With the many forms of black metal that have come to grace (or curse, depends on who you’re asking), it can be hard to pin down what can be considered “normal” black metal, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t bands … Continue reading Forest Whispers – Arkany Zniewolenia
Even the occasional listener can tell you without a doubt that black metal is a genre that in its rawest form can be something that’s far from anything for the light-hearted and downright nihilistic in many occasions. The style itself … Continue reading Gruzja – I Iść Dalej
There are a few times when a certain act will release any sort of material be it a simple single or an ambitious double album and what feels like the whole fanbase of the style will shake with excitement in … Continue reading Panopticon – The Crescendo of Dusk
One of the greatest things about the glory of metal music is how far reaching it has become across the world as it feels like every other country has loads of metal acts to call their own, and with that … Continue reading Popiół – Zabobony
Every now and then, we get something that’s fucking weird. I don’t mean something that’s a mild oddity or an album that just barely sits apart from the rest of the style. I mean something that’s its own fucking entity … Continue reading Drofnosura – Voidfever
After doing these reviews for almost five years at this point, it goes without saying that I’ve been lucky enough to hear an absolute menagerie of bands from all over doing all sorts of different styles. When the stars align … Continue reading Chaoshorde / Satan’s Acolytes – Satanic Hordes
There are many themes and ideas that have gone into the incredibly vast realm of black metal over the years as everything from the concept of nature to the very echoes of the soul have been poured into the genre … Continue reading Downfall of Gaia – Ethic of Radical Finitude
It’s every new year that many of us come back together pretty soon after coming together at the end of the last year to announce our favorites of the previous months that we all now talk about what we have … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2019
Going into 2019, there was really only one band that I had on my radar for any sort of delivery of pagan metal in a way where the folk elements are especially emphasized is Wormwood. But, given how there’s still … Continue reading Norrsinnt – Dåvahugg
With every year that goes by with doing these reviews, there are very few things that are almost if not very certain. It’s each new year that I’m sure to get a fuck ton of awesomeness from new and old … Continue reading Veldes – Flameless
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