Tag Black Crown Initiate
I first came across Rivers Of Nihil in 2013, initially intrigued by the brightly coloured yet unmistakable artwork of Dan Seagrave that adorned their debut album “The Conscious Seed Of Light”, then utterly blown away by what I heard (in… Continue Reading →
I’ve been following Black Crown Initiate with intense interest since demo-come-EP “Song Of The Crippled Bull” announced their brand of progressive death metal to the world in 2013. On the heels of said EP were two critically acclaimed albums, before… Continue Reading →
With vast swathes of blustering labyrinthine riffing and warm, throaty vocals this smacks of New Wave of American Heavy Metal, yet brings it back home with a rich, thrashed-up thread running through its core. From the off, “Gospel Untold” offers… Continue Reading →
Pennsylvania’s Black Crown Initiate, like all good Steelmen, know how to craft good metal. Bursting from the quintet’s take on progressive death metal, you can hear inspired work from such gargantuan sources as Meshuggah, Periphery and Between The Buried And… Continue Reading →