Tempel Wolf are a black metal band from Switzerland and this is their debut release.
Tempel Wolf play atmospheric black metal, and on Hirschgeweihmaskeraden they deliver 32 minutes of material across this absorbing release. Continue reading “Tempel Wolf – Hirschgeweihmaskeraden (Review)”
This is the second album from UK solo atmospheric black metal band Ethereal Shroud.
Now this is my kind of album. The album boasts three colossal songs, with a total duration of 64 minutes; Trisagion is a dark odyssey that’s well-worth embarking on. Despite being essentially a solo work from a creative perspective, there are a number of other musicians on the album that help to flesh out the artist’s vision, providing bass, viola, drums, and female vocals, (the latter on the 28-minute opener Chasmal Fires). Continue reading “Ethereal Shroud – Trisagion (Review)”
This is the fourth album from German black metallers Dauþuz.
Vom Schwarzen Schmied gives us 57 minutes of well-crafted black metal to sink our teeth into. Continue reading “Dauþuz – Vom Schwarzen Schmied (Review)”
Withered Land are a black metal band from Belarus, and this is their debut album.
Withered Land play atmospheric black metal with influences from the folk and dungeon synth styles. Across 38 minutes The Endless Journey delivers epic atmospheric music that’s quite absorbing. Fans of acts such as Falkenbach, Summoning, and Windir should take note. Continue reading “Withered Land – The Endless Journey (Review)”
This is a gargantuan four-way split, consisting of 15 tracks across a total duration of 96 minutes. Continue reading “Thy Darkened Shade/Amestigon/Inconcessus Lux Lucis/Shaarimoth – SamaeLilith: A Conjunction of the Fireborn – Split (Review)”
This is the sixth album from Australian one-man black metal act Midnight Odyssey.
The second part in a trilogy, (the first part being 2019’s exceptional Biolume Part 1 – In Tartarean Chains), Biolume Part 2 – The Golden Orb contains a massive 102 minutes of material.
On his latest Continue reading “Midnight Odyssey – Biolume Part 2 – The Golden Orb (Review)”
This is the third album from Astral Winter, an Australian one-man black metal band.
2013’s Perdition was quite a treat; a heavily atmospheric ambient/neo-classical release that’s enjoyed a lot of airtime in this household.
It’s now time for Forest of Silence, and Continue reading “Astral Winter – Forest of Silence (Review)”
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