Black Metal – Page 16 – The Sound Projector

06/05/2020 nausika

Deus qui non mentitur: a much-needed work searching for truth in a sea of disinformation, fake news and false ideologies

Bâ’a, Deus qui non mentitur, France, Osmose Productions, OP 387 CD (2020) Supposedly a trio of anonymous French musicians with

04/05/2020 nausika

Old Smoke: a slow-burning sludge doom album that brims with soul

Barishi, Old Smoke, France, Season of Mist, SOM551 2 x 12″ vinyl LP (2020) I must confess this was a

30/04/2020 nausika

Ultime éclat: a new and very epic beginning for a veteran French BM band

Glaciation, Ultime éclat, France, Osmose Productions, OP 385, CD / LP / digital formats (2020) Despite forming in Paris back

25/04/2020 nausika

Mestarin Kynsi: a unique psychedelic black metal universe unlike any other

Oranssi Pazuzu, Mestarin Kynsi, Germany, Nuclear Blast, 292960 CD (2020) After releasing their fourth album “Värähtelijä” in early 2016, Oranssi

10/02/2020 nausika

Magnum Opus Caelestis: journeying into the far reaches of space has its pitfalls

Etoile Filante, Magnum Opus Caelestis, Germany, Northern Silence Productions, NSP 180 CD digipak (limited edition) (2020) Formed in 2013, Paris-based

18/12/2019 nausika

Acéphale and Arkhé Tenebre: in the midst of sheer horror, despair and catastrophe, beauty and mystery can be found

S.E.K.H., Acéphale & Arkhé Tenebre, United States, Sentient Ruin Laboratories, SRUIN103 limited edition cassette (2019) At the time of writing,

17/12/2019 nausika

Derniers Chants: an expansive and musically varied conclusion to a double-album concept

Ossuaire, Derniers Chants, Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP053 digital / CD (2019) Just six months after releasing their debut album “Premiers

16/12/2019 nausika

Premiers Chants: an uneven debut of melodic raw BM with much fiery potential

Ossuaire, Premiers Chants, Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP049 digital / CD (2019) Having formed in Montreal in 2016, Ossuaire was initially

13/12/2019 nausika

Ytenic Blód: a varied set of noisy experimental raw ambient black metal from an obscure British collective

Albionic Hermeticism, Ytenic Blód, United Kingdom, self-released limited edition cassette (2019) Part of a British-based black metal collective known as

06/12/2019 nausika

Tragediens Trone (self-titled): a dense dissonant style of blackened death metal in need of inspired concept and songs

Tragediens Trone, self-titled, France, Osmose Productions, OPCDL378 (2019) Just when you think the French and the Spanish had cornered this