Labor of the Negative is an anonymous group of international musicians who bond over a love of German philosophers and the use of American English (see the band name). They…
Tag: black metal
There’s much talk about modern black metal artists avoiding nostalgia. We’ve seen this in the rise of blackgaze and the emergence of post-black metal, most of which comes from France.…
Hecate Enthroned are one of the most important bands in the history of UK black metal, yet they exist on the periphery, whether that be literally (as residents on the…
We’re in the sixth year of this decade, and Darkthrone are already releasing their fourth LP of the 2020s. Their output is admirable, but are there any surprises in store…
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…
Varmia ‘still have their idiosyncrasies and refuse to fall into the trap of an atonal black metal approach with no direction,’ said Scream Blast Repeat of their 2023 Prolog EP.…
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…