O.W.G.A. adds onto his prolific library of mystical black metal with this latest release under the name of Auld Ridge, and with it, is the mighty banner of The Hermetic Order of Ytene. Starting his project in the United Kingdom, he has since moved to mainland Europe, somewhere in France, to continue his ritualistic and…
The creeping guitars and ambient instruments start this album off, with a very minimal approach in terms of production, the growing wall of noise builds up this looming sense of celestial anxiety that can only be brought forth from a dedicated shaman deep in a trance. Much like the name of the group suggests this…
Hailing from the US comes Lucifixion, a black metal duo who’s rituals have conjured up a nearly fifty minute spell titled Trisect Joys of Pierced Hearts. Taking influence from the old Scandinavian guard of the 90s, and a handful of bands from the early 00s, Lucifixion is able to create a timeless sound that keeps…
Hailing from USA comes the return of Uranium, a one-man nuclear industrial death cult presenting us with their second full length assault Pure Nuclear Death. This is an intense and dense album with many layers and intricate production details that can be hard to miss for those not listening. There’s a lot packed into this…
Hailing from the mountainous region of Portugal comes Lacrau who present us with their debut full length titled Axioma. This is a beautifully written conceptual piece based around the old Scandinavian senicide ritual. For those unfamiliar, it was an old tradition where the elderly of the village or clan who were unable to take care…
Coming from the pulsating London underground is an elusive collective known as Anti-Social Kultur England, who harbor some of the more notorious and mysterious noise conjurers. From hard pulsing gabber beats to whirling occult noisescapes, there’s a lot to offer from these anti-socialites. The latest offering under the English Kultural banner are two splits. One…
This has quickly become one of my all time favorite bands. Translating to Gautam Buddha, this mysterious raw black metal cult is a meditation on death and reincarnation. Continuing from where they left off on their first release, they touch upon the eight reasons why we must reincarnate until we reach enlightenment much like the…
The latest release from this mysterious Russian black metal cult ‘Chernovstvo’. Coming off of their previous demo releases, this their longest release to date. That sort of style they’re harbored is still there. Raw, melodic, and atmospheric black metal that creates a foggy and decrepit atmosphere that draws the listener into its hypnotic gaze. After…
Hailing from the outbacks of Australia comes the extreme death thrash assault of Milopkl. For years now Milo has been making waves across the underground, with plenty of hard hitting releases under his belt. This latest one titled, Extreme Order of Existence is just another masterful addition to his already strong line up. This latest…
Hailing from Los Angeles, the self dubbed ‘ecstatic black metal’ band Agriculture releases their self titled debut album. Its certainly quite the experience and produces some sort of emotion, though I don’t know if ecstatic would be it. But the album certainly does capture quite the beautiful sound with some creative songwriting to boot. Certainly…