Trivium frontman Matt Heafy unleashes ‘Rashomon,’ the first fruits of his black metal project Ibaraki; as dramatic and thought-provoking as it is unrelentingly violent.
Vampirism, pretentiousness and grim black metal. Vampirska's Apparitions Frozen in Chimera Twilight is a glorious combination of all three.
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...
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...
Manchester blackened death metal band Necronautical return with their epic fourth album 'Slain In The Spirit'. Read our review here.
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...
In 2016, Black Funeral’s Ankou and the Death Fire gave me renewed hope for the future of United States Black Metal (USBM). While long-running stalwarts like...
Telemark (Candlelight Records) is Ihsahn’s personal love letter to his roots, geographically and musically: five tracks that blend black metal, avant-garde experimentalism, Norwegian folk melodies, and...
Nergal's blackened-blues project Me And That Man have teamed up with Emperor frontman Ihsahn on the release of new song "By The River". Check it out...
We sat down with the #dungeonsynth master, Håvard Ellefsen, also known as Mortiis, about all things Mortiis, including the new Omniprescence Productions/Dead Seed Productions album Spirit...
The obsessive Mortiis fanbase will most probably find much to enjoy on Spirit Of Rebellion, and there are genuine fragments of inspired dungeon synth that could...
The reissue of Stab Wounds by Germany's Dark Fortress is not only a worthy addition to any black metal library, this remastered version is a great...
If UK black metal built around the sparing, yet tasteful application of keyboards over fairly complex guitar passages with occasional clean, operatic vocal passages is your...
Despite the fun ‘80s horror thematic concept and some excellent songwriting, Night of Whispering Souls (Extreme Metal Music) by Croatian one-man black metal project Tryglav, the...
While the mood of the do-it-yourself attitude of early second-wave black metal is all but absent on this tribute record, it is still a delight in...
Day one of Bloodstock Open Air saw 15,000 metal fans enjoy a day of pure heavy metal that included the likes of Lovebites, Emperor and headliners...
Out now on Transcending Obscurity Records, Sadistik Forest offer up a feast of tantalising brutality with their third full-length record, Morbid Majesties. We advise you to...
Ihsahn’s newest release, Ámr, continues his musical journey, delving into rock, electronica, new wave and synthpop influences, resulting in something far transcending mere guitar-driven metal. An...
Every dedicated metalhead is familiar with keyboard intros and interludes. After 20 minutes of blast beats and heavy riffage comes a minute long synth melody, conjuring...
After a year on hiatus Heavy Montreal is returning in 2018 and the lineup for the massive hard rock/heavy metal festival has now been announced.
Abigor's Höllenzwang is a harrowing journey of a record - running the gamut from frostbitten graveside dirges to blistering calls to war.
Headlined by the extremely controversial Norwegian black metal heavyweights Emperor, here's what went down on day two of Bloodstock Open Air 2014.
For many, Ihsahn could easily be considered one of the most important metal musicians of the past 20 years. Yes it may sound like an overstatement,...
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