https://blackmetalzine.com Explore Black Metal Zine, for album reviews, band interviews, and live coverage from the black metal underground. Uncovering hidden gems since 2022. en https://blackmetalzine.com/the-infernal-records-week-43/ https://blackmetalzine.com/the-infernal-records-week-43/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0100 The Infernal Records: Week 43 is out! Have a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list! Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/tolkien-and-black-metal-part-8/ https://blackmetalzine.com/tolkien-and-black-metal-part-8/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0100 Tolkien and Black Metal, Part 8: 'Tolkien black metal' was a critic's lens. Now it's a scene bands check the box for themselves. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/preview-fortress-festival-2027/ https://blackmetalzine.com/preview-fortress-festival-2027/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200 Watain's last round of shows, Emperor headlining and Gris finally playing live: Fortress 2027 grows to three days at Scarborough Spa. Read more! Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/review-theosophy-line-before-the-event-horizon-2026/ https://blackmetalzine.com/review-theosophy-line-before-the-event-horizon-2026/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200 Theosophy - Line Before the Event Horizon (9/10). Black Metal from Russia. Philosophical lyrics over thick, rough black metal. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/interview-mara-2026/ https://blackmetalzine.com/interview-mara-2026/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200 Interview with Mara on the goddess of nightmares, pagan darkness and the making of Sword of Vengeance. Read more! Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/the-infernal-records-week-42/ https://blackmetalzine.com/the-infernal-records-week-42/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:18:04 +0200 The Infernal Records: Week 42 is out! Have a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list! Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/review-thede-whet-the-keen-axes-2026/ https://blackmetalzine.com/review-thede-whet-the-keen-axes-2026/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200 Thede - Whet the Keen Axes (7.5/10). Black Metal from the UK. A one-off project with no vocals, industrial edges and a Matrix-scene closer. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/mapping-the-first-wave-north-american-brutes/ https://blackmetalzine.com/mapping-the-first-wave-north-american-brutes/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200 North America's 80s scene is buried in demos. From NME and Satan's Host to Von and Blasphemy, the brutes of the first wave. Read more! Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/review-ethyl-deuil-vert-2026/ https://blackmetalzine.com/review-ethyl-deuil-vert-2026/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:00:46 +0200 Ethyl - Deuil Vert (8.5/10). Black Metal from Canada. The Quebec one-man project's third album is a deep dive into a troubled mind. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/the-infernal-records-week-41/ https://blackmetalzine.com/the-infernal-records-week-41/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:51:22 +0200 The Infernal Records: Week 41 is out! Have a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list! Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/review-vredensdal-mystery-power-2026/ https://blackmetalzine.com/review-vredensdal-mystery-power-2026/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:00:09 +0200 Vredensdal - Mystery & Power (9/10). Blackened Metal from the USA. Riffing away like no one's business: this album is a sonic reset. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/review-srpnts-second-skin-2026/ https://blackmetalzine.com/review-srpnts-second-skin-2026/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:00:50 +0200 SRPNTS - Second Skin (8/10). Occult Black Metal from Germany. Solve et coagula: destroy the old form. Catchy riffs, suffocating atmosphere. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/review-autumn-strife-romance-2026/ https://blackmetalzine.com/review-autumn-strife-romance-2026/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:00:30 +0200 Autumn Strife - Romance (9/10). Black Metal from the US. Ragtime-era Midwestern black metal you can waltz to. Evil Midwestern glory. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/review-garota-straceni-w-ciemnosc-2026/ https://blackmetalzine.com/review-garota-straceni-w-ciemnosc-2026/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:00:37 +0200 GAROTA - Strąceni w ciemność (7.5/10). Atmospheric Black Metal from Poland. Brutal f*ck-you black metal straight to the jugular. Don't snooze. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/the-infernal-records-week-40/ https://blackmetalzine.com/the-infernal-records-week-40/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:09:20 +0200 The Infernal Records: Week 40 is out! Have a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list! Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/review-imlad-morgul-star-of-glamdring-2026/ https://blackmetalzine.com/review-imlad-morgul-star-of-glamdring-2026/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:00:43 +0200 Imlad Morgul - Star of Glamdring (7.5/10) Tolkienian black metal from the United States. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/tolkien-and-blackmetal-part-7/ https://blackmetalzine.com/tolkien-and-blackmetal-part-7/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:00:39 +0200 Tolkien and Black Metal, Part 7: No band ever reached for the Shire — until dungeon synth did. From Mortiis his trolls to Hole Dweller's hobbit. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/review-bootes-void-panta-rhei-2026/ https://blackmetalzine.com/review-bootes-void-panta-rhei-2026/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:00:46 +0200 Boötes Void - Panta Rhei (7.5/10) Black metal from Germany. Back with their third full-length album, Boötes Void breaks their silence after three years of no releases, with melodies, ambiences, aggression, and a far more refined sound. Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/tolkien-and-black-metal-part-6/ https://blackmetalzine.com/tolkien-and-black-metal-part-6/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:00:30 +0200 Tolkien and Black Metal, Part 6: Black metal wanted Sauron's vocabulary, not Bilbo's. On irony, Satanism and corruption. Read more in Part 7 Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

]]> https://blackmetalzine.com/the-infernal-records-week-39/ https://blackmetalzine.com/the-infernal-records-week-39/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:41 +0200 The Infernal Records: Week 39 is out! Have a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list! Read the full review at Black Metal Zine - Album Reviews, Interviews & Live Reports

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