Review: Solfatare – Asservis par l’espoir
“Asservis par l’espoir” is a bleak and ambitious debut that balances dissonant black metal with moments of fragile melody, all carried by anguished French vocals that cut like a knife.
Tag: Black Metal
Review: Svdestada – Candela
“Candela” is an album that never hides its scars, a raw collision of blackened crust and emotional upheaval that claws at you rather than invites. It falters in pacing and clarity, but its honesty and ferocity keep it burning long after the noise fades.
Review: Morild – Disse Fugle Får Ingen At Se
“Disse Fugle Får Ingen At Se” may not carve new territory, but it stakes ground firmly within it. For listeners drawn to the fragile beauty in decay, to black metal that doesn’t always roar but sometimes whispers, this is a work worth witnessing.
Review: Patristic – Catechesis
“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.
Review: Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – The Fractal Ouroboros
“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 Release New Single: “The Resurrection of Kariba”
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.
Review: Hexvessel – Nocturne
“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.
Review: DØDSDRIFT – ØDNIS
“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.
Review: The Great Sea – The Noble Art Of Desolation
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.
Review: Mörk Gryning – Fasornas Tid
Love, Peace, And Understanding? Mörk Gryning’s new record is a testament to persistence, legacy, and controlled intensity.