blackmetal
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Misþyrming (Misthyrming) – Algleymi [ALBUM REVIEW]
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Misþyrming’s album “Algleymi” revitalizes black metal with its rich atmosphere and careful production. The band blends traditional elements with modern clarity, showcasing powerful bass lines and engaging lyrical styles that enhance its appeal. This dynamic sound captures themes of despair and mystery, establishing “Algleymi” as a deserving masterpiece in the genre. Continue reading
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REVIEW: Lumnos – Ancient Shadows Of Saturn (Flowing Downward)
Over time, Black Metal has whipped back and forth with experimentation. A few years back, you\’d find all manner of genres crossing with it. You had no idea what to expect, at times you could get anything from techno-Black metal, Blackgaze, all the way to Pink Floyd-like progression, and even hip hop (New York\’s Romantic,… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Grave Spirit – The Beast Unburdened by Flesh (Iron Bonehead)
Releasing as a 7\” EP this year, The Beast Unburdened by Flesh is the first offering by black/death metal trio Grave Spirit. It\’s only fitting this EP would be put on wax, as the EP features a distinctive LoFi sound – the next best option would, no doubt, be cassette (but we all know how… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Et Moriemur – Epigrammata (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Featuring members of Dissolving of Prodigy, Self-Hatred, and Silent Stream of Godless Elegy – the Czech Repulic based \’supergroup\’, Et Moriemur, aims to pull in all manner of artists and talent from across a bevy of genres. Amazingly, it all seems to be in the hopes of creating a singular extreme metal masterpiece. Initally, I… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Vargrav – Netherstorm (Werewolf Records)
Hyvinkaa, Finland’s Vargrav have far exceeded the trappings of your average black metal act. Brilliantly masterminded by multi-instrumentalist, V-KhaoZ, Netherstorm is quickly proving to be a crucial piece of Finnish metal history. With its precise execution and terrifying undertones, this outstanding debut appears to have but one missive on its agenda-Finnish Black Metal Supremacy. Adorned… Continue reading
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QUICK REVIEW: Apathy Noir – Black Soil
Apathy Noir\’s doom-like progression is more reminiscent of something like recent My Dying Bride, rather then drawing from too many death or black metal influences – though the vocals of either are here, along with a bevy of tremolo picking, initially. The \’death\’ bit is more along the lines of melodic death, rather then more… Continue reading
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INTERVIEW: Marcus Lawrence of Grethor
[K] It’s been quite a while, 3 years, since the EP ‘Cloaked in Decay’ – how would you say the band has evolved since then? MARCUS: We had Mike Lewis on guitar then. He left, and was replaced by Tony Petrocelly. Tony contributed quite a bit to the song structure, and he mainly produced this… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Arketh – 12 Winter Moons Comes The Witches Brew
Experimentation is a word often thrown around within the extreme metal spectrum, usually when a particular subgenre decides to cross with another. You got black metal crossing with just about any genre these days, its almost common to the point that straight-forward black metal has become somewhat rarer. Though, I don\’t know if there has… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Spite (US) – Antimoshiach
SPITE (US)ANTIMOSHIACHINVICTUS PRODUCTIONS There is something different about Spite and their newest album, Antimoshiach, and it took me a good while to pinpoint what it was. Initially, Antimoshiach feels like typical black-metal fare, the first half of \’The Devil\’s Minyan\’ being vastly misleading when it comes to the following content – almost to the point where… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Pyromancer – Demo MMXV
PYROMANCER DEMO MMXV GODZ OV WAR I don\’t usually judge a band, project, or artist by the quality of their demo. To me, a demo usually is the absolute base version of their work -a musical doodle, so to speak- and, as such, its not always fair to judge something that might change drastically over… Continue reading
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