Tag: Black
Tombs – Savage Gold Review
Put simply, 2011’s Path of Totality was an earth-flattening slab of sludgy, atmospheric, hefty blackened metal with a slight hardcore tinge. But underneath Tombs’ crazily appealing sound was a secret: they wrote real, interesting songs. …
Wolves In The Throne Room – Celestite Review
originally written by Erik Highter Listening to the new Wolves in the Throne Room. Yup. So I am. Hmm. Wish I had some cheetos. Only 7:15? Huh. Wimpy had a good hamburger scam. — Erik …
Blut Aus Nord / P.H.O.B.O.S. – Triunity Review
Splits can be a funny thing, and for something that should seem so simple, bands and labels find countless ways to screw them up. Good music just isn’t enough. The bands and/or jams really need …
Emptiness – Nothing But The Whole Review
Belgium’s Emptiness just dropped one of 2014’s more puzzling records. First off, just where in the hell are we planning on stacking this thing? In the death metal pile next to weirdos such as Morbus …
Secret Rites Revealed – 20 Years of De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. It’s been twenty years since Mayhem released De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Twenty years since “Norwegian black metal” came and went as the favored bogey of Christian parents and conservative newscasters everywhere. The …
Spectral Lore – III Review
“No eternity was ever promised to you, child…” Music that is existential in nature has an immense tendency to transport listeners into its own world. Like dead flies sucked through a vacuum, we are, if …
Black Anvil – Hail Death Review
And by “a man,” Harry means a group of men that call themselves Black Anvil. Hail Death, the band’s third full length, is a prime example of a band biting off way more than their …
Funereal Presence – The Archer Takes Aim Review
With a name like Funereal Presence, you’d be a smart cookie in expecting a sound of the funereal variety, not twisting, shimmery, reverb-drenched black metal like Negative Plane, but the latter is exactly what debut …