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.
A formidable statement from veterans, “Teeth to Sky” channels mankinds tendency to ruin into texture and grit. While never reinventing heaviness, Guiltless deliver it with clarity, purpose, and a quiet, undeclared mercy.
The Noble Art of Desolation is a debut that trades fire for atmosphere, weaving blackened riffs and layered melancholy into a fog-drenched whole. At times uneven and weighed down by pacing lulls, it nonetheless carries sincerity.
Love, Peace, And Understanding? Mörk Gryning’s new record is a testament to persistence, legacy, and controlled intensity.
An elegy of frost and fury, expertly delivered. Raw, punk-ish black metal in near perfection: “Songs of Blood and Mire” by Spectral Wound.
Runemagick will release their new studio album “Cycle of the Dying Sun (Dawn of Ashen Realms)”, on 31st October via Hammerheart Records. The band unveiled “Wyrd Unwoven” to give an impression of the record.
Four kings, four tracks, four elegies. The concept feels mythic, immersive as it explores themes of leadership, decay, memory, and the passing of epochs.
Th Kingdom Burn balance sorrow and grandeur with polished melodic death metal craft, but repetition and restraint keep their new record from igniting fully.