Coming from the prolific Paris black metal underground comes the debut album of Fleckentarn, a noisy and blackened punk romp of an album. Chugging out simplistic raw punk riffs and a steady oi beat, this is a mind numbing yet deep album that creates a heavily emotional atmosphere that took me a few listens to…
This is a compilation of tracks from a very passionate US black metal project known as Malacath, a volume of all of the single releases. A mixture of raw depressive black metal and mysterious and elegant dungeon synth, there’s a lot of passion and vigor behind the project and its truly on display in these…
Hailing from a rather unlikely place for such cold black metal, Cuba, comes Narbeleth. Forming back in 2008, this is their 6th full length album release titled A Pale Crown. Continuing from their previous release Svmma Cvm Nox Arcana, they’ve continued down the path of the traditional Norwegian second wave, creating a cold harsh sound…
Hailing from the dark forests of the great British Isle comes Wulvyr and their first full length release Moon.Malice.Heresy, a tragically triumphant black metal assault. This is a strong continuation of the previous two demo release, combining chaotic elements of frantically tremolo picked guitars, raw and harsh production and painfully piercing vocals. The masked figure…
Hailing from the Budapest underground comes Naqoy, a two piece noisy, industrial outfit who brings us their third release titled Art Brut. According to the artist, this album is an expression and meditation of the last couple years of the band and their struggles and hardships, but ultimately overcoming said hardships and creating something new…
Hailing from deep within the underground of the ancient city of Kolkata come a group of Aghoric Gnostics who have declared war on the greater spiritual world. These mystic militants have started their musical jihad in 2012 under the banner of Tetragrammacide, a total affront and annihilation of the so called ‘mighty’ tetragrammaton of kabalistic…
Coming from the Texas underground are your favorite Noisy Neighbors. Putting forth the rawest, dirtiest, ugliest d-beat hardcore this side of the southwest. Grinding and slamming away these guys don’t let up throughout the album and punish those who doubt their superiority. This is their second release titled Derailing the Hype Train, this is coming…
Hailing from the Amsterdam underground returns Labasheeda, an art rock group based around multiinstrumentalist Saskia van der Giessen and guitarist Arne Wolfswinkel. Forming almost 20 years ago, Labasheeda has undergone a handful of line up changes, experimenting with different sounds and approaches, and extensive tours all across Europe. They’re known for their stripped back, noisy…
This is the second release from Vermont based black metal cult Strix Akesis. A two year wait coming off the back of their first self titled album, which held a spot on my best of 2021 list. Their unique riffs and punkish attitude is still here, though it’s been expanded upon and given a new…
This is the 13th release from the legendary Finnish black metal act Clandestine Blaze. Mikko Aspa returns with this incredibly hard hitting and crushing album in true Clandestine fashion. Continuing on the new sounds that was heard on the last release, Secrets of Laceration, Mikko continues on the path of melodic black metal with that…