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Review: Silhouette — Les Dires de L'âme
Silhouette, a French Black Metal band, just released their first full album titled Les dires de l'âme. Here are our thoughts.
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Kristailer - In the Hearts of the Brave
Medieval atmosphere and melodic riffs is the great gift from Kristailer, join us in our review of their album In the Hearts of the Brave!
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Review: 1349 — The Wolf & The King
The Norwegian black metal band 1349 is back with their 8th full album, The Wolf & The King. Here is our review!
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Review: Trelldom — ...by the shadows...
Kilian ventures into the forest while listening to the new Trelldom. Will he find his way back or have Gaahl & Co. gone too far and made Kilian loose his mind this time?
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Review: Modern Rites - Endless
Kili made sure to get himself into the right frame of mind before digging into this excellent album by Modern Rites.
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Review: Black Birch - Black Birch
Swedish duo Black Birch comes forth with their full length debut. Lxw takes a closer listen to the enigmatic duos aural escapades here.
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Review: Keys To The Astral Gates And Mystic Doors - The Endless Black and Melancholy Triumphant
Talvi is brave enough to try to find the correct keys for all these doors in his review of this demo compilation from Keys To The Astral Gates and Mystic Doors.
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Review: Kvaen - The Formless Fires
Furious guitar work, a nasty stew of melodic death and black metal, Kili really got a full meal with this one, read his impressions of Kvaens third album here.
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Review: Spectral Wound — Songs of Blood and Mire
Spectral Wound, the black metal outfit from Canada, is back with their latest work Songs of Blood and Mire, we reviewed it, and you can read our thoughts here.
Digging Deeper
Digging Deeper: Colombia
Digging Deeper: Colombia. We called in an expert to explore the history of Colombian black metal, highlighting key bands like Utuk-Xul, Mysteriis (Medieval/Greek-inspired), Nebiros (Satanic), and Guerra Total (Thrashy). Read more. (
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Review: Calderum - Desecration of the Bastille
Spanish project Caldreum is back with a new EP. Lxw gave this a thorough review, so join us in the discovery.
Live Reviews
Beyond the Gates '24 - A Tribute to the Gods of Old!
Beyond the Gates '24 (Bergen, 2024). The festival delivered a black metal dream team with a flawless Bathory tribute set and Mayhem's 40th anniversary show. Read the full story!