Tag: Black
Taake – Noregs Vaapen Review
originally written by Chris McDonald As much as I stick to the “favorite albums over favorite bands” rule, I must admit that Taake’s recent direction was a pretty hard pill to swallow for me initially. …
Absu – Abzu Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Absu‘s 2009 self-titled comeback was almost universally hailed as an exemplary exhibition of blackthrash dominance. Proscriptor McGovern had been lying dormant for roughly seven years following the beloved Tara, but …
Root – Heritage Of Satan Review
The career of the Czech Republic’s long-running black metal weirdos Root has experienced both the benefit and detriment of odd timing. Having missed the first wave of black metal (Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer, early Mayhem, the …
Tsjuder – Legion Helvete Review
Sweet wind-surfing Moses, has it really been seven years since these Norsk bastards dropped Desert Northern Hell? Now, hold on, before you get your fact-checking nerd rage in full flush, it’s mostly a rhetorical question, …
Acherontas – Vamachara Review
It’s always refreshing when a band doesn’t make a guy guess. Greece’s Acherontas plays a very familiar, easy-to-digest and dare I say comfortable brand of dark, “occult” black metal. Their combination of intertwining, countering tremolo …
N.K.V.D. – Vlast Review
First off, some venting of frustration is in order here: The first thing that comes to some people’s minds upon viewing this album cover is probably something like, “Oh! Finally! Communist Black Metal! Now we …
Bosse-De-Nage – II Review
The fault-lines between a traditional and an experimental take on a particular style of music are usually quite clear. There’s little chance one would mistake Cannibal Corpse for Portal, or Immortal for The Axis of …
Nightbringer – Hierophany Of The Open Grave Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Hierophany Of The Open Grave is the latest effort from the four-piece void of absolute darkness, Nightbringer, digging even deeper into classic soil more so than their previous Apocalypse Sun …