It’s in the past decade that we’ve become real spoiled with how much variety there is in the wide world of metal, and seems to go double for black metal more often than not. Cosmic black metal, in particular, has … Continue reading Etoile Filante – Magnum Opus Caelestis
In order for any sort of atmospheric, noise, or ambient to stand out from the crowd, it’s absolutely key for it to keep the listener’s attention no matter what. That’s a bit of an obvious statement, isn’t it? But, like … Continue reading Mortar Devotions – Operazione Piovra: The Lead Chronicles
Creating a drawn-out listen that pushes what it means to be a funeral doom act, or even just doom, is to become very familiar with your craft because you need to know how to make lengthy songs gripping for almost … Continue reading Noctu – Gelidae Mortis Imago
To stand out in a widely populated and saturated scene like atmospheric black metal, you really need to bring something interesting to the table in order to stand out such that you don’t get lost amongst the throngs of over … Continue reading At the Altar of the Horned God – Through Doors of Moonlight
It was ever since I was a kid when I was first terrified by Alien and became absolutely enamored by Jeffrey Thomas’s sci-fi masterpiece “Blue War” that I have been a big fan of that highly detailed science fiction that’s only done … Continue reading HLER – LGM-1
The vast majority of the time, whenever we delve into any sort of black metal work that has any sort of folk elements in it whether it be in the form of instrumentation or just the theme it’s in the … Continue reading Dzö-Nga – Thunder in the Mountains
There have been plenty of times that I’ve dove into the world of drone and found loads of enjoyment out of the strangely meditative works that are in a world all of their own every time they’re played. One of … Continue reading Eighth Tower Records – Drone Islands – The Lost Maps
Just seven years ago, it was these two legendary names in the world of atmospheric black metal that decided to join forces and create a split that’s still nigh-on seminal, “Sol”, that also acted as a marker of quality for … Continue reading Spectral Lore / Mare Cognitum – Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine
The amount of atmospheric black metal acts that are out and about in the current landscape of the scene can easily feel to be overwhelming, and that’s simply because it is. They absolutely overflow onto one another and it’s only … Continue reading Lux Luna – Mors Coronati Autumnus Est
There are many times that I dip my toe back into the world of dungeon synth and just find myself not really impressed or moved to any real degree when it comes down to anything that really grasps my attention. … Continue reading Bannwald / Uruk-Hai / Druadan Forest – Kingdoms Long Gone
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