Tag: Black
Nekromantheon – Visions Of Trismegistos Review
Traveler, welcome. I can see by the tokens you carry that it has been a long journey and a hard one to find your way to [my ancient realm]*. A fey and hardy sort you …
Hanternoz – Au Fleuve De Loire Review
A band most of us are unfamiliar with paying tribute to a river many of us are merely vaguely aware of in a language quite a bit of us don’t speak. France’s Hanternoz asks much …
Empty Throne ‒ Glossolalia Review
[Cover art taken from “Fall of the Damned” painting by Peter Paul Reubens (1577)] When musicians get together with a varied pedigree in regards to their current and past bands, it can be difficult to …
Diamonds & Rust: Moonspell ‒ Wolfheart
[Original cover art by Axel Hermann] Of all the bands that began their careers in more extreme terrain only to shift into sounds that were in some ways experimental, more commercial, or just downright different, …
Autarkh ‒ Form In Motion Review
To a certain subset of metal fans, Dodecahedron’s two albums were among the most original, daring, and truly adventurous works of extreme metal in recent years. Dissonant black metal met electronics, industrial, a progressive, unpredictable …
Poison Leather – Trapped In The Abyss Of Chauvet Review
Art has been a part of the human experience since, well, the dawn of the human experience. Ever since Grunk dejectedly drew a sad face with Oong’s blood after bludgeoning him for even considering to …
夢遊病者 (Sleepwalker): “Boundless Love / Resilience” Track Premiere + Interview
We never notice the final breath we take before we fall asleep, yet we can rationally assume that there is a point between a measured inhale and exhale, a point where wakefulness surrenders itself into …
Empyrium – Über Den Sternen Review
[Artwork by Fursy Teyssier] How are you fixed for melancholy? All things considered, probably just fine, as I’m sure you’ve likewise had more than your fill of essentially every branch of sadness the universe has …