Release Day Roundup – 6/4/21
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 – May 2020
Welcome to a particularly enraged edition of Kvlt Kolvmn.
We write a lot about combatting repulsive views on race in particular in black metal in this column, and once again we’re confronted with the ... Read More...
Release Day Roundup – 5/8/20
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...
The Anatomy Of – Sojourner
Atmospheric black metal has been doing a lot of things in the last five years or so. Beyond "just" an explosion in release numbers, atmospheric black metal also seems to be undergoing another (re)negotiation o... Read More...
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Gaze Upon “Sorrow’s Eclipse” With Dawn Of Ouroboros
I'm always on the hunt for more interesting atmospheric black metal. It's a genre I can't seem to get quiet enough of. Luckily for me, it seems the genre is on the ascent in previous years and there's no short... Read More...
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Enter Paradise With Morrow’s “Elysium I”
The inbox provideth. Trust in the inbox and it shall show you the way. These are words I whisper to myself when listening to the 50th terrible promo of the day from the blog's email. I do it because, once in a while, it brings me something excellent. That's really my main path to small, unsigned bands who are doing interesting things in the spaces of metal and beyond. Take Morrow for example. This unknown band from Seattle wowed me with their take on post-rock, atmospheric black metal and progressive metal with their The Weight of These Feathers. It's an expansive and ambitious release, blending strings, furious guitars, impressive drumming, varied vocals from two vocalists and amazing, amazing (seriously it's fucking amazing) bass work. I'm absolutely ecstatic to premiere one of the best tracks from the album today, "Elysium I". Head on over below to get a taste for yourselves!
Kvlt Kolvmn // March 2018
Black metal has a history of problematic behavior. From the onset of the Second Wave, the subgenre has come under attack for its outward manifestations of physical violence, arson, and abject anti-normative beh... Read More...