Hailing from Sichuan Province in China, comes a somber atmospheric black metal act known as 山神廟 in their native tongue (roughly translating to Temple of Mountain God). With conspirators 杨厄 (DoomYang) and J. they take the very essence of classical Chinese art and translate it into a ravishingly beautiful approach to black metal as a…
Welkin, hailing from Singapore, brings us their latest battle hymn, Emblems of Valour. This album is in dedication to the legendary three brothers Liu, Guan, Zhang. Welkin is able to capture their valour, courage, and virtuous actions through their epic sounding black metal. Coming off the back of their previous album Recollections of Conquest and…
Hailing from the most shrouded shores of Xiamen come the epic black metal act Holyarrow. For those unaware, Holyarrow takes inspiration from the gloriously bloody history of China and the Han people, retelling of ancient battles, honorable deaths, and heroic martyrs. With their latest release Long Live Victory, they take a look at more recent…
Hailing from Belarus comes Crystayler a traditional black metal assault who presents us with their latest offering In The Hearts of the Brave. This album calls back to the old Norwegian days of black metal, presenting cold riffs, primitive drumming, and battle hardened vocals dripping with pride and honor. The corpse paint and chain mail…
Returning from the depths of the seas comes Uzlaga and their third full length offering Depthdweller. This is a continuation of what they’ve done in the past with The Sunken Seer and The Might of Waves. Its a straight forward black metal album with some melodic leanings and some surprise twists that gives Uzlaga their…
Returning to the front lines, UK based War metal division, Sturmtiger, brings us their latest arsenal of heavy hitting war hymns. Transcendent Warfare, is a brutal assault to the senses, curating a slew of hard-hitting militant drumming, berserker dissonant riffs, and deep bestial vocals that streak fear into their enemies. Greeting you with a blasting…
Hailing from the ancient and isolated Basque region, returns the cthonic doom occultists of Pestilength returning with their latest full length record Solar Clorex. This is an incredibly powerful and dense album dripping with twisted riffs with a dark psychedelia attached to it. These guys have continued their path down a harsh blended mixture of…
Hailing from Ukrainian underground comes Lacrimorphosis, an introspective and fantasy driven dungeon Synth act with a cozy yet mystical atmosphere conjured in his first three releases. After dipping his toes in the black metal world with the single Frigid Terror, Lacrimorphosis continues down that path conjuring depressive and cold black metal. With their latest release,…
Strixskog returns with their latest EP, Through the Raging Seas. Stepping away from the pure black metal sound, they’re able to conjure up triumphant and uplifting images with their skillfully laid out guitars, impressive drumming, and at times, rather melodramatic vocals. Its somewhat of a continuation of their last release, The Hell We Have Chosen,…
Hailing from the Kentucky underground crawls forth Sinistrum, a foreboding and hellish death metal act presenting us a textbook death metal release. These guys hit the check list at all levels. Evil, heavy, and chugging dissonant riffs, guttural and ghoulish vocals, brain blasting drums, and satanically gory lyrics that encapsulates the death metal essence. After…