Tag: Black
Waxen – Weihung Auf Satan
Despite his mastery of the German language (huge assumption here), Waxen is actually a solo project of an America: multi-instrumentalist Toby Knapp from Sheridan, Wyoming. Given the name “Toby Knapp” and the location of Wyoming …
Gevurah – Hallelujah! Review
True, dark spirituality is not often found within black metal. Sure, bands like to posture that they are Satanists while the vast majority of them probably don’t even know what that actually means. Basically, there’s …
Ygfan – Köd Review
Face it, hosers: 2016 has not been a great year for black metal thus far. Fans of the genre have been left grasping at straws to find something worth listening to. Sure, there have been …
Polyptych – Defying The Metastasis Review
Chicago’s Polyptych is an ideal representation of what’s very right and wrong with metal in 2016. Thankfully, what’s amiss isn’t actually a result of something the band has done, and it’s very fixable. First, let’s …
Glorior Belli – Sundown (The Flock That Welcomes) Review
A lot of bands and artists are not aware of their limitations. One could run down a list of musicians that have honed their craft in a simpler, more time-honored style only to attempt an …
Howls Of Ebb – Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows Review
There’s great virtue in music that can appeal to different parts of the listener’s psyche all at once, teasing different moods, emotions, and styles without ever having to be obvious about it. Candlemass was as …
Ihsahn – Arktis. Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. Ihsahn is many things to many people. The father of modern black metal. The killer of TRVE black metal. Master of interlocking jigsaw riffs. International sex symbol. Musical genius. Overrated …
Tombs – All Empires Fall Review
Brooklyn based experimentalists Tombs have been climbing their mountain of success for nine years. In that time, they have yet to find the proper footing as a foundation for their ascent. Across three full-lengths, a …