This is the latest EP from Nott, an Italian one man black metal band.
Influenced by classic Scandinavian black metal, this EP contains 27 minutes of darkness and foul blackened venom. Continue reading “Nott – Vestigium Mortis (Review)”
Tag: Scandinavian Black Metal
Kalaallit Nunaat/Au Revoir – Memories from Desolate Battlefields – Split (Review)
Kalaallit Nunaat and Au Revoir are both one man Italian black metal bands.
Kalaallit Nunaat’s side of the split lasts 21 minutes and is divided into two tracks. The music is a mix of raw aggression in the traditional Scandinavian second wave style, and Cascadian atmospheric majesty along the lines of Wolves in the Throne Room, in spirit at least. Continue reading “Kalaallit Nunaat/Au Revoir – Memories from Desolate Battlefields – Split (Review)”
Sykelig Englen – Hagall (Review)
Sykelig Englen is a black metal solo project from the UK and this is the artist’s second album.
Hagall features short slices of Scandinavian-influenced black metal. Bands such as Marduk, Mayhem, Shining, and Gorgoroth are probably pretty decent starting reference points, but don’t tell the whole story. If you throw in some depressive black metal alongside this, as well as some other, quirkier elements, then I suppose you’ve largely a got a good idea of what this sounds like. Continue reading “Sykelig Englen – Hagall (Review)”
Frostland – Winterkult (Review)
Frostland are a black metal band from Germany and this is their debut album.
This is second wave-styled black metal, with a firm atmospheric black metal element; sort of a mix of the Scandinavian and US strains. Continue reading “Frostland – Winterkult (Review)”
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