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Finland \ old school black metal \ raw black metal \ Signal Rex \ true black metal \ Vhan Artworks
Riena – Miekka ja Varjo (Truly Raw Black Metal)
It’s been a long time since I reviewed black metal of this type and I’m sticking with what I said about it before. When musicians pray to the gods of “raw” they typically belabor the point. It’s not about the raw, it’s how you use it (sex reference). Lo-fi is not the answer, for […]
Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings \ black metal witchcraft \ female-fronted \ occult black metal \ raw black metal \ Turkey
Ash Magick – Rituals of Anathematic East (Real Black Metal Witchcraft)
I feel like only close friends with a similar, nihilistic mindset, could craft something of this nature. Lo and behold, the two soulless husks who made this appear to be such a case. Suffice to say the two women behind Ash Magick, and their latest offering of ritualistic, black metal witchcraft, Rituals of Anathematic […]
demo \ grisly black metal \ Japan \ raw black metal \ Werewolf Records
Immortal Death – Demo (Grisly Black Metal)
Leave it to the Japanese, yet again, to truly terrify. How are they so damn good at mixing it up? I just don’t get it. Is it something culturally imbedded over there? Well, regardless, we have another example here of taking a tired old style and turning it into something so horrifying even the […]
raw black metal \ raw blackened punk \ Sentient Ruin Laboratories \ Spain \ Stefano Della Bella
Hässlig – Apex Predator (Raw Blackened Punk)
Oh man, oh boy, oh Jesus. See that album title? Apex Predator. Are you feeling a little base? A little beta? Are you a little weakling in spirit? Are you psychologically impotent and in need of an unmedical boost? Well, listen here, Spain’s Hässlig will put bubbles in the blood, get your mouth frothing […]
Ainul Iblis \ Austria \ Estonia \ raw black metal \ Signal Rex \ Switzerland
Burial Moon – S/T (Mystical Darkness Raw Black Metal)
This one surprised me for reasons that might escape the usual listener. I was told once I review too much black metal, but that happened to be a coincidence for the time and now that winter draws closer I have an excuse if I wanna engage. At any rate, I know the tropes, you […]
blackened noise metal \ Greallach \ Norway \ Oslo \ Purity Through Fire \ raw black metal
Kvad – So Old (Raw Blackened Noise Metal)
Uh oh a black metal band from Norway? Will this be, perhaps, trite? If you see it on this site you know that’s never the case anymore! We don’t bother with negative reviews because if it’s not the best then screw it. We curate, we barely elaborate, that’s the standard. Kvad is much different […]
Belarus \ Grodno \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ nihilistic black metal \ raw black metal
Pa Vesh En – Martyrs (Nihilistic Raw Black Metal)
When just the cover of an album makes you think of self-harm, you know it’s going to be absolutely devastating. To the heart, to the soul, to your mind, to everything and everyone you know and love. Never have I felt as much self-loathing as I did listening to Martyrs. I wanted to lay […]
Artoffact Records \ death industrial \ drone \ Italy \ raw black metal \ Ruco \ sludge metal
OvO – Ignoto (Antideluvian Industrial Black Metal Sludge Drone HS)
Holy shit. Sometimes I wonder why I continue to curate promos, but I must remind myself it’s simple. One, not enough time to do everything, and two, most of what I receive is B average at best. Why bother? But, now and then I get something like OvO here and just have to say […]
Canada \ dungeon black metal \ Inferna Profundus Records \ raw black metal
Trembling Void – Demo I (Hodge Podge Raw Black Metal)
Dang can’t remember the last time I reviewed a demo but here we go fools. Usually I avoid them because they’re too raw, not in the aesthetic sense, but the just trash sense. That and they’re often not given a release beyond a homemade cassette drop, unless they have something to prove, or a […]
Germany \ raw black metal \ The Sinister Flame
Baxaxaxa – Catacomb Cult (Hard to Spell German Black Metal)
Goddamnit these guys have probably the worst name to spell. I mean, I dig it, but Christ I can’t spell it. I screwed it up every freaking time and had to rely on cut-and-paste to get anywhere. Thanks guys… It doesn’t matter anyway, because Baxaxaldkjalskdjfawlkef are absolute murder. Originally crushing the German scene in […]
