Release Day Roundup – 12/4/20
Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...
Kvlt Kolvmn // October 2020
Greetings, frost-bitten hoard! Welcome to another edition of Kvlt Kolvmn. The weather is beginning to turn, leaves are falling in droves and the first pricks of cold are seeping into the air. It’s finally here... Read More...
Resin Tomb – Resin Tomb
Australia is absolutely killing it right now. The past few years, I have lost count of how many times I've asked myself, “Huh, I wonder where they're from?” about an amazing new band I've discovered just to se... Read More...
An Autumn For Crippled Children – All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet
Enigmatic Dutch post-black metal band An Autumn For Crippled Children have been pushing black metal's long-standing flirtation with new wave, shoe gaze, and dreampop to its logical conclusions for over a decade now, garnering a dedicated underground following in niche circles. I've advocated on behalf of the band for their piece of the pie in their recognition as forebears to the genre's exploration of these blurring genre margins, taking things further and getting there faster than the more household names like Deafheaven and Alcest. Broader audiences simply haven't taken notice, likely due to the fact that the band is anonymous and has never intended on playing live, making them a hard sell to would-be labels seeking to advertise and move units.
Fliege – The Invisible Seam
Every year, I grow more impressed by the breadth of new ideas introduced into the world of black metal. I've long held the belief that the "blackened" prefix manifests in more unique ways than any other metal ... Read More...
Unreqvited – Mosaic II: la déteste et la détresse
Hailing from the perpetually sunny, oftentimes snowy state of Colorado comes with its fair share of outdoor rituals. One of these, found deep in the throes of deepest winter, manifests itself as shoveling stup... Read More...
Heavy Blog Guest List – Hath
I said in my write-up for Of Rot and Ruin for our April Editors' Picks post that it was going to take "something pretty special" to beat it out as my album of the year. Here we are eight month's later and, whil... Read More...
Kvlt Kolvmn // 2019 in Review
Welcome, friends, to the final installment of Kvlt Kolvmn in the year of our infernal overlords 2019. What a year it’s been. From releases by foolproof genre legends like Mayhem, Blut Aus Nord, and Abbath to s... Read More...
Kvlt Kolvmn // November 2019
The holidays are in full swing. Here I sit, engorged with fowl meat and more than slightly drowsy due to my more-than-slight overindulgence in wine. Last week’s festivities have yet to wear themselves off, and... Read More...
Hey! Listen to God Alone!
Irish quintet God Alone may be young enough to have no functional memories of the nineties, but they are already up to their third release - a self-titled EP that you can find linked at the bottom of this arti... Read More...