is their debut album.
This is raw, underground black metal filled with negative energy. The album has a melancholic feel that spills over to full-blown depressive black metal on occasion, although they’re not fully embedded in this particular sub-genre.
Frosted black metal riffs rendered out of Continue reading “Insanity Cult – As My End Unfolds… (Review)”
Nox Formulae are a Greek black metal band and this is their debut album.
This is ritualistic/occult black metal that combines a raw delivery with elements of the avant-garde and atmospheric.
The band take the second-wave black metal template and mutate it into something a bit more atypical. Synths and dark Continue reading “Nox Formulae – The Hidden Paths to Black Ecstasy (Review)”
Blakk Old Blood are from Switzerland and Black Devotion are from the US. Both bands play Black Metal and have teamed up for this split release, each contributing one song.
Blakk Old Blood start Continue reading “Blakk Old Blood/Black Devotion – Split (Review)”
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