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Review: Chovu – Ufalme Wa Mali

Kenya’s culture and history is rich and vast, Strider discovers some of it through the black metal lens of Chovu. Read his review of their latest album here.

Review: Outlaw – Opus Mortis

Roberto travels to Brazil to mess with Outlaw. Will they offer him a caipirinha or will they butcher him? Read his review to find out.

Review: Celestial Silence – Silent Calls From The …

Celestial Silence tries to pull Strider into their pit of despair. Read here to find out if he sinks or swims.

Review: All Stars Are Dead – Solace In Surrender…

Kilian goes postal in this review for German gang’s debut full length. Read all about it here.

Review: Der Weg Einer Freiheit – INNERN

N.O. is no fan of clean singing so Der Weg Einer Freiheit is living dangerously with their latest offering. Read the

Reviews

Review: Unfelled – Pall of Endless Perdition

A review of the debut album Pall of Endless Perdition by the Australian black metal band Unfelled.

Review: Køldbrynger – Totenblut

When executed properly, art can disturb us, creating some of the strongest emotional reactions possible. Køldbrynger achieves this effortlessly. Read more in our review.

Review: Coldborn — The Unwritten Pages of Death

Death waits for none. So, before he strikes. We dove into the latest album, The Unwritten Pages of Death by Coldborn.

Review: Necht – The Inevitable Suffering

Kili goes back to Canada to check out Necht’s fresh EP. Check out what he has to say about it in

Review: Mòr — Hear the Hour Nearing!

Hear the Hour Nearing! The debut album by French black metal Mòr was released on the 12th of April, we are

Live Reviews

Beyond the Gates: 4 Days of Unparalleled Darkness

We attended the extreme metal festival Beyond the Gates in Bergen. Here is our review of this black metal utopia!

Festival Review – Karmøygeddon 2025

Kilian, KingGorthar and Boenna had their yearly meetup in Kopervik. By pure chance it happened to be a full blown metal festival there that same weekend.

Festival Review: Sick Midsummer 2025

Wyrdsom ventured into the Austrian outback to take part of this most awesome of festivals, check his report here.

Festival Review: Inferno Metal Festival – A Blackened Easter

It was once again that time of year, KingGorthaur donned his battle vest and jumped on an airplane to Oslo. Did

Karmøygeddon 2024 – Blackened hordes under the blazing Norwegian sun!

We went to the great Karmøygeddon Metal Festival to indulge in its music, beer and sun! Join us for our recap

Interviews

Interview – Hellripper

Kilian survived Hellrippers onslaught at Karmøygeddon and managed to do a quick interview with James after the dust had settled.

Interview: Vltima (GER)

Their latest review is a brutal and pure musical menace! And now we had the chance to interview the members of the band.

Interview: Aegrus

We had an exclusive interview with Lux Tenebris and Darkseer Inculta, about their band Aegrus and what drives their music.

Interview – Kirkebrann

Kili got to interview some of the guys in Kirkebrann, check out the result of their conversation here.

Digging Deeper

Digging Deeper: African subcontinent

The African subcontinent isn’t particular famous for its black metal scene. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t black metal bans around, of course. One of the members of the Black Metal Promotion discord channel started digging for some hidden African gems and had a few recommendations. Some bands I did know, but others I didn’t.