Bastärd – Midnight Of Medievil Hailing from the cold wastes of Siberia comes the band Bastärd, erecting a hellish monument to those of the black metal past. Taking major influences from bands like Bathoryand Venom, this album provides an old school first-wave black metal sound of grimy thrash riffs, demonic Venomstyle vocals, and a primitive d-beat…

COSMIC REAPER Hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina, come ‘Cosmic Reaper’, delivering us their first devastatingly powerful self titled full length album. With slow and heavy riffs with a thick fuzz that vibrates so heavy you can see it in the air. Immediately on starting the album, you’re greeted by the heavy fuzz of the bass,…

  Liturgy – Origin of the Alimonies Within the black metal scene there is a stark divide between those who create music that’s called ‘post-black metal’ or ‘blackgaze’ which is a sort of combination of shoegaze style atmosphere and hazy guitar riffs and the dark and cold nature of black metal into one. Some bands…

Grab – The Inevitable Filth of Mankind (2021) Black metal has always been known for its Nordic heritage. Many of the greatest bands have hailed from Scandinavia, but if there is one scene that is fast on the rise in the modern age, it’d be the Greek black metal scene. While, I may not be…

Shōen — Plant æ (2020) Its not very often that an album like this really captivates me. I’ve always found pure ambient albums rather boring at times, just droning noises and overdubbed productions. But this albums is a little different. According to the artist, Shōen, was heavily inspired by the music he heard in his…

  Леший — Поганые Сны Piggybacking off my previous review, this is an example where lo-fi style of production can really shine. Леший a Russian one man black metal act hailing from Pskov, and also apart of the Pleskau Brethren, a cabal of black metal, and non metal bands that are all from the local…

Revenant Marquis – Youth Ribbons If you look back on some of my other reviews you’ll see that I’m rather a big fan of the ‘lo-fi’ style of recording when it comes to music and especially when it comes to black metal. The gritty, foggy, and harsh noisy sound of the production style can do…

 Lord Mortvm – Diabolical Omen of Hell Lord Mortvm, hailing from Oslo, Norway, brings us his first full-length release. A slow and heavy ritual that pays homage to the dark lord Satan him self. Sporting six tracks of decent length, this album blends the aesthetic styles of black metal, and the incredibly slow and ominous…

 Conqueror – War Cult Supremacy The founding member of the Ross Bay Cult, a black/death metal label from Canada, Ryan Förster, being incredibly inspired by the works of fellow Vancouver locals Blasphemy, came together with fellow black metal cultist, J.Read, to form a band that was short lived, but made a splashing impact at the…

 Blasphemy- Blood Upon the Altar & Fallen Angel of Doom In each genre of music, there’s always some sort of turning point that takes it to the next level. Some would say The Beatles made pop music what it is today, Black Sabbath being the forefathers of heavy metal, and N.W.A giving rap that gangster…