I like black metal. I like folk and pagan influences on black metal. I like these influences making their presence known in softer, open interludes within...
Luna 13 has aptly crossed over into the metal world without guitars and other traditional instrumentation. Mixing metal, industrial, and electronica elements, the musical duo, featuring...
Even if you haven’t had the pleasure of perusing Tero Ikäheimonen’s excellent history of Finnish black metal, The Devil’s Cradle, it rapidly becomes obvious that this...
Extreme metal supergroup Scour talk about their new EP, the Scour Way, and if they'd ever tour without Phil Anselmo. Read the interview here.
I have had many reasons to be grateful to Eisenwald in 2020. I’ve folksy grooved to Osi and The Jupiter, railed with black metal fury at...
A lot of bands progress and mature in their songwriting, sometimes for the better, but mostly for worse. Whether they do it for mass appeal, thus...
The Cloven Hand, a deviant electronic nightmare by Zebadiah Crowe, is only the first chapter in two EP releases. Drawing from their previous album, Host Rider...
Twenty-one years is a long time to spend on a debut full-length, by anyone’s standards. But that’s exactly what happened with Ymir’s eponymous record for Finland’s...
In the early days of the second wave of black metal, Norway had its Helvete-based “Black Metal Inner Circle” and France had it “Les Légions Noires”...
Phil Anselmo's black metal supergroup Scour unleash fifteen minutes of hell on their new EP and you can read our review here.
As a music reviewer, it is so easy to forget that so much of music enjoyment, despite recommendations and comparisons, really just comes down to personal...
Every now and then, a gentle nudge towards the grim precipice of all-out disruption is a welcome thing. When it’s an insidious little virus that entirely...
The image and aesthetic of black metal has always been an integral element of the notorious genre and its resultant culture. The album sleeves, intricate logos,...
To the uninitiated, Mörk Gryning starts off their latest album as just another Swedish black metal outfit: evil, moody and just a bit faster, harder and...
My apologies in advance, as this will sound like it’s being read by Sean Bean, but there is no other way to say it: one does...