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Omniabsence Filled by His Greatness by Inferno Introduction to PBM As a longtime fan of extreme metal and underground music, I was blown away to realize I’d missed out some
Continue readingSpecial Feature: The Metal Gods Of Psychedelic Black Metal (PBM)
A new standard for (evil) black metal. Liber Lvcifer I: Khem Sedjet by Thy Darkened Shade Thy Darkened Shade may only have two albums and a couple of compilation tracks
After determining Norway’s Issolei was my favorite discovery of 2021, I realized I should have called it a tie with Cosmic Putrefaction. The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers by COSMIC
Continue readingCosmic Putrefaction [Sci-Fi Blackened Death Metal] [Italy]
Issolei is an experimental, blasting, acrobatic-riffing, melodic-and-dissonant black metal band from Norway. I see people comparing them to Deathspell Omega, but I hear more of an original blend of various
…Head-banging anthems that will live on for generations. Now in very-late 2021, Phrenelith has offered a top contender for Best Death Metal Album of the Year. … Continue reading“Chimera” by Phrenelith — Death Metal Album Of The Year?
The End by Manetheren Bandcamp Manetheren is a two man band from Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States of America. Formed in the year 2003. They have 3 albums, The
Continue readingManetheren “The Sun That Bled” (American Black Metal)
It’s fall time, it’s the weekend, and it’s time to listen to the darkest black metal music this side of Iceland.
Batushka, Immortal, Vinterland, Palus Somni… … Continue readingIt’s Black Metal Saturday
…and Oceans has an interesting history. I remember it vividly, from younger days, growing up on old Metallica tapes and KROC broadcasting out of Reno, Nevada. The first A.O. album
Continue reading…and Oceans – “Five of Swords” from Cosmic World Mother [Symphonic Black Metal]
is an American experimental metal band formed in 2005 in New York City. … Continue readingImperial Triumphant [Blackened Death-Jazz]
