There’s something about ascertaining a truly raw sound that has always amazed metal fans of all kinds throughout the underground ever since metal had begun taking some of its more extreme forms. Nowadays, you could scour the very floor of … Continue reading Barbaric Horde – Barbaric Hammer Fist
After five years, six full-length albums, and two EPs, I don’t think my adoration with the French entity of Esoctrilihum is that much of a secret. The name has been a true constant in my listening and reviewing habits since … Continue reading Esoctrilihum – Consecration of the Spiritüs Flesh
At some point, bringing together different sounds results in a truly quantifiable mess. I will always applaud the attempt to craft something different and interesting for any reason whether it be in the name of pure curiosity or the desire … Continue reading Dream Vision – Rêves
Whenever I come across any work in the underground that comes along with the tag “avant-garde” I tend to get just a little nervous. Nervous because it can easily be that the band in question is throwing that phrase on … Continue reading Misanthropic Rage – Hallucinatory Phenomena
With all the different directions that the very spirit of black metal has branched out into over the years, it has got to be into the raw and unforgiving realms of sludge that I cannot help but feel that we … Continue reading Geisterfaust – Servile Mirrors of Animosity
The very existence of heavy metal in the Middle East carries an air of danger with it as the bands have to make their music in secret lest they face prosecution and wild punishment by their government, but that doesn’t … Continue reading Al-Namrood – Worship the Degenerate
Witnessing the rise of any band from the deepest depths of the ethereal reaches of the underground is a pleasure that will likely never lessen with time. There are tons of names that come to mind whenever any of … Continue reading Devil Master – Ecstasies of Never Ending Night
When you have a scene that’s as fully realized and stocked as black metal all across the world, quality is all but guaranteed at a certain point. Yet, it’s even in the face of such wonders that are all but … Continue reading Moonlight Sorcery – Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity
The idea of bringing melancholy into a work of black metal is far from a novel idea for the style with that having been the case for decades at this point. But, like many things that are done over and … Continue reading Skognatt / Wehmut – The Swarm / November
Every so often, we’re gifted with a new band that can only be considered an absolute sensation in virtually every aspect. When Silver Knife first came upon the scene two years ago with their debut album, “Unyielding/Unseeing”, the reaction from … Continue reading Silver Knife – Ring
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