The very crushing presence of metal is what many of us seek ultimate solace under as the many pains and troubles of the world seem to come ever closer upon our souls with this being one of the few forms … Continue reading Ggu:ll – Ex Est
Not often enough do the combined realms of black and thrash metal find themselves in the limelight. It’s such an obvious combination the likes of which can make for something of the most eviscerating and scathing metal that we could … Continue reading Culto Negro – La Noche Oscura del Alma
Of all the weird and wonderful bands that have come out of the deepest reaches of the black metal underground over the decades, it’s always a true joy to witness one rise above the masses to become a widely heralded … Continue reading Gaerea – Mirage
With how revered and exalted the very idea of black metal has become out of the realm of Norway, it’s almost impossible nowadays for any new act to come around and manage to live up to the high standards that … Continue reading Mork – Den Svevende Festning
The smallest change can make for a wildly different record, by all accounts. Whether it’s the addition of one instrument or even its removal, the changing of a single member of a line-up, or the simplest shift of a dial … Continue reading Abyssic – Brought Forth in Iniquity
Raw ambition is oftentimes what many recognize as the key to creating an album that won’t be forgotten anytime soon as well as an essential factor as to what makes that effort destined to be hailed as one of the … Continue reading Forlesen – Black Terrain
At even the more accessible regions of extreme metal, it takes a certain level of madness to really lose yourself in its power without letting it overtake you. Yet, those that aren’t afraid to wholly surrender to the chaos have … Continue reading Acausal Intrusion – Seeping Evocation
Whereas just the other day I found myself steeped in the wild craziness of the furthest fringes of black metal with the likes of Arkheth, it’s now that we pull back into something much easier for us to wrap our … Continue reading Voak – Verdrangung
The very depths of the underground make for an unseemly beast that only the mad seek to dive into with the hopes of finding something more obscene and grotesque than anything else that’s come before it. For such excavators, the … Continue reading Coscradh – Nahanagan Stadial
Recently, the Native American representation in the world of black metal has been on a meteoric rise, and it’s in every way that it offers a fresh and fascinating new lens for black metal to look through despite how dense … Continue reading Blackbraid – Blackbraid I
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