If you ask me, one of the last areas of black metal that really needs a proper surge in material and bands putting forth great efforts in is where the style crosses over with folk metal. Such a combination has … Continue reading Felled – The Intimate Earth
Brazil has never once been lacking when it comes to churning out interesting metal bands by any means whatsoever with it being the bastion that many of us go to in order to get a proper fix of what South … Continue reading Kaatayra – Toda História pela Frente
To challenge yourself as a creator of any sort of musical material is to set yourself down a path that has no clear ending for it varies from one artist to the next with one being given the limelight with … Continue reading Esoctrilihum – Dy’th Requiem For The Serpent Telepath
If you ask me, the worlds of black and doom metal aren’t merged often enough. They can make for such a striking concoction the likes of which metal rarely gets to see when it’s done right, but the combination isn’t … Continue reading Earthshine – My Bones Shall Rest Upon The Mountain
It’s no secret that a significant portion of the black metal scene is still very much entrenched in its old-school ways. That’s far from a bad thing, but it’s led to some bands very much sounding the same and, thus, … Continue reading Grab – The Inevitable Filth of Mankind
If we’re even going to dare and talk about influential names in the modern state of atmospheric black metal, Spectral Lore and the mastermind, Ayloss, deserve an immediate mention for all that has been accomplished from everything within and outside … Continue reading Spectral Lore – Ετερόφωτος
Do we even need to have the conversation anymore about just how magnificent Mork has become in such a short amount of time? As one of the frontrunners of the latest wave of black metal bands, particularly out of Norway, … Continue reading Mork – Katedralen
I could sit here all day and fawn over everything Tolkien and how amazing it is to see his material live on fiercely in the world of metal in so many different forms. Black metal, though, undoubtedly has to be … Continue reading Keys of Orthanc – Of the Lineage of Kings
It’s not terribly uncommon to come across quality black metal and tack the word “striking” onto it, but there are truly few bands out there that are able to meet such a description without a doubt to be had that … Continue reading Ferriterium – Calvaire
Whenever I take into consideration mixing progressive elements into different styles of metal, black metal is oddly one of the areas I think of the least even though it’s one of those styles that sees some of the most self-experimentation … Continue reading Cicada The Burrower – Corpseflower
