Rising from the ashes of legendary black metal band Forgotten Woods comes Joyless forming back in 1996 with their debut album Unlimited Hate which even shared a few tracks from Forgotten Woods. To me, that wasn’t Joyless’ true debut,its with their second album, Wisdom & Arrogance does the band truly come to form. Having a…
Taking a sharp left turn from his iconic black metal sound, Tervaaja who’s the main brain behind Ruohtta brings us a unique and toe tapping goth rock album titled Juorni. The album is grim, taking a very nihilistic approach that is reminiscent of his black metal releases. While it would be easy to compare this…
With quite the impactful debut, hailing from the north of France comes Fardeaux, roughly translating to “burdens” in English, is a black metal duo who produce some rather creative music for the genre. Somewhere along the lines of Deathspell Omega, Andavald, and Dødsengel, this band is able to mold and bend the recognizable black metal…
A mysterious arrival from an equally mysterious act, Orthodox Impaler brings us their debut Pilgrimage of Hate and Mutilation. A pure and raw black metal release with cold production and an equally raw approach that harkens back to the olden days. While I can’t speak much of the band themselves, what they present is all…