Tag: Black
Drudkh – The Swan Road Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Few black metal bands since the peak of the second wave have possessed the ability to express ideology through music as eloquently as Drudkh. The Swan Road is their third …
Withered – Memento Mori Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. A word of advice for young bands: melodic metal bands that do without choppy Gothenburg thrash and clean vocals are a commodity these days. If your basement unit is looking …
Mgła – Exercises In Futility Review
Let me make something perfectly clear before we get going. Not only does Mgla not give a shit about what anyone has to say about its new album, Exercises in Futility; it also doesn’t care about your parents …
Twilight – Twilight Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. Is it safe to come out now? Ever since I heard the first few notes of Twilight, I’ve been hiding under my bed. For BM fans, the culmination of some of …
Horna – Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne Review
Originally written by Patrick Dawson In a world often fraught with danger and mediocre music, there is something to be said for a release this profoundly average and enjoyable. Embodying the second wave of black …
Kult Of Azazel – The World, The Flesh & The Devil Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Sick of reading reviews for Christian hardcore and artsy cum fartsy post-rock? Wish we could just metal the fuck up and tell Lifeforce records to end correspondence? Well here you …
Wolves In The Throne Room – Demo Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. I’m not grim by any measurement of the term, but I do like to revel in a hefty slab of black metal occasionally. So, following the ecstatic, favorable press that’s …
Peccatum – The Moribund People Review
Originally written by Harley Carlson. At and around the time period just before the conception of IX Equilibrium, Emperor frontman Ihsahn found experimental escape through his then new side project, Peccatum. However, upon the release of IX Equilibrium, it was …