FEATURE: Gråt Strigoi – The Prophetic Silence (Review + Interview)
This is one of those goosebump raising albums that requires a few moments of stillness to recenter yourself when it ends.
FEATURE: Hail – Transgression (review + interview)
They remain one of the freshest boundary pushers on the edge of heavy music and are worth exploring.
Lust Hag – Lust Hag (Review plus Interview)
TL;DR – Lust Hag by Lust Hag is a dark, swirling, yet well balanced masterpiece of raw black metal tension.
TRACK PREMIERE: Glyph – Of The Caverns
The evolution happens bit by bit, piece by piece, almost under the radar, and all in service to the ‘stretching of wings, to fly into the sun.’
Narzissus – Akt I: Wille ~ Akt II: Fall ~ Akt III: Erlösung
This release shows all the emotional power available in black metal.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – Annihilation
Allow the annihilation.
Seder/Galdr – Tranquilities II: The Air, The Silence, The Vast Array of Emptiness
Deeply mesmeric compositions drew us each into the depths of our souls, to the most contemplative layers, where we experienced epiphanies which are hard to put into words.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Aterrima – Lily of the Valley
Enjoy every jolt, reprieve, attack, and sharp turn.
Tumultuous Ruin – An Abscess on the Heart of the State
The vision of the world seen between the riffs is bleak, but there is strength and spine there too – enough to rise up with each cadence to move inexorably forward and fight back!