Installing melody into your black metal is far from an original concept and hasn’t been for decades now, but there are some bands that can mix it all too well with their brand of ferocity to make for a concoction … Continue reading Blaze of Perdition – The Harrowing of Hearts
Creating post-black metal can be a really tricky thing to pull off because the musicians are always torn between siding on the post-metal side, the black metal side, or trying to balance the two in a way that can please … Continue reading Lesath – Sacred Ashes
Should I dig into some melodic black metal, it is absolutely paramount that it does more in order to become a truly noteworthy record of its kind. There’s nothing wrong with some straightforward melodic black metal, but a band that … Continue reading Voidfire – Ogień Pustki
The idea of acoustic black metal is certainly a unique one to me that I’ve never heard of before, but it’s something that can be quite a difficult thing to not only explain but also execute. Calling it acoustic would … Continue reading Lurker of Chalice – Tellurian Slaked Furnace
It’s no secret if you know anything about me that Transcending Obscurity Records is, without doubt, my favorite record label by far. They were one of the labels that I became interested very early on when I started doing reviews … Continue reading Transcending Obscurity Records – Label Sampler 2020
There’s nothing quite like a capable black metal act that can dish out some damned good riffs but still remain vicious enough to even be called scathing as the work goes on. With cover art that immediately caught my eye, … Continue reading Svartgren – Divlja Vatra
There is something to be definitely said about the bands that inhabit the vast realm of atmospheric black metal and actually come out of creating a new work that stands out greatly amongst the crowd in all respects. It could … Continue reading Unreqvited – Mosaic II: la déteste et la détresse
Mixing together the unrelenting worlds of black and thrash metal is far from a novel concept anymore as an incredibly large number of bands have tried it before to plenty of success, but it’s nowadays that we don’t see it … Continue reading Midnight – Rebirth by Blasphemy
More often than not when we get a band that falls into the realm of black metal, we normally aren’t treated to a display that’s can be classified as diverse or transformative by any means whatsoever, and that’s truly a … Continue reading Helleborus – Saprophytic Divinations
Many, many bands have tried to make their own little brands of atmospheric black metal stand out more than plenty of others, but there it’s not terribly often that we get a band that can actually pull it off even … Continue reading Moonknight – Discernment
