I don’t know. I just simply don’t fucking know! How can any one man sit down and continuously pump out music at a staggering quality that never once dips but, instead, skyrockets like no other act out there? How is … Continue reading Esoctrilihum – Eternity of Shaog
It feels like every single time I come across any sort of black/punk, blackened punk, or punk-infused black metal (or whatever anyone fucking calls it), I need more! It’s never just a situation where I get a taste and then … Continue reading Avern – Witch’s Eyes
Sometimes all you need to spice up your listening habits is some chaotic black metal to balance it all out nicely, but it can be real hard to find something that actually works and sounds good. One of the last places I’d think to look is Alaska, but it’s here with Yaldabaoth’s latest work of unyielding ferocity that I got exactly what I’ve been needing more of in my life recently, and it delivers in heaps! Just unbridled chaos is not nearly enough to carry any one album into being something worth checking out if you ask me since … Continue reading Yaldabaoth – That Which Whets the Saccharine Palate
It’s in the past decade that we’ve become real spoiled with how much variety there is in the wide world of metal, and seems to go double for black metal more often than not. Cosmic black metal, in particular, has … Continue reading Etoile Filante – Magnum Opus Caelestis
There are countless albums that come out from not just black metal but metal as a whole that is from an equally countless number of bands that think that speed and a fast pace can easily equal quality. Naturally, that’s … Continue reading Profeci – Matecznik
To stand out in a widely populated and saturated scene like atmospheric black metal, you really need to bring something interesting to the table in order to stand out such that you don’t get lost amongst the throngs of over … Continue reading At the Altar of the Horned God – Through Doors of Moonlight
I find myself enjoying thrash metal a lot more often when it’s paired together with something like black or death metal, or even punk. It just takes on a life that’s much more interesting to my ears in such a … Continue reading Putrid – Antichrist Above
Whenever we think of anything related to black metal, we tend to think of something extreme with an icy edge to it all that could drain the very light out of the universe if it so desired, and something along … Continue reading Oratory – IV
Fusing together black metal and punk is a very novel one even if it’s been done numerous times whether it be by a legendary name like Darkthrone, newcomers like Devil Master, or incredibly obscure acts that I’ve not a single … Continue reading Raspberry Bulbs – Before the Age of Mirrors
The vast majority of the time, whenever we delve into any sort of black metal work that has any sort of folk elements in it whether it be in the form of instrumentation or just the theme it’s in the … Continue reading Dzö-Nga – Thunder in the Mountains
