black metal
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If Lord Mantis’ Pervertor doesn’t have the most vile album cover you’ve seen this year, it should definitely make it into your top-10 come December. The Chicago band’s talents go far beyond picking gruesome cover art, though–which was created by Justin Bartlett, I should add. Lord
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Blending elements of black metal, death metal, and straight up rock ‘n’ roll, here’s a track from the new Goatwhore album, Blood For the Master. The album drops today on Metal Blade.
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A new video from Liturgy for the track “True Will,” which comes off the experimental black metal band’s latest album, Aesthethica. I’ve actually given the album a glowing review, and put it in my list of favorite 2011 albums. I usually don’t go for these videos that
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Of course a metal band with a name referencing geometry would make music that sounds tight and calculated; but I’d argue the Dutch band Dodecahedron does it without sounding too robotic. In fact, rather than a machine, I’d liken these meticulously crafted tunes to the creation of a
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Of course a metal band with a name referencing geometry would make music that sounds tight and calculated; but I’d argue the Dutch band Dodecahedron does it without sounding too robotic. In fact, rather than a machine, I’d liken these meticulously crafted tunes to the creation of a
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To be honest, I’ve never been a huge Alcest fan. The combination of black metal and shoegaze the French project has been creating since 2000. My feelings aren’t much different when it comes to this new album, Les voyages de l’âme. WATCH THE REVIEW
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The Writing of Gods in the Sand by Wildernessking Here’s two tracks of hard, melodic black metal from Wildernessking. From what I understand, this group actually hails from South Africa, which kinda puts a damper on the snowy, heavily wooded images that usually come with black metal. Still, that
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With a style that blends numerous genres, and lyrics loaded with bold narratives, Cormorant’s Dwellings reads like a modern metal storybook. WATCH THE REVIEW
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The Needle Drop: “Serving up audio reviews like they’re pizza slices or something.” Eh, that’s a really terrible slogan we’re beta testing right now. Let it seep in. See what happens. Anyway, my friend Derek and I have another review for you this week, and we’re
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There are numerous ways to enjoy metal music. I mean, there have to be–especially since most people just don’t enjoy it at all. Most of the time, I enjoy it in a pretty cathartic manner, putting the music on to let off steam, but there are some bands
