Tag: Agonia Records
Vorkreist – Sigil Whore Christ Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Vorkreist is a tough band to pin down… …actually, no, they aren’t. They sound as if they’ve been locked in stasis since the mid-2000’s, when Arkhon Infaustus was lighting people’s …
Svartsyn – The True Legend Review
Well, this certainly is a queer thing. Sweden’s Svartsyn has long been an exceedingly peripheral member of the nation’s embarrassment of black metal riches. Despite becoming somewhat transparently enamored of the ‘orthodox’ black metal zeitgeist …
Root – Heritage Of Satan Review
The career of the Czech Republic’s long-running black metal weirdos Root has experienced both the benefit and detriment of odd timing. Having missed the first wave of black metal (Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer, early Mayhem, the …
Acherontas – Vamachara Review
It’s always refreshing when a band doesn’t make a guy guess. Greece’s Acherontas plays a very familiar, easy-to-digest and dare I say comfortable brand of dark, “occult” black metal. Their combination of intertwining, countering tremolo …
The Konsortium – The Konsortium Review
Black metal sure is one hell of a mangled corpse these days, isn’t it? Partisans of the narrowest sort are easily mollified by the diversity on offer: from the weepiest, nature-fondling scarf-wearers to the mankind-devoured-by-the-machines …
Forgotten Tomb – Under Saturn Retrograde Review
originally written by Jim Brandon File this one in the category of bands I should have heard about years ago, and somehow completely missed. Considering the fact that suicidal blackened doom is like sweet fruit …
Spearhead – Theomachia Review
originally written by Jim Brandon We last heard from the Spearhead camp back in 2007 when they unharnessed a destructive force entitled Decrowning The Irenarch, and it’s about damn time the revamped lineup released some …
Aosoth – III Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Since their inception in 2002, Aosoth has lurked patiently in the shadows while other French black metal projects like Antaeus, Blut Aus Nord, and Deathspell Omega have surged into the …