Tag: Black
Borknagar – Urd Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay Borknagar is an experimental metal outfit that has been through its share of lineup changes and sonic shifts since their formation in 1995. They’ve delved into the nooks and crannies …
Secrets Of The Moon – Seven Bells Review
The mind of the hopelessly obsessive music fan cannot help but search for hidden connections, shared trajectories, the limnal algebra of an ever-expanding dendritic web. For our current purposes, two of Germany’s most deliberately reverent …
Pact – The Dragon Lineage Of Satan Review
One does not simply listen to Pact… Some albums aren’t adventures, escapades, journeys, pathways, portals, passages or promenades. They don’t introduce a storyline, they don’t meander, peak or plateau. No… some albums don’t do any …
Hellsaw – Trist Review
Austria’s Hellsaw is the highly melodic black metal project of Horned Almighty guitarist Aries, and with its fourth album Trist, the band has perfected a pleasant but wholly inoffensive type of Goldilocks black metal: everything …
Lord Mantis – Pervertor Review
Good hygiene is important; it’s a sign of maturity and, more basically, evolutionary fitness. Society expects cleanliness. But for some of us, that primal little devil inside who so enjoyed flinging us headlong into mud …
Sigh – In Somniphobia Review
At the risk of making the most colossal understatement of the century, it’s important to point out from the start that Sigh is a rather odd band. No, scratch that: Sigh is a head-spinning, reason-defying, …
Maax – Unholy Rock & Roll Review
You may not know it from my reviews or forum interactions, but I can be a real asshole sometimes. Hell, I already had this review half-written in my mind before even hearing a single note: …
Les Discrets – Ariettes Oubliées… Review
Those unfamiliar with shoegaze enthusiast Fursy Teyssier of Les Discrets need only know that the group’s stunning debut, Septembre et Ses Dernières Pensées, may in fact go down as the crowning acheivement of the entire …