Hailing from the cold Russian wastes comes Черновство (Chernovstvo), a raw and malignant black metal act who’s discography consists of three short demo releases with short atmospheric passages, raw and abrasive guitars, drums, and shrill vocals that drill into the listeners psyche. All three of these releases were released this year, 2022, and really makes…
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Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö – Vainaantuoma
After a two year wait, the Finnish black metal band, Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö, returns with their fourth release, Vainaantuoma. A rabid, punk influenced black metal release with plenty of raw attitude and low fidelity goodness in the production. Taking influence from other fellow Finnish bands, they fuse a lot of melody in these tracks, creating for…
Fortress of the Pearl – The Grove
Hailing from the ancient city of Athens comes the third release from Fortress of the Pearl a uniquly beautiful and atmospheric project with aspects of black metal, dungeon synth, and neoclassical piano and flute passages. The three releases paint rather whimsical pictures with hypnotic guitar riffs and a hazy atmosphere that gets progressively cleaner with…
Guðveiki – Vængför
This band doesn’t need an introduction of their origins as they clearly originate within the all enveloping void. Guðveiki takes concepts of Anti-Cosmic Satanism and combine it with the all too familiar sounds of blackened death metal featuring. Hellish guitars, ghastly vocals and an oppressive atmosphere it’d be a miracle to walk away mentally unscathed…
Adyapeeth Maranasamhita (আদ্যাপীঠ মরণসংহিতা) – Aparthiva Raktadhara
Hailing from the jungles of Kolkata, Aparthiva Raktadhara presents us with their first full length offering, titled Adyapeeth Maranasamhita (আদ্যাপীঠ মরণসংহিতা ) a hellish and forceful blackened death metal album. This is coming off of their previous release, Agyat Ishvar, which shared many of the same qualities of this LP. Intense blast beats, death metal…
Skin Tension & Anesthetised Culture Club – Agathaumas
Hailing from the Nashville underground, the experimental duo known as Skin Tension combine their talents with UK based noise artist Anesthetised Culture Club, a combination first featured on their epic album known as Omni. They came together in that track to create a claustrophobic and tight track that compliments the rest of that radical album….
Archurahl – Albtraum
Hailing from Turkey, Archurahl presents us with their third EP release, Albtraum, a dark and gloomy album with some viscous raw black metal strewn in between moody and ambient synth passages. With this being the band’s third release, its clear that this is the one man band at their strongest. Combining the gloomy and bleak…
Brood in Black – Black Unholy Mass
Hailing from the hollows of Kentucky, Brood in Black presents us with their blasphemous offering, Black Unholy Mass, a raw and blasphemous assault on the senses. Grinding guitar riffs, harsh vocals, and abrasive drums is what to expect from this release. Its certainly a spawn of the filthy underground. This is a straight forward release….
Langor – Inferno Astral
Presenting us with their debut demo, Langor, who hails from Brazil, brings us their raw black metal approach known as Inferno Astral. Three hard hitting raw black metal tracks with a very heavy influence from the Norwegian second-wave. Taking yet another page from that old dusty-tome, Langor really shows off their black metal skills with…
DeathSlaüghter – Passing Through the Valley of the Sodomites
Hailing from the legendary metal land of Brazil, comes DeathSlaüghter and their newest release, Passing Through the Valley of the Sodomites, a heavy, fast paced, blackend death metal band that harkens back to Brazilian metal bands of old. Heavy, meaty riffs, chunky drums, and demonic vocals are whats to expect here, a textbook approach with…