I am being flooded by Black Metal releases these days, by quite new bands, and from all over the world. And to be honest I am actually quite surprised with the high quality of most of the music. Of course it doesn’t give me the same thrills as the music did back in the days, […]
I became really hooked on an obscure American entity called DECEASED when they released their second full-length album in ’95 titled "The Blueprints For Madness", a raw and dirty tour de force of thrashy Death Metal with a thrilling atmosphere and some quite catchy moments. Two years after that album, "Fearless Undead Machines" was released, […]
ANCIENT from Norway, who reside in Greece now do not need any further introduction here. Being veterans in the classic Black Metal scene, I was more than curious to hear their new material as their first classic “Svartalvheim” still occasionally spins on my turntable. And to be honest, after the first tunes, I was not […]
I have heard things of this German band. They are going since 1999 and this is their sixth record. Having a very similar name to another German band which I very highly regard (KETZER, and yes I also like their new album a lot). This KEITZER plays a strong form of Death Metal, with some […]
ENOID is a Black Metal one-man band from France. Formed back in 2005 (but already dwelling with different names since 1996) this is their sixth album. As far as I know the only band member actually handles all the instruments, drums included. In fact this is not the first time I have been faced with […]
This German duo, that was formed in 2012, is presenting us their debut album, of mostly asphyxiating Doom / Black Metal with touches of military music and some riffs that are done trying to put the listener in a trance stage. Also the vocals sound more like a military order in desperation than the usual […]
ANCIENT SPHERES from Costa Rica take their name from an archaeological mystery in their home country; the notorious, massive, nearly perfectly spherical boulders whose function remains unknown. The band’s connection to the night, the forest, the ambiance of their country seems apparent from the start, both in the rather simplistic cover artwork and in the […]
The is the debut album of this atmospheric Black Metal band from Iceland… a small place almost isolated from others, but the world is surprising in many stages… and music is one of them. For such a small population compared to other places, they surely do have a lot of Metal acts, and I must […]
Ormenos comprises the one-man Black Metal effigy of ENOID. And it’s refreshing that the sound of ENOID sounds more like a band than a one-man presentation recorded in a bedroom on a laptop. Earlier albums such as "Ataraxiis" took a little growing, but matured into thriving Black Metal that stood up to many. But the […]
The best song on this three-way split release is the BATHORY cover ‘Call From The Grave’. Believe me, I have been listening to this output a dozen of times. All bands are hailing from Greece and are playing Black Metal without any remarkable or characteristic elements. The songs are well-played and the sound is adequate, […]