Tag: Black
Xoth – Exogalactic Review
Friend, thank you for answering the door. This night is a blustery one and cold. I recognize that your time is valuable. With that in mind, I would like to walk you through this straightforward …
Wayfarer – American Gothic Review
I love a good image or gimmick. But sonically, I need a sense of realism that I can sink my teeth into for that image or gimmick to really resonate, ya know? Years ago, when …
Mortuary Drape – Black Mirror Review
[Artwork by Chris Kiesling / Misanthropic-Art] “Italians Do It Better:” A phrase worn on Madonna’s shirt in the 1986 video “Papa Don’t Preach.” Italians Do It Better: Also the name of Johnny Jewel’s all-analog, Italo disco …
Hebephrenique – Non Compos Mentis Review
Considering the militant sound of certain types of industrial and black metals, it’s surprising that we don’t hear more of the merging of the two. The heyday was likely in the late 90s and early …
Melissa Is Still With Us: A Classic Turns 40
[Cover artwork by Thomas Holm] Many, many moons ago, on a notably cold night in late October, two teenage friends who’d recently had a falling out decided to bury the hatchet by hitting a haunted …
Stygian Ruin – A World Past Hope And Fear Review
EVERYTHING LOUDER THAN EVERYONE ELSE For as long as motors have had heads, that turn of phrase has been one of our most sacred heavy metal credos. And even before then, Sir Ian Gillan scribed …
Malokarpatan – Vertumnus Caesar Review
[Cover art by Astrid Bergdahl] Malokarpatan is an incredibly rare breed of band. Not so much in style, as their medieval, folklore-charged, melodic and progressive black metal isn’t all too rare over metal’s history, but …
Wolves In The Throne Room – Crypts Of Ancestral Knowledge Review
Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I reluctantly accept that the twenty minutes of music Wolves in the Throne Room recorded for this EP is likely all we’ll have heard from …