Well, it seems that there is an 80s metal revival party going on right now so I may as well jump on and enjoy the ride.
Author: Tim Harbour
Album Review | Witches Hammer | Damnation Is My Salvation
A thoroughly fresh and original thrash band and should be listened to on merit alone and not on any musicological or nostalgic whims.
Album Review | Oranssi Pazuzu | Mestarin kynsi
An open, relaxed, space-y, sound; very seventies, combined with deity-crushing, maddened, black metal. There is no band out there that sounds like Oranssi Pazuzu.
Album Review | FLUISTERAARS | Bloem
Join me as we take a walk through haunted woods in album form.
EP/Split Review | Mourning Beloveth & The Ruins of Beverast | Don’t Walk On The Mass Graves
Pure bliss and despondency.
Album Review | Cattle Decapitation | Death Atlas
“Bring back the plague.”
Album Review | Asgrauw | IJsval
The embodiment of a bitter winter. Although it might be my open window, I feel a slight wind coming from the speakers.
Album Review | Mulla | مَوْلَى
Viscerally raw yet dripping with mood, this new album from the Iraqi band Mulla hits hard and fast with all the glory of classic second wave black metal, but with something unique added to the mix.
Album Review | Obsequiae | The Palms Of Sorrowed Kings
An austere and majestic journey through the world of folk-inspired black metal.
Four-way Split Review | Serpents Athirst, Genocide Shrines, Trepanation, Heresiarch | Scorn Coalescence
Bearing down upon your being like some looming catastrophe that lingers in the back of your brain, this split takes the shape of an oppressive, recurring nightmare that subconsciously gnaws through your sanity without you even realising.
Album Review | Alcest | Spiritual Instinct
Although I have always been a fan of ‘shoe-gaze’ and ‘post’ styles of black metal, Alcest’s recent release leaves me thoroughly wanting.
Album Review | eumourner | TRAKL TRAUMA TRACKS
A cold yet bewitching adventure. Do not expect to come out of it unscathed.