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Swedish Black Metal band Gra have returned after a five-year gap with ‘Lycaon’, their fourth studio album and their first collaboration with Italian label Avantgarde Music. As an interesting side note, it is also the first Gra album not to… Continue Reading →
Formed last year by multi-instrumentalist Niklas Holm, this is mid-paced metal, which I would loosely term “epic”. The music was born out of the love for music such as Hammerheart era Bathory, Manilla Road and US band Warlord. What is… Continue Reading →
This is a fifth album ov black metal punk filth, this one shows a touch of variety from your pure gnarly black punk drenched tunes, to Bathory chalices of evil through to some fairly normal metal influences. The mental vocals… Continue Reading →
Seems like I am no less than the 5th writer at this site to cover a Runespell release. The Australian one-man act helmed by Nightwolf certainly seems prolific, having notched up no less than 4 albums since 2017 as well… Continue Reading →
This Chicago band came to my attention when mentioned in Keep It True festival forums; however, they are very different from the usual style of bands appearing at that festival. Quite rightly noted in the PR material, this release makes… Continue Reading →
Abbath. His press blurb calls him “The Lemmy of Black Metal”, and as much as I wanted to revolt against this idea, I have to agree. He’s had some much-publicised troubles in the last couple of years, but he appears… Continue Reading →
Midnight is the dark offspring of one man – Athenar from Cleveland Ohio. Over the last 19 years he has been combining speed metal, D-Beat and Black Metal into a hellish hybrid that has kept many a metal head and punk happy. Let There Be Witchery… Continue Reading →
Deathiah Manifesto is both the coming together of Polish Black Metal stalwarts Black Altar and Norwegian Black thrash pioneers Vulture Lord but also a labour of love marking a tribute to the European underground. Offering up four tracks each, the bands have managed to concoct… Continue Reading →
I’ve been lucky enough to review a fair amount of Ereb Altor’s albums over the years – they were actually one of the first bands I reviewed back in 2013 when I’d recently joined the hallowed ranks of Ave Noctum…. Continue Reading →
What a phenomenal band this Finnish outfit is. I admit I was late to their party with the coniferous crown already having been worn for a couple of albums and a slew of other releases since their coronation. ‘Uinuos syömein… Continue Reading →
Picked from the review pile essentially because I thought the name sounded cool, I later learned that Necrofier are an American Black Metal band, from Houston, Texas no less. It is fair to say that I was surprised by this… Continue Reading →
Epic metal is a term that’s used for almost anything, it’s a fun one to pick the bones of. These wild Texans come at you with a 9 track debut. For those who crave vinyl, that version is coming later,… Continue Reading →