Sumerian Tombs offer their next delve into epic Black Metal. For listeners drawn to vampyric themes, ancient myth, and melodic Black Metal of depth, this album delivers. It requires patience, but rewards it. A worthy successor in their catalog that could be refined further, but already impressive.
“Rêverie” is a debut that leans into shadows and whispers. It’s an atmospheric journey rather than a revelation. Lera emerge from Sardinia with music that balances the crushing weight of doom and post-metal with the fragile breath of post-rock and ambient drift. There is beauty …
The Answer Lies In The Black Void release their new record soon; here’s another song of it.
“Catechesis” is an interesting and occasionally powerful expression of blackened death metal, but it is uneven, overlong in parts, and its ambition sometimes obscures rather than illumines. Fans of complex death metal may find value in its highs, but its lows remind that potential doesn’t always equal execution.
Paradise Lost, stalwarts of gothic doom, return with “Ascension”, an album that leans into atmosphere and shadow more than revelation. It may not redefine their legacy, but it reaffirms their place as enduring architects of sorrowful heaviness.
“The Fractal Ouroboros” is a furious and meditative ritual, where political defiance and blackened savagery intertwine with moments of sorrowful ambience. Exhausting in its density yet commanding in vision, it lingers like smoke after fire – uncompromising, cyclical, and unforgettable.
Carach Angren reveal their latest single, “The Resurrection of Kariba,” from the upcoming EP The Cult of Kariba, out on October 17th via Season of Mist.
Formless Ruin of Oblivion is an ambitious sprawl of black, death, and noise that too often collapses under its own density. There are flashes of brilliance amid the chaos, but they are buried in drift and repetition, leaving the record more exhausting than transcendent.
“Nocturne” drifts between shadow and revelation, its folk roots stretched into darker corridors without always finding a lasting spark. Haunting in mood but hesitant in execution, it lingers like mist, evocative yet never fully consuming.
“Ødnis” is a potent, cohesive example of refined melodic black metal from the new northern school: cold, concise, compelling. With just a touch more variance and daring in arrangement, it could have soared; yet even in its careful design, it leaves its mark.