Black metal, love it or hate it, is nearly unassailable as a primordial and evolutionary force in the metal world. From its bleak conception and incendiary public introduction/popularization to its evolution as a standard bearer in the genre’s long-gestating march toward more experimental manifestations of its established sounds, black metal…
Honestly, we’re not really all that delinquent in our coverage of Come and See, considering it only came out in late March. But we’re long overdue to talk about it considering how much we raved about Mamaleek’s last album, Out of Time (2018). The band’s eclectic, “barely blackened” style of…
Up to this point, Jute Gyte has made an almost annual tradition of releasing the boldest black metal album of the year. With this project, multi-instrumentalist Adam Kalmbach has channeled the black metal blueprint through classical composition techniques—microtonality and serialism, primarily—and paired the results with elements of dark ambient, industrial,…
In speaking with three members of Montréal-based black metal group Entheos, I was treated to a lively, dynamic discussion that veered into philosophical, esoteric realms: the aesthetics of self-promotion, the fragility of concepts. If there’s one thing to take away, it’s that they’re hyper-aware of the framework they work within;…
September was a damn good month for all things frostbitten and evil. Showcasing the genre’s insane breadth of style and influence more than in any month in recent memory, black metal showed up in a big way as the multi-faceted beast we’ve always known it was. The releases featured here are in majority some of our favorite of the year, and we hope you will share that sentiment. So feast your eyes and ears on the ridiculous bounty that was the month in black metal.
Hello, friends. Welcome once more to Kvlt Kolvmn. Another month, another helping of fantastic black metal. May was a veritable smorgasbord of the good stuff, but also deftly displayed the variety in theme, style, and execution that makes black metal just the very best. A quick peek below at this…
