black metal

  • 2013

    Chicago experimental rock outfit Locrian drops another set of eerie visuals on a track from their new album, Return to Annihilation. The LP is out now via Relapse records, and you can check a review for the album below:

  • 2013

    A new video from Belgium’s Oathbreaker. The song “No Rest For The Weary” is the band’s latest single and video. The song is set for release on their sophomore album, Eros|Anteros. Release date: August 20th. Label: Deathwish. Though hardcore punk has always been a pivotal reference point

  • Chicago experimental rock group Locrian creates some evocative sounds on a rough recording. I just wish their melodies and songwriting were as gripping as their moody, apocalyptic aesthetic. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2013

    A video for one of the more post-rock-inspired moments from the new Locrian album, Return To Annihilation. It’s the Chicago experimental rock group’s first LP for Relapse records, and it sounds like they’re taking a slight turn for the accessible on this one in an attempt to

  • album

    Return To Annihilation by Locrian For almost a decade, the Chicago band Locrian has been combining various forms of experimental music into a slightly lo-fi and texturally dense discography that challenges most who come into contact with any piece of it. The band added another release to that gauntlet this

  • 2013

    Some dark visuals for for the latest single from prolific Greek metal outfit Rotting Christ. The band’s new record, Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy, is out now on Season of Mist. Enjoy! Also, find a stream for the rest of the album over here at Invisible Oranges.

  • West Coast metal outfit Deafheaven has really improved their sound on this latest outing of theirs, delivering sharper, more triumphant compositions through a barrage of black metal-style instrumentation. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2013

    Metal outfit Deafheaven has dropped the title track from their forthcoming album, Sunbather, which is set for release on Deathwish Inc. next month. The song takes a load of black metal theatrics and executes them with triumphantly beautiful lead melodies. Enjoy! Also, catch a review for a previously released track

  • Irish black metal outfit Altar of Plagues’ latest album sees the band challenging their atomspheric black metal roots with loops, synthetic drums, keyboards, noise, and some unique grooves. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2013

    Embraced by Surachai Chicago metal outfit Surachai takes the tremolo picking and blast beats of black metal, and intensifies them with great interplay, an atomspheric recording, and anthemic melodies. The band is pretty ambitious when it comes to song lengths as well, breaching the 15-minute mark on the opening track