The kinds of bands that are brave enough to test their musicianship and how long they can keep up a good sound for over ten minutes in just one song tend to stick strictly within doom metal understandably. Somnium Nox … Continue reading Somnium Nox – Apocrypha
The thing that is depressive black metal has always been one of those things that interests me, but rarely does something come along from the genre that peaks my interest. Meuchelmord became one of the first bands to do so for … Continue reading Meuchelmord – Nostalgia
The idea of Canadian black metal is not that hard of a concept to grasp as black metal tends to come out of the countries with more colder environments and a lot of bleakness depending on your view. And if … Continue reading Forteresse – Thèmes pour la Rébellion
Everyone has one of those bands that no matter who it is or whatever they put out whenever they immediately gravitate towards it immediately after learning the band in question has new material. I have several of those, and Feign … Continue reading Feign – Atlas
One of my favorite black metal bands, Ende, have not been silent since their last album, and that is backed up with their upcoming split with Sorcier Des Glaces. I’ve never once heard of Sorcier Des Glaces so that alone … Continue reading Sorcier Des Glaces – North
When a band is in a groove, as in they’ve put out bangin’ releases recently, it can be very easy for them to fall out of it. Many bands unfortunately succumb to such a fate, but Vukari are nowhere near the … Continue reading Vukari – Divination
I’m the kind of guy that if there’s black metal in the area I turn my head in its direction and proceed to investigate. However, it’s not always something pleasant that I discover. Sometimes the find is a straight up … Continue reading Gjendød – s/t
The name Dark Funeral itself carries so much weight and respect in the metal world that it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t at least respect one of the biggest, most well known black metal band of all time. I, … Continue reading Dark Funeral – Where Shadows Forever Reign
When you are trying to make something atmospheric I believe you are going to need more than the conventional instruments used in metal to create something that truly stacks up. Sojourner proved over a year ago with their first song … Continue reading Sojourner – Empires of Ash
Sometimes not being able to let go of the past isn’t always a completely bad thing. For example: if you know what metal was like in the 80s and 90s you’d know how raw and brutal everything was in the … Continue reading Armagh – Venomous Frost
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