Tag: Profound Lore
A.M.S.G. – Hostis Universi Generis Review
The roiling world of chaotic, experimental black metal, loaded with samples, atmosphere and evil all backed by an ambiance torn straight from the devil’s liver is full of apostates. Ryan Page (ex-Ouroboros/Rites Of Thy Degringolade), …
Gevurah – Hallelujah! Review
True, dark spirituality is not often found within black metal. Sure, bands like to posture that they are Satanists while the vast majority of them probably don’t even know what that actually means. Basically, there’s …
Grave Miasma – Endless Pilgrimage Review
Long before 2006, when Grave Miasma wised up and changed their name from Goat Molestör, the band cemented their sound as a pragmatically chaotic blackened death metal outfit. Sharing members with Cruciamentum, Destroyer 666, Binah …
Chthe’ilist – Le Dernier Crepuscule Review
Chthe’ilist (pronounced “Dok’ken?”) made some serious waves with their 2010 demo, Amechth’ntaas’m’rriachth (pronounced “Tooth’n’nail?”), and deservedly so, because not only was that recording a grimly satisfying 20 minute peek into some seriously freaky-deaky, deathly Lovecraft …
Vhöl – Deeper Than Sky Review
The phrase “whether it’s intentional or not” is as crucial to a music writer as “no offense, but” is to the general population. Both are expressions that allow someone to introduce a controversial or perhaps …
Cruciamentum – Charnel Passages Review
Step tens of millions of minutes into metal’s past and you’d quickly stumble upon a gallant group of grim trailblazers who were hellbent on ratcheting up the intensity and cruel atmosphere of our genre into what’s …
Indesinence – III Review
Doom/death is a fickle thing. The interesting thing about the template laid out a quarter-century ago is that it was always a ramshackle synthesis. For all the gothic grandeur that the Peaceville 3 aspired to, …
Vanum – Realm Of Sacrifice Review
The seed is a simple, descending tremolo line, a riff repeated in slightly different ways over the course of a phrase, but arriving at the same destination each time. It is featured in an obvious …