Tag: Black Metal
Ignobleth – Manor Of Primitive Anticreation Review
To start, let’s acknowledge that you and I don’t really know each other. This means, among other things, that I can’t say what “war metal” means to you. To some extent, maybe you just throw …
Gorrch – Stillamentum Review
1. “Stilllllllllaaaaaaaamennnnnntum.” If you love it when a band sings the album title, you’ve hit the jackpot with “Nimbus,” the opening song of Gorrch’s second album, Stillamentum. At the very top of that first track …
Bekor Qilish – Consecrated Abysses Of Dread Review
[Cover art by STRX Art] If you listen to metal for long enough, you will inevitably encounter at least one of a plethora of solo projects. The modern state of recording tools has only made …
Diabolus, Mecum Semperterne! – Diabolus, Mecum Semperterne! Review
Friend, I wonder if you would agree with me when I say that authenticity in black metal is a dead letter. I don’t mean that black metal is always played inauthentically, but rather that the …
Dwellnought – Monolith Of Ephemerality Review
Monolith Of Ephemerality is the ambitious debut of Italian quartet Dwellnought, which formed in 2023 and released one prior demo last year. The band proclaims it blends black metal and doom, but you’ll find moments …
Best Of 2025: Blizzard Of Jozzsh – Your Anger Is A Gift
In these end-of-year recaps, I try to wrap up with an overarching takeaway that extends beyond just music. Last year, I parodied the idea of extraterrestrial life because it was dominating headlines. This year, I …
Lamp Of Murmuur – The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy Review
Lamp of Murmuur remains, in many ways, a mystery. A songwriter simply dubbing the name “M.” writes and records everything. To this day, even in the Metal Archives, a single letter sits beneath the “Members” …
An Abstract Illusion – The Sleeping City Review
[Cover art by Alex Eckman-Lawn] If you look at other pages and conversations about An Abstract Illusion, you’ll likely find that they are most often saddled with the progressive death metal genre tag. Surely, I’m …