Ultra Silvam, self-titled, Sweden, Änglaslakt_Productions, limited edition cassette (2017) Just a very short recording, true enough, but this tape is
Continue reading »Tag: Black Metal
Immoralist: a varied taste test for a first album
Resonare, Immoralist, Aderlass Kunstverlag, limited edition cassette (2017) Oooh yeah – this cassette, Resonare’s second release, is sure to resonate
Continue reading »Farmakologinen: a dense epic work of blackened psychedelia in a small package
Oranssi Pazuzu, Farmakologinen, Svart Records, LP 12″ vinyl (2017) If you happen to be new to the joys of Oranssi
Continue reading »Inori: beneath the blizzard bluster, piano pop melodies emerge with dignity intact
Kanashimi, Inori, China, Pest Productions, PEST168 CD digipak (limited edition) (2017) Japanese BM/ doom act Kanashimi celebrates a decade of
Continue reading »Exile: a monumental blackened sludge metal effort not quite reaching its potential
Regarde les Hommes Tomber, Exile, France, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, CD digipak AO-036 (2015) If their first self-titled album
Continue reading »To Be The Candel
Candelabrum Necrotelepathy PORTUGAL ALTARE PRODUCTIONS ALT-LP018B LP (2017) Pardon the pun, but there has been quite a buzz concerning Portugal’s
Continue reading »End of Chapter: only the beginning for up-and-coming post-metal band Au-dessus
Au-dessus, End of Chapter, France, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, AO-058 CD Digipak (2017) I must admit the cover art
Continue reading »Transformation: a confident debut album of black / death metal fusion for mainstream and underground metal audiences
Theurgia, Transformation, Germany, Worship Tapes, cassette wt 121 / ESFINGE04 (limited edition) (2017) Formed in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 2014, Theurgia
Continue reading »Where the Light Dies: showing variety and progression from thrashy BM to more complex funereal music
Pestilentia, Where the Light Dies, Final Agony Records, 12″ vinyl Final Agony 48 (2016) Coming into existence in 2002, Belarus
Continue reading »The Sparrow: about as easy-listening as Jute Gyte will ever be
Jute Gyte, The Sparrow, Blue Tapes, 12″ vinyl (2017) After over a decade of giving the world some of the
Continue reading »