Pestilential Shadows – Wretch (Review)

Pestilential Shadows - WretchThis is the eighth album from Australian black metal band Pestilential Shadows.

For such a long-running band this is my first encounter with Pestilential Shadows. Wretch caught my eye though, with its 48 minutes of material that satisfies my taste for all things old-school black metal. Continue reading “Pestilential Shadows – Wretch (Review)”

Blackbraid – Blackbraid III (Review)

Blackbraid - Blackbraid IIIThis is the third album from US black metal solo act Blackbraid.

Following on from 2022’s Blackbraid I and 2023’s Blackbraid II, Blackbraid III contains 52 minutes of music, (including a Lord Belial cover), and continues to meet the benchmark of high quality black metal that its predecessors set. Continue reading “Blackbraid – Blackbraid III (Review)”