Visceral, haunting, yet staggeringly beautiful in places, GAEREA's ‘Mirage’ (Season of Mist) is a cathartic contender for the underground black metal record of this year.
Putting their own dark twist on this savage ’90s-inspired black metal onslaught, Abhoria drops their debut, self-titled album (Prosthetic Records). Read our review here...
FLUISTERAARS' latest offering, 'Gegrepen Door de Geest der Zielsontluiking' (Eisenwald) is, without a doubt, one of the most exciting releases of 2021.
Damnation Festival returns to Leeds University for one final blowout and we join the party with Carcass, Conjurer, Man Must Die and more.
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...
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,...
The global black metal collective, Sojourner, has built a very strong following over the course of three full-length releases, spanning six years. Tours with the likes of...
Eisenwald records did Danish black metal outfit Solbrud no favours in releasing the album promo of Levende I Brønshøj Vandtårn as audio-only: the visuals accompanying the...
Atmospheric black metal really is my go-to happy place music: a paradox, I know, but it is what it is. Sprawling monuments of ruin and despair,...
The growing pressures of globalization, like any other massive force, often fall prey to the laws of physics and result in an equal force of localization...
It’s been only two years, but it feels even longer since I delved into Colorado-based black metal outfit Wayfarer’s World’s Blood album (read our review here);...
Labelling Acherontas as merely black metal is unfair to both black metal as a genre and Acherontas as a band; the vast spectrum of sounds that...
There are a number of bands that slot neatly into what I fondly call my ‘heritage’ catalogue. Ireland’s Primordial are in there, with their historical and...
Contrary to its famed origins as a secretive, exclusive club only for the trvly kvlt, black metal has grown to become one of the most versatile...
