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Antiq Label \ Antiq Records \ Canada \ France \ melodic black metal \ poetic black metal \ Veneden Art
Morte France – Hesperia (Historical Poetical Melodic Black Metal)
Tis the season for black metal of all forms (it’s cold out there and always in our hearts), but only a few can make it to the Deaf Sparrow ranks of “reviewed.” Remember, I don’t bother unless I’d give it at least a 4/5, plus the art has to catch the attention. So obviously […]
giallo \ giallo metal \ gore metal \ Italian gore metal \ Italy \ Julian F. Mora \ Julián Felipe Mora Ibáñez \ Lucio Fulci \ Mario Bava \ Time to Kill Records
Tenebro – Una Lama D’Argento (Giallo Metal)
This one came in the promos late, but boy am I happy it did. I was familiar with the work of Italy’s Tenebro and their characteristic approach to gore metal through the lens of Italian horror, but even that understanding of their work couldn’t prepare me for the crowning achievement that is Una Lama […]
bestial black metal \ bestial death metal \ bestial metal \ bestial war metal \ blackened death metal \ Godz Ov War Productions \ Mar.A Artworks \ Mara Artworks \ Poland \ war metal
Upon the Altar – Profanation’s Vapor (Battalious Blackened Death Metal)
I usually think I’m prepared to withstand any battering after all these years listening to stuff like this, but Poland’s Upon the Altar had other plans for my mind this week (and my body). In spite of a fairly short career, not including other projects they’ve all been involved in, this trio have been […]
Edinburgh \ graybeard \ Kris Glennon \ mathcore \ post-hardcore \ post-mathcore \ Ripcord Records \ United Kingdom
Kakihara – Love Songs Part 2 (Graybeard Post-Mathcore)
I haven’t had something like this in awhile, at least that I enjoyed, to be specific. But it’s a hard market to really catch attention in the post-hardcore, post-mathcore, post-whatevercore swamp. I guess that’s the case with any genre, but metalheads seem more willing to permit experimentation and at least try to accept it, […]
death metal \ Romantic death metal \ Romanticism \ Spain \ Spanish death metal
Sepulchral – Beneath the Shroud (Romantic Spanish Death Metal)
Man, that Spanish metal has got me loving. Just search for “Spain” in the box on the right there and you’ll find some of the juiciest releases in any metal from the past few years that I covered. I have no idea what’s happening over there but the amount of creativity, with what feels […]
adventurous black metal \ Antiq Records \ dungeon black metal \ dungeon synth \ dungeon synth black metal \ fantasy black metal \ Flamberge Illustrations \ France \ RPG black metal
Hyver – Shaâtaunoâr: An Album in Which You Are the Hero (Choose Your Own Dungeon Black Metal)
I forget when I first heard Hyver, but I can tell you from experience this type of sound only seems to be properly done in the hands of the French. No one else has the poetic nature in their soul to pull off dungeon synth black metal of the fantasy role-play variety. But this […]
Croatia \ death doom \ funeral death doom \ funeral doom \ Ivan Eror \ Me Saco un Ojo Records
Decrepit Altar – Egregious Defilement (Suffocating Mausoleum Doom)
Promos were pretty thin this week, but don’t think I’m settling. Decrepit Altar had my attention regardless of what else was in the queue. This Croatian quartet came out of nowhere with this debut EP, though it should be noted they have experience in several bands you’ve likely never heard of. Regardless, I can […]
Evil Nöise Records \ heavy speed metal \ Jawbreaker Records \ Julian Mortuus \ Mexico
StarForce – Beyond the Eternal Night (Cosmically Inclined Heavy Speed Metal)
I was all over the Eurotrash art style for the cover of this. What is this shit, some Soviet-era sci-fi poster flair? Just beautiful. It’s a wonderfully chaotic scene. Are the ships supposed to be flying towards her? The perspective makes that impossible, so who knows and goddamn it, I love it. We’ve got […]
esoteric black metal \ experimental black metal \ gnostic black metal \ Luciana Nedelea \ Luciana Nedelea Artworks \ Pennsylvania \ Transcending Obscurity \ United States
Veilburner – Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy (Gnostic Nihilistic Experimental Black Metal)
You think that everything’s been done until you come across an act like Pennsylvania’s Veilburner and realize the space left to create new forms in any genre is actually infinite. People forget, though set patterns exist and keep us safe at night so we can latch on to our dwindling mortality, we need variation […]
dusktone \ symphonic black metal \ The Netherlands \ verbose black metal
The Gloomy Radiance of the Moon – As the Stars Shatter in Agony (Verbose Symphonic Black Metal)
Is verbosity the new aesthetic for black metal? Well, for the symphonic type at least, and in this case I feel it’s a requirement because that subgenre, in particular, brings with it grandiosity that demands an audience in a bedecked theater. I seem to recall hearing delicate whispers in the digital winds about The […]
