A few years ago, I had the distinct pleasure of reviewing the debut album from a solo black metal project named Ophiuchi, Bifurcaria Bifurcata. The depth...
‘Evil’ is a disturbing slice of serial killer-inspired audio violence from Madrid brutalists, Bonecarver.
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...
Poland has produced its share of excellent black metal over the years; while the spotlight is dominated by the blackened death (and social media savvy) of...
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,...
When reviewing new music, it’s almost unavoidable to stop occasionally and go, “Hey, that sounds a bit like… (insert band name here).” This trap becomes even...
Black metal is packed with great examples of splits. From 1993’s Emperor / Enslaved classic, Emperor / Hordanes Land to the Finnish fury of the self-titled...
Let me preface this by saying I’m a long-time fan of Andy Marshall’s better-known creative outlet, the folk-driven project Saor. His Guardians (2016) record in particular...
Cuban quintet Helgrind set ears alight with their pummeling pagan metal that’s a little symphonic and a little black metal and sounds a lot less like...
This is not a well-named record. Ôfstân (the second full-length from Dutch outfit Kjeld) translates directly as ‘distance,’ but that’s one thing I’m having difficulty achieving....
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...
Perhaps it is my own advancing age, but it pleases me more than I can say when two stalwarts many would consider past their prime follow...
Blistering waves of demonic fury assault me from all sides, as quality production and malevolent atmospheres meet in a swirling tumult of black metal wrath… but...
Czech psychedelic/experimental black metal outfit Voluptas released their latest album Towards the Great White Nothing this past September via Metalgate. Their cerebral approach made our ears...
The Austrian duo Harakiri for the Sky have been making waves in the post-black/shoegaze scene for nearly a decade, and for various reasons. Number one among these...