Tag: Black
Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine Review
Originally written by Matt Longo When people ask me nowadays what kind of music I listen to, my reply is much different than, say, twenty years ago. I bet there’s others out there guilty of …
Reverence – The Asthenic Ascension Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell France’s Reverence, like many industrialized black metal acts, has premeptively corner-painted themselves with their chosen style. While the concept of black metal infused with industrial elements has always been intriguing …
Blut Aus Nord – 777 – Cosmosophy Review
When news came out that blackened French masters Blut Aus Nord would be unleashing not one, not two, but a full trilogy of albums within a short time span, the skeptics immediately started crying foul …
Krallice – Years Past Matter Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Maybe we’re at odds with these sounds because we’re not sure where they come from. Maybe we think we know, though. Maybe we hear the decades of refinement in guitarist …
Midnight – Complete And Total Hell Review
Listening to Midnight’s full length debut Satanic Royalty was like getting beaten in the temple with King Diamond’s old bone mic and loving every skull-crunching delivery. Plain and simple: The album rocked. ROCKED. The Venömhead …
Blacklodge – MachinatioN Review
Rarely are my critical faculties so easily bamboozled as when it comes to black / industrial metal. Whether by virtue of some chromosomal defect or suppressed trauma or just general dumbness, there’s simply no genre …
Cairn – Raise The Cairn Review
It’s always nice when the one-man side project doesn’t end up sounding like a wafer-thin version of the full ensemble. Case in point: Cairn, the sole creation of Samu Rahn, guitarist in Chicago’s prog/doomster act …
A Forest Of Stars – A Shadowplay For Yesterdays Review
Originally written by Matt Longo I’ve never enjoyed strip joints. Sometimes I wonder how and why I’m wired this way, but it seems there’s some shit that people are expected to love, things I reflexively …