Wolves in the Throne Room – Heavy Blog Is Heavy

Kvlt Kolvmn // September 2020

September 2, 2020

Greetings, fellow pagans! Ave Satanas, and all that jazz. Fall is creeping its way onto the scene in my neck of the woods, which provides the perfect backdrop for fantastic black metal and the awesome changes ... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn – June 2020

Jonathan Adams

July 1, 2020

Kvlt Kolvmn

Welcome to Kvlt Kolvmn. Another month of hell, another month of premium black metal. Our favorite places may be unsafe to visit, but icy soundscapes of death and evil are always a healthy substitute. Hope your... Read More...

Xazraug – Unsympathetic Empyrean

Jonathan Adams

June 10, 2020

Reviews

Metal has a penchant for the transcendent. As an avid music consumer, it’s a rare occurrence for a record to stop me dead in my tracks and demand my complete, undivided attention. No working. No multitasking. ... Read More...

Bolt Gun – Begotten

Scott Murphy

April 15, 2020

Reviews

As we deepen our exploration of different genres, expectations form alongside our opinions. This allows us to better curate and analyze music within a constant, torrential downpour of new releases. With bands ... Read More...

The Anatomy Of – Sojourner

Eden Kupermintz

April 7, 2020

Features, The Anatomy Of

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...

Spectral Lore & Mare Cognitum – Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine

Simon Handmaker

March 20, 2020

Reviews

When I was in my senior year of high school, I was really Going Through It. Due to a combination of factors - a couple years' worth of personal events with peers that I still don't really talk about much, seei... Read More...

Fen – The Dead Light

Jonathan Adams

December 10, 2019

Reviews

I don’t think there’s music more suited for the winter months than atmospheric black metal. Each year, as the weather gets colder and the snow builds to less-than-comfortable levels, a nice spin through an Alc... Read More...

Best of 2009

Eden Kupermintz

November 29, 2019

Best Of, Lists!

Well folks, it's that time once again: Album of the Year content is just ahead of us and the list-making engines have already been watered with the blood of magazines and blogs who think the year ends in Novem... Read More...

Abigail Williams – Walk Beyond the Dark

Jonathan Adams

November 26, 2019

Reviews

Sometimes, as a lover and critic of music, one has to admit that they’re wrong. Egregiously so, even. Thus is the case with my relationship with, and belief in, the music of Ken Sorceron’s Abigail Williams. I ... Read More...

Exulansis – Sequestered Sympathy

Eden Kupermintz

November 25, 2019

Reviews

"Arresting" is a word which should be used for music more often. That is just a convoluted way of saying that I wish more music was arresting. Since music accompanies me pretty much during everything I do, the... Read More...

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