Celebrating their thirtieth year of existence, and perhaps thirteenth with a consistent line-up, Hellenic black metal’s truly unsung […]
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Swedish black metal band Svederna wasted no time in conjuring their debut full-length ‘Äntra’ roughly a year after […]
Incensed by the thriving and competitive early 90’s black metal scene in Bergen, Norway Ares aka Ron Hovland formed […]
In their nearly decade long exploration of the darker themes of Swedish spirituality Heljarmaðr‘s great gray Grá resemble […]
This Swedish melodic black metal band originally formed as Unhallowed in 2014 but quickly changed their name in […]
Myrholt is the more recent name of now Mosjøen-based Ole Alexander Myrholt‘s solo work as it focuses in on […]
When considering my favorite metal releases of all time I have immediate and strong opinions about my picks […]
Turku based Finnish black metal band Mormânt De Snagov have always been high-functioning melodic black metal starting with their […]
In the throes of oppressively bleak nihilistic conjurations of imaginative guitar work, within occultist black metal orthodoxy, Chaos […]
Originally conceived in 2007 previous to Clément Flandrois’ inclusion as a guitarist in Svart Crown, Hyrgal was an […]
When extending fandom of an ever-changing band across several decades it is absolutely healthy to analyze and rethink […]
The more I study melodic black metal the more I see it as a fleeting language within modern […]
This Kansas based duo provide an almost academically applied cement to fill the gap betwixt the listless post-rock […]
Coming across a band like Northwind Wolves in the midst of chronicling the history of melodic and symphonic […]
Here I present Part IV of the latest in a series of a comprehensive sub-genre analysis features that I began […]
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 […]
One of my all time favorite black metal albums is Taake‘s 2005 dark and jangly masterpiece ‘…Doedskvad’ with […]
Here I present Part III of the latest in a series of a comprehensive sub-genre analysis features that I began […]
There are few metal sub-genres that I am not a fanatic of but melodic black metal is perhaps […]
