Ferial Confine, Meiosis, Siren Records, CD 022 (2014) Ferial Confine started out in the mid-1980s as the junk metal noise
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Légendes: showcase of French Canadian black metal and folklore
Monarque / Forteresse / Csejthe / Chasse-Galerie, Légendes, Sepulchral Productions, double 7-inch vinyl SP037 (2014) What better way to promote
Continue readingThe Summoner: portrayal of grief and loss not as affecting as it could be
Kreng, The Summoner, Miasmah Recordings, MIACD039 (2015) Its tracks tracing the six stages of grief from denial to acceptance –
Continue readingHexadic: a new composition method results in something that sounds surprisingly familiar
Six Organs of Admittance, Hexadic, Drag City, DC616CD (2015) Ben Chasny’s ongoing solo project Six Organs of Admittance takes a
Continue readingFrom the Dead Villages’ Darkness: post-metal meets Slavic folk ambient
Sivyj Yar, From the Dead Villages’ Darkness, Italy, Avantgarde Music, CD (2014) Russian one-man black metal projects are a dime
Continue readingTekeli-Li: soundtrack to classic Lovecraftian novella doesn’t quite capture the evil
The Great Old Ones, Tekeli-Li, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, CD Digipak (2014) Dedicating their career to detailing the stories and
Continue readingOpen the Coffin: hardcore sledgehammer sludge doom beneath that tombstone
Same Sex Dictator, Open the Coffin, Hanged Man Recordings, cassette HMR017 (2014) With a name like theirs, you’d expect this
Continue readingPath IV: another hard-hitting journey on bicycling black metal’s wheel of fortune
Cracked Vessel, Path IV, self-released cassette (21 November 2014) One of the joys of finding self-released tapes is the creativity
Continue readingPaths I & II: BM punk fusion pedals hard for following your true purpose in life
Cracked Vessel, Paths I & II, self-released cassette (2014) Of the various sports that could be celebrated in pop and rock
Continue readingDunnock / Intergalactic Holocaust: from space, a message of raw noisy BM and chilling doom slasher guitar
Dunnock / Intergalactic Holocaust, self-titled, Temptations of Resonance, CD (2014) From the far extremes of the cosmos arrives this missive
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