black metal
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Extreme metal outfit Anaal Nathrakh has a new album coming out next month via Candlelight Records, and “Of Fire, and Fucking Pigs” is an ear canal-hammering track from it. The title: Vanitas. AN’s blend of black metal and grindcore is inspiringly potent. Not to say the music is uplifting,
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On their fourth album, New York black metal outfit delivers roughly the same sound they’ve been working with for the previous three. However, despite the lack of shockingly new ideas, the band proves to hold a lot of compositional power in the methodically fine-tuned progressive black metal style they’
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Mount Eerie drops the second album that was promised in 2012, and while it is a bit more aggressive than its predecessor, Clear Moon, it’s surprisingly disjointed. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Illusory by Absvrdist Absvrdist angrily combines elements of black metal and grindcore. They throw a few thrashy, pit-friendly riffs into the mix as well. Surprisingly, the extremely intense layers of distorted guitars, raw drums, and gruesome vocals on this new album of theirs, Illusory, are created by just two people.
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Years Past Matter by Krallice Black metal experimentalists Krallice release their fourth full-length album, Years Past Matter, and it’s definitely a step up from the New York band’s last album, Diotima, in my opinion–at least from a production standpoint. Every drum hit and tremolo-picked guitar lead on
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Sounds of Desolation by Sun Devoured Earth Sun Devoured Earth is one-man experimental project based in Aizkraukle, Latvia with a wide swath of influences and a very ambitious sound. He describes the sound of his new full length Sounds of Desolation as “gloomy dream pop,” but I think the album
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On Silencing Machine, Nachtmystium’s experiments with the sounds of black metal are subtle, but very effective. It’s mostly the band’s great songwriting that carries this record. WATCH THE REVIEW
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The experimental, ambient, and frighteningly noisy musical project Gnaw Their Tongues moves into more of a straight up black metal vibe with this new release, and it’s lead to a much more intense experience. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Another track drops from the forthcoming Nachtmystium album, Silencing Machine, and it’s just as anthemic and awesome as the previous track to drop from this LP. This album is dropping at the end of this month via Century Media, and it seems to be shaping up to be a
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On their latest album, Wreck and Reference unapologetically combines elements of noise, drone, black metal, and industrial as well. WATCH THE REVIEW
