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Amor Fati Productions \ atmospheric black metal \ atmospheric death metal \ Beyond Art \ blackened death metal \ Brian Nguyen \ heterodoxical black metal \ Sweden
Mylingar – Út (Hetorodoxical Blackened Death Metal)
A band named after the ghost of an unbaptized child? You can’t expect anything less than what you get with the latest full-length from Sweden’s Mylingar. I’d use the word “atmospheric” here, but this is less order, more lawlessness than I feel that term conveys. In spite of that, and before you choke on […]
Amor Fati Productions \ atmospheric black metal \ Belgium \ Germany \ ritualistic black metal \ Sophia Melissa \ Switzerland
Illusive Key – Consume Us (Atmospheric Ritualistic Black Metal)
Illusive Key, a German-Belgian coven who’ve just recently allowed their eyes to glow from far back in the darkness, are the type of band that prefers a bit of mystery. It’s clear, having listened to this thoroughly, that there’s skill to be found here, meaning they likely have experience outside of this project. And […]
Adam Burke \ Amor Fati Productions \ Belgium \ esoteric black metal \ mysterious black metal \ Nightjar Illustration \ occult black metal
Lvthn – The Devil’s Bridge (Smarty Pants Occult Black Metal)
Ah, the serene cover art you see above so accurately captures the experience of listening to The Devil’s Bridge. I don’t believe I’ve heard of Belgium’s Lvthn until this moment, and though they’ve been around for over a decade, their offerings have been sparse as they maintain an aloof existence in the community. But […]
Amor Fati Productions \ arcane black metal \ arcane blackened death metal \ arcane death metal
Osgraef – Reveries of the Arcane Eye (Arcane Death Metal of the Void)
A band so obscure it’s not even on Encylopaedia Metallum yet? Then you know it’s elite. Another hint of greatness here is I can’t find a lick of fucking information about these guys. Are they guys? Are they human? Probably no to the second question. They’re probably not even physical beings. Black metal or […]
Amor Fati Productions \ atmospheric black metal \ dungeon black metal \ dungeon synth \ experimental black metal \ Germany \ Karmazid \ Patrick Zöller
Häxenzijrkell – Portal (Atmospheric Dungeon Metal)
It’s been four years since me and my good friends (in spirit) in Häxenzijrkell traded words. Last time around I tossed out a pleasant 4.5/5 for Die Nachseite, referring to it as “Halloween black metal.” This does not apply this time around and I need to be more serious. Showing a surprising ability to […]
Amor Fati Productions \ blackened death metal \ blackened folk \ blackened folk metal \ Carl Olof Petersen \ Dublin \ Ireland
Verminous Serpent – The Malign Covenant (Blackened Death Folk)
Uh oh, tis a collab folks. Well this review started out bad, but this particular collab starts, and also ends, well. Consisting of various members of the Irish koovault wvndergrovnd, Verminous Serpent is new to death metal theatre with this first full-length. Whether or not it continues beyond The Malign Convenant is not a […]
Amor Fati Productions \ Germany \ Helhallen \ mining black metal \ North Rhine-Westphalia \ Thuringia
Dauþuz – Vom schwarzen Schmied – Bergkgesænge (Mining Black Metal Works Wow)
Spectacular. Not only do we have here a band reinvestigating itself after only a few months, let alone at all, but we have a true achievement in the “niche effect,” which will hereby refer to any bands attempting to work bizarre themes into their sound. Usually tragic, here it’s epic. When so much has […]
Amor Fati Productions \ fiery black metal \ France
Sainte Marie des Loups – Funérailles de feu (Italics for Emphasis French Black Metal)
Everything about this screamed commit thyself to the flames from the second I looked at it. Bleeding eye femme with a sword? A band name that references wolves? An album about funerals in fire? A sold out (damn it) vinyl release in red/black marble with a black and white cover? I mean everything about […]
Amor Fati Productions \ Germany \ Karmazid \ occult black metal
Häxenzijrkell – Die Nachtseite (Halloween Black Metal is Good)
Can this occult aesthetic hold out forever? It does for Halloween, at least, so why not black metal? And hey, we even have an orange and black theme for this one so quite fitting as we move into October. Witch, goat, cauldron, alchemical symbol for lead, skull, and some sword shit also. Yep, 20% […]
Amor Fati Productions \ Berlin \ doom metal \ Essenz
Essenz – Manes Impetus (Pandering Black Metal)
Manes Impetus, the latest from Berlin, Germany’s Essenz, is nearly an hour long which is fine if the goal is to produce a musical journey encapsulating the musical anguish of the forebears, artistic sadism, and creative passions. Aesthetic value 10/10, but we don’t score like that here whoops. This one progresses through some fairly […]
