Ithi, Within, Land of Decay, cassette catalog 024 (2011) Here’s a dark, creepy ambient soundscape cassette release from a duo consisting
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The Path of Liberation from Birth to Death: an epic and majestic soundtrack of buzzing, noisy black metal fusion
Njiqahdda, The Path of Liberation from Birth to Death, US, Pagan Flames Records, CD (2011) Where to begin? Here be a complex album of
Continue readingHands That Pluck: not quite the sterling send-off it could have been
Caïna, Hands That Pluck, Profound Lore Records, 2xCD PFL-082 (2011) This double CD set is Caïna’s swansong release and what a way
Continue readingOskoreien: self-titled debut heralds a new player in Cascadian black metal
Oskoreien, Oskoreien, Pest Productions, CD PEST048 (2010) “Oskoreien” is an intriguing addition to the world of nature-oriented Cascadian black metal,
Continue readingEcailles de Lune: very pretty black metal / shoegazer pop
Alcest, Ecailles de Lune, Germany Prophecy Productions CD PRO 106 (2010) Bands like Alcest sure do like to mock the
Continue readingUnder the Eye: slurpy and eccentric black metal that’s open to other music genres
Ride for Revenge, Under the Eye, KVLT Records, CD KVLT004 (2011) Finnish act Ride for Revenge traffic in a filthy-sounding,
Continue readingEffigies and Epitaphs: black metal meets melodic flamenco guitar
Petrychor, Effigies and Epitaphs, Khrysanthoney, 2xCD (2011) The set under review includes the Effigies and Epitaphs album proper plus the
Continue readingSolus Patior: power electronics meets black metal in tirade against modern capitalism
NRIII, Solus Patior, Neon Doom Records, CD (2011) It had to happen one day: an album where Whitehouse-styled power electronics
Continue readingThree meaty bites from Sutekh Hexen’s “Larvae”
Sutekh Hexen, Larvae, Handmade Birds, HB034 (2011) A fairly new band to my ears and already notching up Album No
Continue readingDeathspell Omega: Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon
Deathspell Omega, Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, Flame 49 CD (2008) One of the
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