Tag: Black
Behemoth – Abyssus Abyssum Invocat Review
Before reading anything else, readers should know that Behemoth‘s latest compilation, Abyssus Abyssum Invocat, is merely a combined version of both the Conjuration and Slaves Shall Serve EPs, with a few extra bonus tracks and …
Cruxifiction – The Coming Review
originally written by Jim Brandon With all these genres being bent and twisted to the point where they become unrecognizable in some instances, it’s nice to have a band around like Cruxifiction, despite their rather …
Ave Maria – Chapter I Review
Not long after Code666 brought attention to yet another excellent not-quite-avant-garde blackened metal band in Johann Wolfgang Pozoj, here comes Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions with Germany’s Ave Maria. Both compellingly odd and oddly compelling, Chapter I …
Obsequiae – Suspended In The Brume Of Eos Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas I have not heard anything from Bindrune Recordings since 2010’s Blood of the Black Owl swansong, A Banishing Ritual. However, if there were a label that defined quality over quantity, …
The Konsortium – The Konsortium Review
Black metal sure is one hell of a mangled corpse these days, isn’t it? Partisans of the narrowest sort are easily mollified by the diversity on offer: from the weepiest, nature-fondling scarf-wearers to the mankind-devoured-by-the-machines …
Satan’s Host – By The Hands Of The Devil Review
You like power metal, right? Who doesn’t, after all, occasionally yearn for keyboards and wenches, widdly guitars and dragons, quintuple-tracked fake choirs and hymns in praise of the righteousness of the almighty George, Thunder-Unicorn Savior …
Infestus – E x | I s t Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Another elite black metal project from Germany, Infestus has been turning heads since its inception in 2003. At the core they’ve always been a tight, technically proficient black metal band …
Rudra – Brahmavidya: Immortal I Review
Singapore’s Rudra has been kicking around in some form since 1992, but it was really with the 2005 release of Brahmavidya: Primordial I (the first in a trilogy that is completed by the album currently …