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Tag: Black Metal

29/11/2019 nausika

Forbidden Rituals for the Destruction of Purity Pt II: more raw psychic vampiric BM bait for unsuspecting prey

Chaînes Fantôme, Forbidden Rituals for the Destruction of Purity Pt II, United States, Ancestral Flame Productions, AFP-014 limited edition cassette

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27/11/2019 nausika

Forbidden Rituals for the Destruction of Purity: bleakness and pain beneath a storm of filthy raw BM noise and grit

Chaînes Fantôme, Forbidden Rituals for the Destruction of Purity, United States, Akashic Envoy Records, AER-S007 limited edition cassette (2019) So

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20/11/2019 nausika

Aevum: a technically accomplished work that falls far short of greatness

Vukari, Aevum, Germany, Vendetta Records, vendetta records #183 CD / LP (2019) Originally formed as Vucari in 2013 – strange

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19/11/2019 nausika

The Old Evil: finding a rich ore of inspiration in the gap between old 1980s speed / thrash metal and the later metal underground

Baxaxaxa, The Old Evil, Germany, self-released cassette (2019) Formed as a one-man project for a brief period in 1992, this

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11/11/2019 nausika

Doctrine: first step on a long dark (and hopefully fruitful) journey in the Left Hand Path

Qayin Regis, Doctrine, Spain, BlackSeed Productions, SEED052 CD / vinyl (2019) With a name that includes the Hebrew form of

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05/11/2019 nausika

Pyrefication: a raw ambient noise BM universe of unending darkness, pain and spiritual torment

Pa Vesh En, Pyrefication, Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, CD digipak limited edition (2019) For a band that put out its

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04/11/2019 nausika

Voice of Opprobrium: a well-presented and polished, if flawed, work reviving 1990s second-wave black metal

Runespell, Voice of Opprobrium, Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, CD digipak limited edition / vinyl 12″ limited edition (2019) With the

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27/10/2019 nausika

Lament In Winter’s Night: minimal raw black metal with depressive and strong folk elements

Lament In Winter’s Night, self-titled, Australia, Atrocity Altar, ATROCITY ALTAR – 15 cassette (2019) Lament In Winter’s Night is a

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22/10/2019 nausika

The Baneful Choir: a deep dive into a hilariously insane sonic universe of crushing black / death machinery

Teitanblood, The Baneful Choir, France, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, NED050 vinyl 12″ LP (2019) No sooner did I finish ploughing through

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15/10/2019 nausika

The Furnaces of Palingenesia: a rebirth, in less grand form, of a veteran black metal band

Deathspell Omega, The Furnaces of Palingenesia, France, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, NED047 CD digipak (2019) After 20 years – whut, 20

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