Tag Bathory
Some blood, a corvid, a hint of Bathory and Poe, some fire and blackened doom from this Australian band made up of past and present members of Nazxul, Nox Inferi, Nocturnes Mist and Pestilential Shadows. Following up 2018 album ‘God… Continue Reading →
You can’t judge a book by its cover the old saying states, which is what I did to some degree with this fourth album by Runespell headed up by multi-instrumentalist Nightwolf. My expectations for a feral black metal release were… Continue Reading →
Although they appear to be a full band live, in the studio on these recordings Devil’s Force are basically Swede Pierre Tomkvist. This eight tracker represents singles that he has done from inception to date, a catch up if you… Continue Reading →
Anyone familiar with Craven Idol will know the band’s two releases to date have pointed towards considerable talent and flair for mischief. Unlike a lot of blackened thrash bands these North London lads do not hold back on tampering with… Continue Reading →
The return of the Vikings. King of Asgard are back with their fifth release, their last being the moody “:Taudr:” album, way back now in 2017. For those not in the know, the Kings play a brand of extreme metal… Continue Reading →
You never knew quite what you were going to get with an Ereb Altor release a few years ago, as they strived to find their own course and identity, pushing away from the main member’s other band Isole. But as… Continue Reading →
This is a Swedish set up with cited influences including Craft, Khold and Watain. This is dense, hypnotic black metal with rich sound textures exhuming multi-layered guitars, although the PR material suggests “icy rock n roll”, a term I must… Continue Reading →
So, we get part two of Dis Pater’s epic trilogy, this time weighing in at around one hundred minutes of music. And yes I have listened to this over and over, more than usual in fact. Such is life during… Continue Reading →
With somewhere over 25 active projects on the go currently it is no surprise finding another helmed by the prolific Belgian artist Mories so quickly after the last one. That was Schemer Heer where our restless composer summoned the essence… Continue Reading →
Over the years, black metal has developed into something of a template. That being the case, the appeal of your black metal project depends a lot on whether you’re able to follow that template while simultaneously breaking it up and… Continue Reading →
Gravesend. I immediately thought of the ancient Kent town and wondered why an American band named themselves for this M2 backwater (sorry men or Kent or Kentish men). Apparently, there is a Gravesend in Brooklyn NYC which is the birthplace of Type O… Continue Reading →
Black Metal continues to innovate and excite in the Snoring Twenties. Bands like Oranssi Pazuzu, Akhyls and Havukruunu released albums in 2020 that mixed post metal, prog, folk and evil Blackness, whilst making me have to correct my spelling every… Continue Reading →