Canada is a great place for brewing black metal talents with its lands capable of harboring intense weather conditions that can fit the genre perfectly. France? Not so much. Yet that didn’t stop the two acts of Sorcier des Glaces … Continue reading Sorcier des Glaces / Ende – Le Puits de Morts
If you’re any sort of frequenter of the illustrious Bandcamp.com, especially in the black metal category, you’ve likely at least seen A Diadem of Dead Stars pop up in the “best selling” tabs, and that’s not without good reason. This … Continue reading A Diadem of Dead Stars – Kingdoms Bathed in Golden Light
When any metal head refers to the “glory days” of the genre, they tend to be talking about the 80s and 90s where everything was heavy, unprecedented, and nothing holding the bands back. Not many bands who were around in … Continue reading Countess – Fires of Destiny
The kinds of bands that are brave enough to test their musicianship and how long they can keep up a good sound for over ten minutes in just one song tend to stick strictly within doom metal understandably. Somnium Nox … Continue reading Somnium Nox – Apocrypha
The thing that is depressive black metal has always been one of those things that interests me, but rarely does something come along from the genre that peaks my interest. Meuchelmord became one of the first bands to do so for … Continue reading Meuchelmord – Nostalgia
The idea of Canadian black metal is not that hard of a concept to grasp as black metal tends to come out of the countries with more colder environments and a lot of bleakness depending on your view. And if … Continue reading Forteresse – Thèmes pour la Rébellion
Everyone has one of those bands that no matter who it is or whatever they put out whenever they immediately gravitate towards it immediately after learning the band in question has new material. I have several of those, and Feign … Continue reading Feign – Atlas
One of my favorite black metal bands, Ende, have not been silent since their last album, and that is backed up with their upcoming split with Sorcier Des Glaces. I’ve never once heard of Sorcier Des Glaces so that alone … Continue reading Sorcier Des Glaces – North
When a band is in a groove, as in they’ve put out bangin’ releases recently, it can be very easy for them to fall out of it. Many bands unfortunately succumb to such a fate, but Vukari are nowhere near the … Continue reading Vukari – Divination
I’m the kind of guy that if there’s black metal in the area I turn my head in its direction and proceed to investigate. However, it’s not always something pleasant that I discover. Sometimes the find is a straight up … Continue reading Gjendød – s/t
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