Many, many bands have tried to make their own little brands of atmospheric black metal stand out more than plenty of others, but there it’s not terribly often that we get a band that can actually pull it off even … Continue reading Moonknight – Discernment
There are plenty of ideas throughout the wide realm of music that will always have my attention right from the get-go, but none other is greater than that of anything that has heavy pagan influence with folk instruments that pay … Continue reading Osi and the Jupiter – Nordlige Rúnaskog
To delve into the wide and expansive world of dark ambient is to immerse yourself in a style that is bent on making you feel uncomfortable by luring you into a lucid dreamlike state where your very conscience is easily … Continue reading Reza Solatipour – The Gate
The idea of paganism has not only been around for centuries upon centuries, but it has permeated our very society as we know it. The legends and horror stories of witches, people sacrificing animals, worshipping heathen gods, selling your soul … Continue reading Eighth Tower Records – Witchcraft & Black Magic in the United Kingdom
To see any sort of band constantly release new material whether it be on a solid two-year cycle, one piece each year, or even multiple releases in any given year almost always makes me concerned about the overall quality. At … Continue reading Nebula Orionis – Plague
The amount of atmospheric black metal bands that have come our way in just the past decade is all but staggering with the actual number of them surely in the tens of thousands given how popular they are. That’s not … Continue reading Earth and Pillars – Earth II
Usually, whenever I review any given material from any band I normally expect anywhere from at least six months to a year before hearing from that act again, and that’s only if they’re really going at it behind the scenes to create … Continue reading Tome of the Unreplenished / Starless Domain – Epistolary of the Fall
Across the years, I’ve come across loads of different atmospheric black metal bands that absolutely love to stretch the style in all different sorts of directions in order to try and provide us experiences that we don’t get often. When … Continue reading Orquìlux – The Desire to Vanquish Myself
It’s been over the past decade where we’ve seen the idea of black metal taking over space come a long way with so many acts now bringing the vicious sound to the interstellar void that we find ourselves in. I’ve … Continue reading Starless Domain – Alma
It’s the ever-expanding realm of atmospheric black metal that is constantly showing us just what lengths the style can be taken to, and it should be all but obvious to see the growth that the style has gone through in … Continue reading Midnight Odyssey – Biolume Part 1 – In Tartarean Chains
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