The digital age certainly has its advantages. While there has always been something irreplaceable about discovering a new band through nothing but word of mouth, stumbling upon a new name in the vast underground scene just by scouring places like … Continue reading Rites of Tara – To the Otherworld of Silver
For all that is possible in the world of black metal, it’s only evitable that we see repetition between hundreds of bands pretty quickly given how dense and oftentimes oversaturated the sound has become, especially since the rising of our … Continue reading Aeon Winds – Night Sky Illuminations
It is no secret that black metal has long looked upon the many different fallacies of humankind with disgust, disdain, and disappointment. For all that we could achieve together, it is all too often that we work against each other … Continue reading Woe – Legacies of Frailty
It should go without saying that the world of black metal has seen numerous iterations of its original sound over the years. Be it taken in a direction with more melody, rawer in production, psychedelic in nature, experimental at heart, … Continue reading Voidescent – Dust and Embers
Blasphemy is far from anything new to the world of black metal. If anything, it can be considered cliche by many with there being more than a few instances where bands implement it into their sound to try and add … Continue reading Profanatica – Crux Simplex
Daunting is it enough to put together any record for any band no matter how experienced or fresh they may be in the process. A group really has to have everything together quite well to a tremendous degree in order … Continue reading Gotland – Rise
The evolution of a band is one thing, but the evolution of a single visionary is something else entirely. Many times have I said that we live in a glorious age where there are just some people throughout the underground … Continue reading Vertebra Atlantis – A Dialogue with the Eeriest Sublime
As far as quality goes in the many different corners of the black metal world, atmospheric black metal can often be underestimated due to how oversaturated the sound can feel with lower quality acts more than abundant if you’re not … Continue reading Nordicwinter – This Mournful Dawn
There are plenty of avenues to take in the modern landscape of black metal especially when you’re talented enough to be able to do a large variety of them in impressive detail. In no small way, few can compare to … Continue reading Auriferous Flame – Ardor for Black Mastery
It’s always a fascinating thing to see just how quickly a band can come back from any given album with new material that not only shows that the band in question hates the concept of idle hands, but that their … Continue reading Bekor Qilish – The Flesh of a New God
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