Two members of Enslaved and one from Theatre of Tragedy played in this early attempt at death metal, an enjoyable listen for old school fans because it both showcases the ingenuity of the best of that era, and shows why bands launched into black metal instead.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, Enslaved, phobia
Graveland bolts back and forth between its styles reflecting the composition of black metal, namely soundtracks plus cosmic ambient and underground metal. On Hour of Ragnarok, Graveland ditches the complex arrangements for sawing guitars and punk riffs worked into classic black metal themes.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, graveland
As discussed here before, the real question to a reviewer is, “Would you buy this?” My answer to Eight Headed Serpent might be no, but I would certainly stream it.
7 CommentsTags: Black Metal, impaled nazarene
Creating a version of black metal determined to go back underground, Ascète combine influences from melodic black metal, epic black metal, and the simple but energetic melodies of Oi, using song structures at the edge of randomness to develop strongly anthemic themes.
5 CommentsTags: ascete, Black Metal, oi
Classic flowing black metal band Graveland has returned, modifying their swing toward folkish soundtrack metal with more rigid, hardcore-style riffs in idenfiably metal songs spanning the black metal, death metal, and heavy metal genres.
1 CommentTags: Black Metal, graveland
Excoriating black metal band Sammath has unleashed a new crop of patches for your kutte or battle jacket, or maybe the sails on your yacht; these can be found from the Sammath direct merchandising site.
20 CommentsTags: Black Metal, merch, sammath
Today in our studies of entropy, we look at how humans in groups motivated by self-interest will tear down anything good. As a case for study, Wormwood Nattarvet shows us how cruft and the desire to be unique leads to a reversion to the mean, in this case the 70s rock from which black metal distantly emerged.
6 CommentsTags: Black Metal, easy listening, wormwood
Written very much in the flowing style of middle period Darkthrone with an emphasis on varied structure that might have come easily from a Celtic Frost work, this band trudges and powerdives its way through riffs that are cut from similar cloth rhythmically but remain distinctive through fragmentary melody.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, necralant
Legendary artists Darkthrone, who began in death metal before embarking on a black metal period that ended with Total Death, now begin to show signs of their punk-influenced era moving into something more like the epic rock and metal that inspired them back in the day.
28 CommentsTags: Black Metal, darkthrone
Quebecois black metal band Sorcier des Glaces has slated its new EP, Ghastly Memories, for release on February 23, 2021.
4 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sorcier des glaces
