For the longest time, practically since its inception, black metal has long gone hand-in-hand with vibes of unfettered, unyielding evil that is all-consuming to a terrifying degree. Naturally, we’ve seen all sorts of bands bring it about on differing … Continue reading Cultum Interitum – Sacrum Funeral
Every year, we’re given quite an array of albums that seek to take some sort of claim to renown in the vast underground with hundreds upon thousands of pieces competing and showing us all what they’re made of even if … Continue reading Sulphur Aeon – Seven Crowns and Seven Seals
Of all the different avenues that are to be travelled down in the sprawling landscape that black metal has carved out for itself over the decades, there’s always something to be said for those bands that go off and do … Continue reading Absque Cor – Na zawze cieniem…
Normally, in the many different realms of black metal we see a certain modicum of focus alongside a serious approach that isn’t fussing around for so much as a moment. Much like what we’re seeing in certain corners of death … Continue reading Kvelgeyst – Blut, Milch und Thränen
By all means, black metal is home to the most blasphemous sites in all of the metal spectrum. After decades of carefully curating to bring that reality into being, it doesn’t take much to see that the status quo is … Continue reading Black Eucharist – Inn of the Vaticide
Given the extremities which the many different styles of metal tend to inhabit, it’s not uncommon to see bands from the outer reaches come together in a demented union to show us what happens when their powers are combined with … Continue reading Dominion of Suffering / Phobonoid – split
Something that I will always appreciate in the world of metal no matter how long I find myself in its trenches is the simple fact that one band can really come out of nowhere and surprise us, defy odds at … Continue reading La Mer – Tetrahedra
A new name in the world of atmospheric black metal is hardly anything to get excited about since it’s a constant event on such a scale that it’s impossible for any of us to keep up with at any given … Continue reading Domhain – Nimue
As one of the more populated sounds within the vast spectrum and many different realms of metal, atmospheric black metal has more than enough excellence to throw around even as it can often feel as though you have to trudge … Continue reading Blencathra – II – On These Shores Where Nothing Now Stands…
As much as reviewers like myself love being able to pin any given album within a particular style to really help wrap our heads around the piece easier, there is always something fascinating to be had for the efforts that … Continue reading Sword of Dis – Melencolia
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