Tag: Black
Barrowlands – Thane Review
Barrowlands is a black(ish) metal band from the Pacific Northwest (Portland). Barrowlands sounds like a black(ish) metal band from the Pacific Northwest. The sprawling atmosphere, brooding melodies, and largely restrained nature for which the scene …
Solefald – Norrønasongen. Kosmopolis Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. What makes an EP? According to the powers that define albums for tracking sales, an EP is either an album that’s under 25 to 30 minutes or somewhere from …
Bhleg – Draumr Àst Review
On debut Draumr Àst, Sweden’s Bhleg isn’t out to redefine anything; they both understand and revel in this. Despite their country of origin, they take a decidedly Norwegian approach in their black metal, looking to the …
Primordial – Where Greater Men Have Fallen Review
Hey, I’m not gonna lie. The money’s good. Hell, the money’s great. Why, just last week I took my Last Rites paycheck down to the local BMW dealer and bought a brand new i8 for …
Nuclearhammer – Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer
Hellhammer begat Blasphemy begat Angelcorpse begat Nuclearhammer. Goodbye, cruel world. If the idea of having your reality ravaged and flattened to soot by music yanks your crank, Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer is your ticket to ride …
Darkspace – Darkspace III I Review
Darkness is the most fascinatingly vast concept the universe has ever offered us, and the most terrifyingly claustrophobic. It is infinite — and nothing — all at the same time. Apply this concept to our …
Mare Cognitum – Phobos Monolith Review
Mare Cognitum is the sole project of Santa Ana’s Jacob Buczarski, and while one-man bands are not exactly an oddity within the blackened realms, rarely are things so meticulously composed, arranged, and performed as on Phobos …
Blut Aus Nord – Memoria Vetusta III – Saturnian Poetry Review
Throughout their groundbreaking career, Blut Aus Nord has shown an ever-increasing tendency to reveal different musical faces through sets of album series or groupings. Most notably, the 777 trilogy amplified the band’s blackened Godflesh traits, …