Black Metal
Reviews of black metal releases.
Review: HÄXÄR - Teufelskvlt
HÄXÄR’s Teufelskvlt (7.5/10). Swiss Black Metal delivers a consistent, raw assault with hateful vocals and blasting drums. Read the full review!
Review: Afsky - Fællesskab
Afsky's Fællesskab (8/10) is deeply melancholic Danish Atmospheric Black Metal, conveying powerful emotions and majesty. Read the full review!
Review: Flaming Ouroboros - The Tear
Flaming Ouroboros' The Tear (7.5/10) is a pitch black, unfiltered Black Metal demo with a bitter aftertaste of medieval influences. Read the full review!
Review: Demon Sluice - Dancers Beneath Shores of Fire
Demon Sluice's Dancers Beneath Shores of Fire (8/10) blends crushing Death Metal grit with black metal ferocity. Read the full review!
From the Vault: Isengard - Høstmørke
Isengard's Høstmørke. Fenriz’s solo project is a unique, atmospheric blend of Folk and Black Metal. Read the full review!
Review: Asgrauw — Oorsprong
Asgrauw takes Kili on a dark and mysterious journey. Read his thoughts on their latest album here.
Review: Deus Mortem — Thanatos
Polish black metal band Dues Mortem is back with their third album, Thanatos. We are back from his domain and are ready to share our thoughts.
Review: Kreyl — Obscure Rise of Ancient Eulogy
Kreyl, a new black metal band from Spain, released Obscure Rise of Ancient Eulogy onto the world. We reviewed it and here are our thoughts.
Review: Gravenoire — Devant la Porte des Étoiles
The French black metal scene spawned a new band into existence. It bares the name Gravenoire, and just released a debut EP titled Devant la porte des étoiles.
Review: Ars Veneficium — The Lurking Shadows of Death
The Belgian black metal scene, delivers once again. This time it's the new album The Lurking Shadows of Death by Ars Veneficium. We reviewed it and here are our thoughts on it.
Review: Fiende - Snart er Alt Glemt
Watch out! Fiende is here and they are coming for us all! Hide behind the couch with Boenna as we try to survive their first assault.
Review: Gallóglaigh - Fall of Eternity's Throne
Killian is impressed by this output from the US one man project Gallóglaigh. Read his thorough thoughts about the album here.
Review: Mordran — One-and-Ninety Years of Darkness
Mordran released a new EP with the name One-and-Ninety Years of Darkness. We dove into the abyss and are ready to share our thoughts.
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!
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!
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.