“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
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.