Australian tech death crew, Growth, belong in the Australasian family tree created by Ulcerate and Psycroptic. They also have a prog dimension that should elevate their music. So, why does…
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Black metal wanderer, The Crying Orc (aka Dmytro Eugenovich Marchenko), moved from Ukraine to Germany and recorded his latest album in separate sessions between Stockholm and Berlin. It’s possible he…
Norwegian unit, Slagmaur, seldom appear in conversations about contemporary black metal. Hulders Ritual is the fourth album of the career since they issued their debut in 2007, yet it could…
Norwegian-based musician, Roman, hails from Russia but relocated to black metal’s homeland in the late 2000s. Since 2019, Bizarrekult has been his main vehicle of expression, resulting in an EP…
Mayhem have a strong consensus for the best black metal album of all time. Everybody should know 1994’s De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, but everybody should be willing to look beyond…
‘Chugging on the power chords… is symptomatic of the problems with this LP. You know they want every chorus to be a triumph over adversity, which tells you everything about…
French trio, Aephanemer, are a group with a lot of promise and a lot of good will from those cheering them on from the sides. ‘The orchestral dramatics take centre…
Scream Blast Repeat had many kind things to say about Terzij de Horde’s sophomore record in 2022. We called it ‘a vigorous outing from a band that can give Alkerdeel a run…
Finnish legends, Amorphis, are many things to many different people. Their 1994 sophomore LP, Tales from the Thousand Lakes, is just as important as Sabbat’s Dreamweaver in the development of…