Category: Review
BLUT AUS NORD contort into another unheard of epoch on the grandiose “Hallucinogen”
When it comes to blurring the lines between genres Blut Aus Nord are no strangers to the concept. Setting the bar quite high for themselves with the 777 Trilogy, their newest release Hallucinogen is a …
BLACK CILICE engulfs with a howling density found on “Transfixion of Spirits”
Within the genre of black metal, one which emerged, exploded, and has erupted again, a seemingly unkillable entity, there still lies a pit of utter blackness contaminated by the true and bitter underground plague. While …
GENOCIDE SHRINES, HERESIARCH, SERPENTS ATHIRST, & TREPANATION mean total war on “Scorn Coalesence”
In a conflict that spans continents, four players in a game of mutually assured destruction each set off their chosen salvo of concentrated hatred, leaving no victor, only an aftermath of desecration and ruin. The …
TREPANERINGSRITUALEN turns back towards primal urges with “ᛉᛦ — Algir; eller Algir i Merkstave”
Trepaneringsritualen, for anyone who’s been following the darkest corners of the post-industrial underground over the last fifteen years or so, needs no introduction. Building up a reputation for their punishing live performances, pounding rhythms, heavy-as-fuck …
SEMPITERNAL DUSK submerges to the bottom of the abyss and returns with the accursed “Cenotaph Of Defectuous Creation”
The woeful prophets of the abyss, Sempiternal Dusk, emerge from their hellish seance with the other side, only to bestow their curse upon the world with Cenotaph Of Defectuous Creation, a vivid projection of supernaturally …
COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER delivers an ode to the moon, black air, and burnt soil “Egregore”
Common Eider, King Eider present us with Egregore, a beautiful ritual ambient collaboration between Rob Fisk and Arexis, known for his work in Stille Volk, invoking spirits of nature in four parts. A new chapter …
WITCH VOMIT delivers a precision pounding of death metal pandaemonium on “Buried Deep In A Bottomless Grave”
The veil between the realms of the living and the dead appears to thin in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. Whether it’s carnal aura seeps into the water of the maritime city, or takes to …
CEREBRAL ROT exhumes ancient graves and dives in head-first on “Odious Descent into Decay”
The True essence of death often lurks within more primitive forms, a cruel undying cancer, miasma evolves from the uncontrolled growth of simple cells. Instead of relying on innovating with new ideas, forgotten knowledge can …
LLYN Y CWN leads excursions into the depths of night to confront “Twll Du”
Llyn y Cwn is an up and coming dark ambient unit from Wales, heavily influenced by the countryside from which the project spawned. The name “Twll Du” is in fact the name of a gorge …
MYLINGAR sink deeper into realms of ferocity and fear on the trilogy concluding “Döda Själar”
Almost as soon as Miscarriage stopped dropping that pavement slab onto everyone’s heads, along come Mylingar with another torso dragged up from the bottom of the septic tank. A haunting, mysterious force from some ineffable …