APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE from Indianapolis, USA play traditional Doom Metal with all the right ingredients thrown in. The vocals are perfect, the rhythm is slow and steady, the band is taking monstrous steps together, one at a time. Is Doom supposed to flow like the river smoothening rocks along the way whilst consuming lives that […]
KAECK emerged from the world below in 2014 and released their quite good debut album “Stormkult” in 2015 on the German label Folter Records. The band is still on Folter Records, which is also behind the new release “Het Zwarte Dictaat”. Yet a frenzy Black Metal attack on our poor souls, with lyrics written and […]
After over a decade as a band, NOCTURNAL NIGHTMARE (because when else would you have them?) finally release their first full-length, “Abstrakt Sinne”. And after over a decade of writing music, the outcome is… meh. Don’t get me wrong. The depressive Black Metal music isn’t bad at all. The album just doesn’t add anything new. […]
With LAANG (or 冷 in Chinese) we have a very interesting project from Keelung City in the Taiwanese Republic Of China. Started in 2018 by Laang (which is the Chinese word for “cold”), who initially played all instruments and recorded the debut album “Haiyáng” all by himself, the project meanwhile became a full band. Now […]
LIKTJERN is a pretty interesting Black Metal band from Norway. These guys are active since 1996, but due to personal issues their first official recording was released in 2006: the EP “Kulde, Pest & Død”. Now, in 2021, LIKTJERN has just released their first full-length album entitled “I Ruiner” through the German label Folter Records. […]
The Italian Black Metal duo HEPATOMANCY is really new on the scene, as the current year 2021 saw the release of their first EP “De Tyrannide Daemonum” that is also available as a split vinyl album with HELL’S CORONATION. And early 2022 will see their Polish label Under The Sign Of Garazel Productions unleash the […]
ABSORPTION is a two piece from Moscow, Russia. “Enveloping Womb Of Astringent Void” is their first full-length released on Talheim Records. We have an interesting album on our hands, the sound is the collusion of the spirit of Death Metal with the atmosphere of Black Metal. Even though the band is listed as a Death […]
CORPUS DIAVOLIS is an atmospheric Black / Death Metal band from Marseille, France. “Apocatastase”, is their fourth full-length and the first on Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions. Very operatic, with layers of riffs, synths and background vocals, CORPUS DIAVOLIS are out to chant the message of their personal lord! Masterfully written with no stretches of […]
ADOPERTA TENEBRIS is a Black / Death Metal project from Nantes, France. “Oblivion: The Forthcoming Ends” is the second full-length under this moniker and released on the excellent Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions. The album opens with ‘We Were Giants’ which starts with a gentle slow approach, the instruments sound stellar with the accompanying riffs […]
ARCTIC SEA SURVIVORS is an instrumental Doom / Post Metal band from Graz, Austria. I jumped at the opportunity of reviewing this, because I absolutely love the Doom / Post Metal space and ARCTIC SEA SURVIVORS do not disappoint. “The Longest Dawn (The Souls Burn In Everlasting Fires)” is the band’s second full-length, released by […]