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atmospheric black metal \ Hammerheart Records \ Italy \ Marche \ Marchigian black metal \ medieval black metal \ occult black metal \ renaissance black metal
Hesperia – Picenum ~ True Marchigian Black Metal Renaissance ~ (Cantasoria Supreme)
The legendary fabulist of old has returned! I first heard word of Picenum ~ True Marchigian Black Metal Renaissance ~ (Christ) some months ago, having become a minor acquaintance of the man behind Italy’s Hesperia. I heaped praises on him before for his grandiose manner of storytelling through sound, but though I considered […]
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 […]
atmospheric black metal \ blackened death metal \ esoteric black metal \ experimental black metal \ Finland \ Igor Datkiewicz \ occult black metal \ Poland \ Primitive Reaction
Throat – Beyond the Devil’s Shroud (Possessed Occult Blackened Death Metal)
Yay, I remember these guys! And apparently part of the band is in Finland now or something, but who cares? If you’re into nihilistic, occult soul sacrifice, that’s the only thing that really matters. Last time I encountered Throat was over two years ago, and it’s great to see that they’re still depraved as […]
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 […]
atmospheric black metal \ atmospheric pagan black metal \ black metal \ dungeon black metal \ dungeon synth \ dungeon synth black metal \ Hammerheart Records \ Italy \ pagan black metal
Hesperia – Fra li Monti Sibillini: Black Medieval Winter over the Sibylline Mounts
I always try to give something a chance even if I think it will kill me. Italy’s Hesperia is an example of this. All the black metal trappings on the damn cover that usually lead to total shitpuke. I’ve seen it too many times. And that’s just the thing. We’ve got boots in snow. […]
atmospheric black metal \ Bharata Danu \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ supernatural black metal \ United States \ USBM
Luring – Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy (Shapeshifting Black Metal)
I don’t think I’ve been this proud of American black metal since, well, now I guess. Listen, though he had a few good tracks, I only owned a Leviathan shirt because the logo’s cool. We have cool logo here with Pennsylvania’s Luring, as well, but musically something much different. Something more profound, something more […]
Antiq Records \ atmospheric black metal \ France \ Lilas Dupont \ Ondine
Silhouette – Les Dires de l’Âme (Ghostly Black Metal)
Sometimes I lean towards bands too easily, perhaps, but in the case of France’s Silhouette I couldn’t help but with their mostly ghostly style. I reviewed their EP Les Retranchements when it dropped about two years ago, and it hit right in the emotional core more than most bands attempting the atmospheric route, but […]
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 […]
Anaïs Chareyre-Méjan \ atmospheric black metal \ Belfast \ blackened shoegaze \ blackgaze \ Ireland \ Northern Ireland \ post-blackgaze \ post-shoegaze \ These Hands Melt \ United Kingdom
Domhain – Nimue (Blackgaze Dirges for the Sullen)
This is a debut? Amazing. It almost seems not in the realm of possibilities. I’ve heard many attempts at this kind of thing, and I hate genre-tagging criticism, but man there’s a lot of stuff in here. Shoegaze, blackgaze, blackmetal, atmospheric metal, post-metal, doom metal, folk metal, dark folk, post-shoegaze, damn it almost sounds […]
atmospheric black metal \ Bharata Danu \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Pennsylvania \ phantasmal black metal \ United States
Luring – Triumphant Fall of the Malignant Christ (Phantasmal Atmospheric Black Metal)
Ahhhh breathe in that atmosphere. I’ve honed my tastes over the past few years and this is proof. Actually, make that a decade or longer. Fact is I receive so much stuff I’ve heard practically everything imaginable. And I’ve said it a number of times, black metal can rarely wake me up, let alone […]
