Tag blackened death metal
Despite pushing out a couple of demos in the late noughties, it wasn’t until 2017 that Prometheus birthed a full album. Rather than steal fire from the gods, this particular Prometheus borrow contemporary dense atmospherics from Cruciamentum et al, melding… Continue Reading →
Just like politicians, who so often misjudge their audiences these days, bands miss-step. Who can say why? A spurt of creativity too far or a complete lack of it? Imperfect lives; band or relationship breakdown, or other life changing circumstances,… Continue Reading →
Since 2008 Arroganz have been churning out their own mix of blackened death metal. The German’s fifth LP, “Morsus” finds them in particularly dark form on an album with a sound that pretty much suits the weird times we find… Continue Reading →
This French duo have garnered much acclaim for their earlier efforts, this being their third album. “Cosmogonie” is a lengthy opus of progressive blackened death metal that runs over the manufacturing restrictions of a single CD; physical releases will be… Continue Reading →
Ah, the current hot weather spell in the UK makes me think of good old Australia. I tell you what else makes me think of our south of the equator cousins? Blackened death metal. I reviewed 2016’s “The Hecatomb” album… Continue Reading →
Polish blackened death metal band Conquest Icon have been around since 2009, since when they have released two albums including this one, their first being in 2010, and three tracks on a split three years later. Looking at the history… Continue Reading →
Swedish act Sodomisery has some well-established players from the Stockholm scene at the helm which was originally started as a studio project by Harris Sopovic where a self-titled EP was released in 2017. Step forward to 2020 and the band… Continue Reading →
There are always those bands that you just never get around to checking out. Someone can bang on and on about an artist and you still won’t relent. Sometimes even when you do relent you still don’t ‘get it’. I… Continue Reading →
Blackened Death Metal, can there be a more pure genre? A marriage of perfect proportions bringing together all that is good from the underground and merging these two scenes in seamless harmony. However I can’t say I’ve always been the… Continue Reading →
A true test of a band’s character is not how they cope when things are going well, but how they cope in the face of adversity, and it is fair to say that since their debut full length in 2015… Continue Reading →
Is there anything more Metal than subject matter pulled from ancient religious texts? Probably not and in the times of the present this brand of unholy scripture is prime subject matter for the forward progression of Metals chaos fuelled underground…. Continue Reading →
‘Death Crown’ opens up with an eerie intro, knocks, and screeches a plenty, which all builds to an anticipatory feeling that surrounds the release from this American blackened death crew. Skan then launch into the album proper, and deliver us… Continue Reading →