This is the debut album from German one man black metal band Skognatt.
This is atmospheric and expressive black metal, full of texture and dark ambience. Continue reading “Skognatt – Ancient Wisdom (Review)”
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The Negative Bias/Golden Dawn – Split (Review)
This is a split between two Austrian black metal bands – The Negative Bias and Golden Dawn.
The release starts with The Temple of Cruel Empathy by The Negative Bias. This is a 12-minute foray into the atmospheric black metal cosmos. Continue reading “The Negative Bias/Golden Dawn – Split (Review)”
Metamorphosis – The Secret Art (Review)
This is the sixth album from German one man black metal band Metamorphosis.
Here we have 40 minutes of music that takes traditional satanic black metal and blends it with a decent helping of death metal muscle, doom metal melodic allure, thrash metal energy, and symphonic black metal grandeur. Continue reading “Metamorphosis – The Secret Art (Review)”
Profane Burial – The Rosewater Park Legend (Review)
Profane Burial are an orchestral/symphonic black metal band from Norway and this is their debut album.
There’s a lot of music out there in the world, and sometimes you have to decide just how you’re going to filter through it all and give something a listen. Sometimes this can be tricky work, but not in the case of Profane Burial. I knew I had to listen to this due to the presence of Continue reading “Profane Burial – The Rosewater Park Legend (Review)”
Wintersun – The Forest Seasons (Review)
Wintersun are an epic extreme metal band from Finland and this is their third album.
If you haven’t encountered Wintersun before, then prepare yourself for some transcendental music – this is a combination of symphonic/melodic black/death metal, forged into long songs of epic proportions. Continue reading “Wintersun – The Forest Seasons (Review)”
Entity of Hate – Cursed for Eternity (Review)
Entity of Hate are an Indian melodic black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Featuring a member of Diabolus Arcanium, this is 15 minutes of melodic black metal with death metal undertones. Continue reading “Entity of Hate – Cursed for Eternity (Review)”
Saille – Gnosis (Review)
This is the fourth album from Belgian symphonic black metal band Saille.
The band’s third record Eldritch was an enjoyable listen full of sharp aggression and dark symphonics.
Featuring the same amount Continue reading “Saille – Gnosis (Review)”
Vereor Nox – Noli Respicere (Review)
This is the debut album from Italian symphonic black/death metallers Vereor Nox.
In some ways this reminds me of The Forest Dreams of Black by Tine, which is one of my favourite examples of how to merge black and death metal with symphonic elements. Although Vereor Nox don’t sound like carbon copies of Tine, there’s enough superficial resemblance to make me instantly warm to the music on Noli Respicere. Continue reading “Vereor Nox – Noli Respicere (Review)”
Spirit of the Forest – A Void into the Fields of Silence/La Nature Oubliée (Review)
This is Spirit of the Forest’s third album. They play atmospheric melodic black metal and hail from Canada.
Are you a fan of Emperor, Dissection, Windir and Borknagar? If you are then I’ll happily point you in the direction of Spirit of the Forest and let you listen to their very satisfying new release.
For others that might require a bit more convincing, let me Continue reading “Spirit of the Forest – A Void into the Fields of Silence/La Nature Oubliée (Review)”
Singularity – Void Walker (Review)
This is the latest EP from US black metallers Singularity.
Singularity are an interesting beast. They play technical black metal, which by itself is a relatively unusual sub-genre. Add in a symphonic side to this and their self-titled debut album was an atypical and enjoyable release. Continue reading “Singularity – Void Walker (Review)”
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