On ‘The Humming Mountain’ Gaahls WYRD can be seen as a prime example of how black metal as a genre has grown up and no longer...
'K6999ROMA:EP,' the latest record from avant-popster Nick Hudson, is one hundred percent Higher Grade music!
The best thing about Sleepwalker’s latest post-metal release, Monument from the Void, is that it immediately reminds me of the dark ambiance of fellow Russian outfit,...
FLUISTERAARS' latest offering, 'Gegrepen Door de Geest der Zielsontluiking' (Eisenwald) is, without a doubt, one of the most exciting releases of 2021.
Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) and ethno jazz fanatic Jarvis Earnshaw team up to form Travis Duo and deliver some suitably trippy vibes on their debut 'Hypnagogia,' releasing on December 10th. It’s...
Belarusian solo project Pa Vesh En seems expressly designed to evoke terror, unease and despair. His most recent release, 'Maniac Manifest' (Iron Bonehead), is bleak, desolate and...
Runespell can, with 'Verses in Regicide' (Iron Bonehead), finally take their place alongside so many other greats in the gallery of Viking and pagan black metal.
We're in rivethead heaven while 'Deviator' spins! Check our thoughts on the new Noise Unit album via Artoffact Records.
Two tracks of Dødsferd is not quite enough. Even though their accepted approach of longer format songs has been well cemented in their fanbase – consider...
While the press release for their latest album, Darkness Is My Home, may tout Greek doom/occult rockers Night Resident as a Hellenic answer to Sweden’s Ghost,...
If Untamed Land can maintain this momentum throughout the upcoming album, listeners across the black/doom/atmospheric metal spectrum are in for something special.
While not a life-changing experience, Kat Von D's 'Love Made Me Do It' is a pleasant, easy album to listen to despite its unhappy thematic content.
'Shiva' elevates Goats of Doom from relative obscurity, placing them on a pedestal alongside Kvelertak as a shining example of just how engaging black metal can become without melting...
Within seconds of the opening strains of “Svält,” the introductory track off Åskog’s debut release, Varþnaþer, the band’s Swedish origins become clear.
There are a number of reasons why I wanted to love Grey Aura’s second full-length, Zwarte Vierkant before I even listened to it. First and foremost,...