With all the different directions that the very spirit of black metal has branched out into over the years, it has got to be into the raw and unforgiving realms of sludge that I cannot help but feel that we … Continue reading Geisterfaust – Servile Mirrors of Animosity
The very existence of heavy metal in the Middle East carries an air of danger with it as the bands have to make their music in secret lest they face prosecution and wild punishment by their government, but that doesn’t … Continue reading Al-Namrood – Worship the Degenerate
Witnessing the rise of any band from the deepest depths of the ethereal reaches of the underground is a pleasure that will likely never lessen with time. There are tons of names that come to mind whenever any of … Continue reading Devil Master – Ecstasies of Never Ending Night
When you have a scene that’s as fully realized and stocked as black metal all across the world, quality is all but guaranteed at a certain point. Yet, it’s even in the face of such wonders that are all but … Continue reading Moonlight Sorcery – Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity
The idea of bringing melancholy into a work of black metal is far from a novel idea for the style with that having been the case for decades at this point. But, like many things that are done over and … Continue reading Skognatt / Wehmut – The Swarm / November
Every so often, we’re gifted with a new band that can only be considered an absolute sensation in virtually every aspect. When Silver Knife first came upon the scene two years ago with their debut album, “Unyielding/Unseeing”, the reaction from … Continue reading Silver Knife – Ring
Far too often, when the realms of black and death metal crossover we find ourselves simply wanting more. It’s downright infuriating to see a band come so close to success only the just miss the mark for one reason or … Continue reading Azothyst – Blood of Dead God
Effortlessly, it’s since the arrival of black and death metal upon the global scene has the combination of the two become a true phenomenon that’s become a nigh-on integral part of the metal underground for the many bands that have … Continue reading Temple of Decay – Rigor Mortis
Of all the names that have cropped up in the world of black metal to gain any level of fame, few have become as heralded, ubiquitous, feared, loved, loathed, and everything in between as Watain has become since they crawled … Continue reading Watain – The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain
When we take into consideration all that the very winds of Scandinavia have done for the world of extreme metal, one cannot help but think of the big three styles of extreme metal from death, black, and doom that take … Continue reading Wömit Angel – Sadopunk Finland
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