The first full-length from Greek black metal duo Nigredo takes all of the rousing dissonant guitar hammering of […]
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The Netherlands had moon-cursing, ice cold black metal in the form of Funeral Winds years before Norway had […]
Set into three distinct movements Yhdarl‘s eighth full-length is yet another release from prolific Belgian extreme metal musician Déhà, […]
This Israeli blackened death metal band celebrate their twentieth year as a band with their titular sixth full-length […]
Split LPs are often gateways to discovering exceptional like-minded artists without the claustrophobia that compilations can sometimes bring. […]
Portal’s fifth full-length is an achievement in the realm of extreme metal guitar playing that pushes the limits […]
Up until two years ago Arkheth had spent most of their 17 years as a full band masterminded […]
For all of the Toby Knapp projects I’ve heard over the years from his misguided neoclassical shred albums […]
If you want to know what Horna is today after the departure of their previous drummer, you haven’t […]
This side-project of the “Russian version of Summoning” a.k.a. Moongates Guardian is not only far more listenable symphonic […]
The neocrust movement needs more black metal heroes and German band Ancst have been consistently heavy and voicedly […]
On their fourth post-metal tinged shoegazing black metal full-length Harikiri For The Sky are a confident extreme metal […]
After a couple of experimental, far-reaching albums Watain have made the decision to dial their sound and song-writing […]
Music from the Netherlands can be as just as difficult to navigate as if I were a dumb […]
On their tenth full-length studio album Austrian black metal legends Abigor have created an initially blurry storm of […]
One of my all time favorite black metal albums is Taake‘s 2005 dark and jangly masterpiece ‘…Doedskvad’ with […]
Rounding out a short list of black metal related albums I overlooked or under-hyped this year is Chilean […]
Nortt is an undeniable innovator and idealist extremist. His passionate yearning for death, his blood-curdling vocal gargles, and […]
The decade plus long journey to ‘Divine Cessation’ is almost more interesting than the album itself. Looking back […]
This Danish band have found an impressive middle-ground between the expressive atmospheric riffing of modern shape-shifting black metal […]
