Author Phil Pountney
Sermons Of The Black Flame’ sees the rising Black Metal titans Halphas return with an absolute behemoth of a release, and one which sees them staying true to their roots and evolving with a maturity whilst still maintaining a ferocity… Continue Reading →
2024 sees the birth of a new wave of unconventional and pulsating Death Metal courtesy of Montreal’s very own Dissimulator. ‘Lower Form Resistance’ is seven slabs of intricate and complex pulsating Death Metal which is reminiscent of a hybrid which… Continue Reading →
Suffocation are back with their latest opus, ‘Hymns From The Apocrypha’, and a collection of nine absolutely battering tracks on which to feast. From the moment the title track kicks in it is brutally evident that the sole purpose and… Continue Reading →
Ever since I reviewed ‘Desolation’ Nordicwinter have been on my radar of acts to keep an eye out for and when the chance to become acquainted with the latest enchanting offering in the guise of ‘This Mournful Dawn’ raised its… Continue Reading →
‘The Fire Still Burns Within Me’ starts with some malevolent and toxic spoken word before the guitar lead enters the fray and acts as a summoning to the rest of the barbaric and toxic raw black metal with which to… Continue Reading →
Icelandic Black metal is back with another epic soundscape of blackened majestic, thought-provoking, epic musical scores courtesy of composer, multi-instrumentalist and sole member of Oreida, Thor. ‘The Eternal’ is constructed of five grand and contemplative tracks, each one delivering the… Continue Reading →
After a couple of well received and critically acclaimed EP’s Lotan are now ready to unleash their first full length, self-titled spawn, and it is a prime example of how to execute Melodic Black N’ Roll with an aggressive tinge…. Continue Reading →
‘Alttarimme On Luista Tehty’ is brutal and venomous Black Metal at its most extreme and it comes courtesy of Finnish Black Metal legends Azaghal. This is the twelfth full length sacrifice from the masters of Finnish Black Terror Metal, and… Continue Reading →
Developing from the much respected, evolving and maturing home of the black arts, Finland, a new spawn is bestowed upon us. Moonlight Sorcery have stepped into the world and delivered to us their second EP since their inception back in… Continue Reading →
When you think of the origins of black metal, Costa Rica is not one that automatically springs to mind yet Culto Negro are here to try and change that particular way of thinking. La Noche Oscura Del Alma is the… Continue Reading →
A split of epic proportions, Polish black metal delivered in just four tracks, two from each of the contributing bands, Angrrsth and Czort. Angrrsth opens the proceedings with ‘Petla’, a muscular and aggressive blast of violent and hostile black metal… Continue Reading →
Ever since I got my hands on a copy of 2020’s Fragment: Erhabenheit I have been hooked on this Austrian black metal horde so I jumped at the chance to review the latest spawn from these black arts purveyors, Theotoxin…. Continue Reading →