Black Metal – Page 9 – The Sound Projector

18/08/2021 nausika

Mntu: a raw and powerful atmospheric black metal debut of personal struggle and reconnection with First Nations heritage

Ushangvagush, Mntu, United States, Vigor Deconstruct, cassette / vinyl LP (2021) For a raw atmospheric black metal release, the cover

09/08/2021 nausika

Arbre V: bleak and wintry ambient raw black metal with orchestral ambitions

Arbre, V, France, Distant Voices, DV060 limited edition cassette (2021) French black metal act Arbre – in English, “Tree” –

07/08/2021 nausika

La Nueit Escura: raw BM work with 1980s punk influences is definitely dark and obscured in parts

Arzacq, La Nueit Escura, Canada, Tour De Garde, TDG2021 cassette (2021) Based in France’s historic southwest Gascony province, the history

04/08/2021 nausika

Stoic: a powerful blackened death doom sludge fusion message on staying true to our values and directions in the midst of uncertainty

Crust, Stoic, Russia, [Addicted Label / No Name], catalogue no 752 CD (2021) / Russia, Slowsnow Records, cassette (2021) Just

19/07/2021 nausika

Sentence: more like a full-blown tome of thrashy punk melodic black metal aggression

Au-Delà, Sentence, France, Epictural Productions, ADS2021 CD (2021) “Sentence”? This debut album from French black metallers Au-Delà perhaps deserves the

29/06/2021 nausika

Oyer and Terminer: Salem witch trials of 1692, religious oppression and persecution through a raw melodic BM lens

Till, Oyer and Terminer, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland), Worship the Void Records, WTV-012, cassette (2021) / United States, Blasphemous Creations

25/06/2021 nausika

Sompas-Naga: a mesmeric black metal / Thai folk music fusion

Lotus of Darkness, Sompas-Naga, Colombia, Namtaru Records, NR008 CD (2021) Here comes very melodic black metal folk music with distinctly

22/06/2021 nausika

Eminence: a dense, intricate and manic blast through European / French Fin-de-Siecle culture

Passéisme, Eminence, France, Antiq Records, CD / vinyl LP (2021) Ha! Like many others I was taken in by Passéisme’s

18/06/2021 nausika

Le Pressoir Mystique: a raw depressive black metal investigation into a mediaeval Christian past that reveals its darkness, trauma and agony

Givre, Le Pressoir Mystique, Canada, Winter Sky Records, cassette (2021) Translated into English as “Christ in the Wine Press”, this

17/06/2021 nausika

City of Blood: Iranian folk / black metal message against war

Akvan, City of Blood, Iran, self-released, cassette (2021) Dedicated to the Iranian soldiers who fought and died in the Iran-Iraq