Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, comes the debut of a hellish underground black metal band Plaguefever, titled Crude Implements. Its a gnarly and grimy album combining the likes of black metal, thrash, and good ol’ rock to create an addicting and fresh sound that is still able to sound old school. After being greeted by a…
This mysterious act coming out of Florida brings us their second release titled Samael. This is coming off of the back of their first album Apparition, which are both very similar yet distinct in their own way and compliment each other very well when played back to back as if being told a story. A…
Hailing from the mountains of Appalachia, Forest of Jinnreleases their debut album Wendigo. This is a rather raw and straight forward black metal release. It has a lot of your typical trappings of a black metal album, but, these guys don’t just copy and past from other bands from the past. They wear their influences…
Another hellish release from under the Murder Records banner comes Primitive with their second ritual offering Metal Baphomet. This album is a monument in dedication to all things old and, well, primitive, when it comes to metal. Taking direct influence from Bathory, Hellhammer, Venom, Celtic Frost and others who toe the line between thrash and…
Hailing from New England comes Ktaadn, an atmospheric black metal band with folk influences and as described on their Bandcamp page they’re ‘dedicated to the natural beauty and history of its homeland, New England, and the preservation of the ancient ways of our European ancestors.’ The unique fusion of European paganism and the natural beauty…
Coming out of the decrepit swamps of Louisiana, Vide,presents us with their second full length LP, Death Roll. This is a chaotic and dense album filled with twisted riffs, gloomy atmosphere and hazy synths that tie it all together. While yes it does fall into many of the same trappings of other ‘lo-fi’ black metal…
Coming from the prolific and chthonic Moonlight Cypress Archetypes comes StumpTail a demented fusion of Southern rock, doom, country, and black metal. Now, they may sound like a strange fusion, but these guys are able to create something incredibly unique and stands out among the rest of the label’s releases, despite it having many similarities…
Spawning from the underground Serpent of The Abyssis a band that came out of no where releasing their album Wrapped in Darkness a wicked, raw, and very atmospheric, this album has very unique qualities with creative guitar riffs that seem almost medieval at times while still sounding incredibly raw and abrasive. While there’s only three…
Hailing form the Brazilian underground Feretralpulls their latest release from the sewers of hell The Temple Ov Feretral. This is a thrashy, black metal album with some death metal elements thrown in for good measure. Its raw, gritty, and filled with plenty of headbangable moments. There’s a lot of tracks off this album, seventeen of…
Hailing from Portland, Maine, the one man band Alghol presents us with his first offering, The Osseous Keya leap forward coming off of the back of his previous demo release Forgotten Paths. This debut album is very much in vein of the 90s style black metal, filled with raw melodic riffs, mystical synths, and an…