Kampfar – Til Klovers Takt
Norwegian black metal legends release album number nine. That should be enough for you to check this out … MoreKampfar – Til Klovers Takt
Tag: Progressive Black Metal
Panzerfaust – The Suns of Perdition, Chapter III: The Astral Drain
Panzerfaust has just released the best black metal album of 2022?
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Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture
Featuring especially-long tracks, rapidly-changing rhythms, scattered violins and saxophones, wildly-heavy political lyrics citing the inequality of the capitalist world, Ashenspire’s Hostile Architecture is an in-your-face post-metal offering that takes on societal problems, fascism, free-market anarchy, while excellently creating a sonic atmosphere to match the angst which is intended … MoreAshenspire – Hostile Architecture
Volcandra – Border World
Volcandra emerge on June 24th, 2022 with their forthcoming release, Border World, a melodic, technically-diverse EP with scalding guitar sections and otherworldly lyrical components; which takes multiple faces, one in Blackened death, and the other in power-death metal, neither really managing to effectively convey the overall thesis of the album succinctly … MoreVolcandra – Border World
Nechochwen – Kanawha Black
Folk-heavy melodies and blackened refrains pepper West Virginia duo Nechochwen’s recent release, The Kanawha Black, which is full of spiritual themes and impressive musicality meant to be culturally-relevant in a modern discussion about American cultural history … MoreNechochwen – Kanawha Black
Cailleach Calling – Dreams of Fragmentation
In a duality of both fast and slow, Dreams of Fragmentation has the chops to impress with its furious black metal, but the spacey ambient atmosphere to transport the listener to the ethereal, definitely something worth checking out after kicking your shoes off and starting a pot of coffee … MoreCailleach Calling – Dreams of Fragmentation
Fall of Stasis – The Chronophagist
With The Chronophagist, Fall of Stasis take the listener on an eclectic, blackened progressive metal journey that delights with an infectious listenability as it shreds through the dividing lines between multiple genres … MoreFall of Stasis – The Chronophagist
Agrypnie – Metamorphosis
A triumphant funeral dirge that drags on longer than it should … MoreAgrypnie – Metamorphosis
Enslaved – Utgard
Great bands never lose desire! … MoreEnslaved – Utgard