If we’re even going to dare and talk about influential names in the modern state of atmospheric black metal, Spectral Lore and the mastermind, Ayloss, deserve an immediate mention for all that has been accomplished from everything within and outside … Continue reading Spectral Lore – Ετερόφωτος
It’s already been one fuck of a week for black metal, hasn’t it? Just two days ago, I discussed the upcoming Mare Cognitum album with that alone being enough to talk about to make many of us return our attention … Continue reading Midnight Odyssey – Biolume Part 2: The Golden Orb
Normally, after a band puts out a near-legendary split that is a masterwork in its own right, you’d expect both bands to maybe take another year or two when that split consists of enough material to make for two full-lengths … Continue reading Mare Cognitum – Solar Paroxysm
A more than worthwhile work out of black metal is always something that’s massively intriguing by all accounts is something that absolutely has to be talked about since the scene can often feel oversaturated, but, like many other styles, should … Continue reading Gestrüpp – Below the Trees
It’s simultaneously easy and incredibly difficult to fall into the wide realm of atmospheric black metal with how voluminous the scene is at any given time no matter what. Easy because of the raw abundance, difficult because it can often … Continue reading Negative or Nothing – Drowned
Any single person who pays even a little bit of attention to the reviews that I’ve been putting out for years now, one of the extreme constants in my time has been Transcending Obscurity Records. Witnessing the rise of the … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2021
Each style has many pillars that we can constantly find the entirety of that sound resting on at all times with the many ideals, techniques, and variations that one can contain being what uphold it all through all sorts of … Continue reading Severoth – Vsesvit
When it comes to the representation of Canadian black metal, there’s no other band that should come faster to our minds than Sorcier Des Glaces. The band’s run has been no less than staggering with a massive catalog slowly being … Continue reading Sorcier Des Glaces – Un Monde de Glace et de Sang
To come across an album with a wondrous atmosphere is something that many of us think is a lot rarer than what it actually is, but it is nonetheless a boon whose value never wanes. It’s more often than not … Continue reading Gjoad – Samanōn
It’s hard to think of an area where the seemingly endless expanse of atmospheric black metal could end by any means with it feeling like every other band has been doing their best to push the boundaries of the style … Continue reading Nebula Orionis – Aether
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