For decades, black metal has always been subjected to all sorts of experimentation to see how far the style can be pushed, and I’ve thankfully had good experience with these experiments as few have ever let me down. Today, that … Continue reading Mountains Crave – As We Were When We Were Not
The deepest darkest reaches of the Finland black metal underground have always fascinated me because of how dark and mysterious it’s always been. And always being the purveyor of dark metal the likes of which needs to be discovered, I … Continue reading Nephilim’s Howl – Through The Marrow Of Human Suffering
America has always been one of those places in the world that if you want top notch quality black metal you really have to do some digging. After discovering Inquisition, I wanted to discover what else the US black metal … Continue reading Fin – Arrows of a Dying Age
There are few bands that can be as transdimensional as Midnight Odyssey. This band has been around for ten years now and has made quite the impact in the world of atmospheric black metal. Cosmic boundaries have been taken and redrawn … Continue reading Midnight Odyssey – Silhouettes Of Stars
Never will I understand why some people will have even somewhat of a negative experience with a band and then never ever come back to the group. Sure, it all depends on taste, but I’ve always found close-mindedness like that … Continue reading WOM – Psychedelic Noir
The whole idea of making a piece of material that’s so surreal and dissonant is the very dream of so many artists out in the world that it’s by no means a foreign subject. Plenty of bands have taken black metal … Continue reading Saule – s/t
I typically don’t do name drops of specific labels, but today I simply have to straight mention the phenomenal label that is I, Voidhanger Records. They’ve put out real slices of darkness over the last few years that has stunned … Continue reading Lo-Ruhamah – Anointing
The misty plane that is atmospheric black metal is one that can take on many forms. Some bands will either soak their atmosphere with loads of folk influence, others will make most of the record pure unnerving ambiance, and others … Continue reading Ghost Horizon – The Erotics of Disgust
The prospect of doom metal is an allure the likes of which I have a hard time resisting. Whether it comes in the form of crunchy riffs or a slow pounding meant to grind your very bones, doom has something … Continue reading Loathfinder – The Great Tired Ones
The last band to have really gone beyond the call of duty and combined so many different types of metal that it sounded like a clusterfuck on paper was the samurai metal pioneers of Whispered. Combining folk, power, melo-death, and … Continue reading Divine Element – Thaurachs Of Borsu
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