Ash Borer, Bloodlands, Gilead Media, EP RELIC47 (2013) Ash Borer hails from California and since I buy a lot of
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Mother: ambient raw black metal in a vast and ancient landscape of flat plains, dry heat and the threat of fire
Cicadan, Mother, US, Eternal Warfare, cassette (2013) Cicadan is a recent black metal act based in Cobram, located on the
Continue readingAnarchic: an intriguing work of dark atmospheric transcendental black metal art
Skagos, Anarchic, The Flenser, CD (2013) At this time of writing, “Anarchic” is an enigmatic work: not all of it
Continue readingAethyrvorous (self-titled demo): an intense and deeply committed immersion in the black art
Aethyrvorous, self-titled, self-released cassette tape (2009) While looking at something else on Youtube.com, I glanced to the right-hand side of
Continue readingAmesoeurs (self-titled): one and only album is inconsistent black metal pop
Amesoeurs, self-titled, Code 666, CD (2009) At least in a very short career, truncated in part by the unexpected success
Continue readingBreed in Me the Darkness: demon hybrid child needs to spread its wings and rejoice in full satanic blackened noise glory
Sutekh Hexen and Andrew Liles, Breed in Me the Darkness, Aurora Borealis Records, cassette (2012) (NB Album scheduled for
Continue readingVegan Black Metal Chef: where the sugar is in the food and not in the presentation
Vegan Black Metal Chef, Episode 1: Pad Thai (2011) Satan Almighty, with even Simon Cowell muscling in on the reality
Continue readingVienna (by Crebain): black metal version of pretentious pop classic
Crebain, Vienna, self-released single (2012) Curious that one-man West Coast USBM act Crebain has just one proper full-length recording to
Continue readingApocryphal Stories: grim tales of descent into avant-black metal / industrial / noise world
Utarm, Apocryphal Stories, Handmade Birds Records, CD (2012) Good thing Utarm called his album “Apocryphal Stories” as I’d hate to
Continue readingYorkshire Black Metal and Beyond: distinctive raw black metal style with associated scene is just the remedy
A Brief Survey of Yorkshire Black Metal (White Medal) and Beyond White Medal is a raw black metal project masterminded
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