Voland – Царепоклонство – Il culto degli Zar
Elements of symphony, black metal, doom metal, and folk metal blend together in dark, melodic, bombastic package of weird and interesting music.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Illuminated Manuscripts – Palace of Ghastly Leeches
Band – Sacrilegious Crown/Illuminated Manuscripts Album – Meditations on the Revenant Enigma Country of Origin – Italy/Estonia Genre – Raw Black Metal Release Date – August 6, 2021 Label – Xenoglossy Productions Author –...
FULL ALBUM STREAM: Deathvoid – Semaphore
This demo is a truly excellent example of creating meaning and emotion within objectively difficult music.
FEATURE: Sacrilegious Crown – Culto II: Under The Blasphemous Spirits
“Raw black metal is not for everyone, of course, but its strength lies in its ambiguity.”
FULL ALBUM STREAM: Kharàce – Dakhalè
Primarily mid-paced in rhythms and riffing, predominate on Dakhalè, drawing the listener down into hypnotic contemplation.
LaColpa – Post Tenebra Lux
Over the course of roughly forty three minutes, spread across five tracks, LaColpa assail the listener with a nightmare of nihilistic intensity.
Gelkhammar – The Sword of Gelfiser
Each listen leaves me simultaneously fulfilled and wanting more. Perhaps that is the sorcerous power of the sword.
Rise Of The Stateless Wolf – Born Dead/Year Of The Rats
Sometimes you just want meat and potatoes at the dinner table. Sometimes you just want extreme metal that rips in your ears.
FULL ALBUM STREAM: Derhead – Irrational I
It’s as if Derhead has distilled rage and pain, beauty and misery into a concentrated form.
EXCLUSIVE FULL ALBUM STREAM: Fordomth – Is, Qui Mortem Audit
There are many individually exceptional moments, but they don’t draw you away from the dark infernal majesty of the whole.