Review - Hessian Firm

SAMMATH – Zwaardbroeders Bij De Bergengte (1996)

Unlike the so-called third wave of black metal, the mid-to-late-90s wave of black metal showcased underground metal music at its purest and most essential. Bands like Sammath, Old Wainds, Setharial,…

By DARG February 3, 2023Review

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Ysyry Mollvün – Ysyry Mollvün (2022)

True to black metal’s interest in the archaic and what it can reveal to the onlookers of the present, Ysyry Mollvün turn to the distant past (and the remnants that…

By Raphael Alecto January 17, 2023Review

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Elytron Frass & Charlse N. – VITIATORS

I would like to start this review of VITIATORS with a disclaimer. Manga does not figure as part of my reading. Not just my usual reading, but any reading at…

By DARG January 14, 2023Review

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Hastur Evocation – When Bestial Moans Compose a Sweet Symphony (1996)

Italy's scene of gothic infused extreme metal has given us a few classics over the years but also a large number of bands that would show some potential before disbanding…

By Nicholas Mkhl January 5, 2023Review

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Regurgitation – Tales of Necrophilia (1999)

Guest Article by Malus After the death of the classic death metal scene, more extreme and experimental types of death metal were arising in the late 90s and early 00s.…

By Guest Writer November 24, 2022Review

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Beatrik – Requiem of December (2005)

Beatrìk are an Italian black metal duo that released a few demos and a pair of albums in the early 2000s before unceremoniously disbanding to form other projects. While the…

By Nicholas Mkhl November 1, 2022Review

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Noctis – Out of the Shadow of Legend (1998)

With the end of the LLN movement, French black metal saw a shift towards more refined playing and a celebration of French culture from the middle-ages that was entrenched in…

By Nicholas Mkhl October 3, 2022Review

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Mindly Rotten – The Most Exquisite Agonies (2005)

Mindly Rotten are a Colombian brutal death metal and while this has certain connotations, musically this bears non of the trademarks of latin brutal death metal and instead opts for…

By Nicholas Mkhl August 22, 2022Review

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Spawn of Possession – Cabinet (2003)

In 2003 while death metal was redundant and for the most part stagnant the world was struck by an album that brought the technical death metal genre to another level;…

By Guest Writer July 16, 2022Review

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Sorhin – Apokalypsens ängel (2000)

While Swedish black metal has always been notorious for having a small number of unique bands followed by an endless stream of third rate imitators, some of the better bands…

By Nicholas Mkhl July 15, 2022Review