It endlessly entertains me whenever I look deeper into a metal scene in any given country and seeing something grow or, at the very least, seeing something that’s just taken root for their metal scene. When it comes to France, … Continue reading Day of the Beast – First Invocation
Metal truly knows no bounds when it comes to innovation, especially black metal with its many different corners that help make an already niche style become even more niche as many different bands pull the style in all sorts of … Continue reading Bednja – Doline Su Ostale Iza Nas
To count the number of black metal bands who have tried to emulate, or just straight up copy, the sound of the classic masters of black metal would be nearly impossible because the list continues to go on and on … Continue reading Hell’s Coronation – Ritual Chalice of Hateful Blood
The comfort zone is something music has always stepped out of just as much as it’s stayed in an easily profitable state of copy and paste commercialization, but innovation is constantly pushing music in every possible direction with metal being … Continue reading Les Chants du Hasard – Livre Second
We live in an age that it’s impossible for any new act to not have been influenced by the greats of the past, and some people like it while others despise it. If it’s done well, it’s definitely something to … Continue reading Ashlands – I
Improvement comes with times and it’s with a lot of time that improvement normally comes, but it’s with the occasional exception that some bands learn to become much more very quickly. Last I heard Vampiric was with the band’s debut … Continue reading Vampiric – The Magic of the Night
Of all the places that metal has found a point to grow from across the globe, one of the places that I find to be the most intriguing whenever I hear new material from it has to undoubtedly be the … Continue reading Arallu – En Olam
Iceland has become quite a location in recent years for its black metal scene and, honestly, I couldn’t think of a much better landscape than the style’s homeland of Scandinavia for such a harsh sound to call home. Much like … Continue reading Sykelig Englen – This Hollow Land
There aren’t many things when it comes to music that I can come to expect on a yearly basis. Normally, as you know, bands will have a gap of at least a few years between releases of any kind, but … Continue reading Sacrenoir / Ende – La Gueule du Loup / Liber Damnatus – Psalm I
To create something that feels alive in the current climate of black metal, I firmly believe that you either need to be so steeped in the style that you know exactly how to morph it into something worth listening to … Continue reading Bykürius – A Heretic Art
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