black metal
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With fellow reviewer Elliot Quinn, I talk about the fifth full-length album from Portland blackened folk outfit Agalloch.
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https://soundcloud.com/season-of-mist/mayhem-vi-sec Next month, previously mentioned Norwegian black metal titan Mayhem will return with its first album in seven years, Esoteric Warfare. And as their label observes, they are indeed “back with a vengeance!” This latest track “VI.Sec.” goes through a number of brutal phases, whether
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https://soundcloud.com/thrilljockey/the-soft-pink-truth-black Drew Daniel, best known as one half of Baltimore-based electronic music duo Matmos, is back with his first album in ten years under his handle The Soft Pink Truth. The album is, strangely enough, a love letter to the black metal genre – just in case
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HhuCyd3nqA&feature=youtu.be “Blackened crust” has got to be high in the running for nastiest genre name. Not many bands have a high enough filth factor to rise to this descriptor’s occasion, but among the furious few is Young and in
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Lord Mantis’ latest record bring noise and ambitious songwriting into the fold of their heavy, blackened sludge.
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Toronto’s Thantifaxath have come through with one of the most ferocious, explosive, and well-recorded black metal records you’re sure to hear this year. There’s a slight prog rock tinge to the songwriting, too.
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VIXI by Relic Point Relic Point’s monstrous new LP VIXI is comprised of an hour of sludgy black metal, with elements of drone and doom thrown in for good measure. The Russian outfit proves itself to be adept at crafting downright monolithic pieces, the first two tracks nearing the
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Some insane melodies and guitar tones coming through this new Thantifaxath track titled “The Bright White Light At the End of the Tunnel,” which is from the band’s forthcoming album Sacred White Noise. It’s dropping this April on Dark Descent. Man, this freakin’ track is just six minutes
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Sunn O))) & Ulver come together for a collaborative album whose recording process has been ongoing since 2008. Despite the short length of this thing, Terrestrials shows a balanced fusion of each artist’s sound.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d7cr-zdm1Y&feature=youtu.be Norwegian black metal titan Mayhem is back with their first new material since 2007’s Ordo Ad Chao and the departure of longtime guitarist Blasphemer. The band will be releasing its currently untitled fifth LP in May, but they
