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.
Author: Tim Harbour
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.
EP Review | Evening Machine | S/T
The layerings of melodic delays, reverbs, and filters blend together into a musical cocktail that is undeniably beautiful and lulls the listener into a dream-like state.
Album Review | Teitanblood | The Baneful Choir
Frenetically visceral, unrelenting, and full of atmosphere.
Album Review | Crypt Sermon | The Ruins of Fading Light
Following in the footsteps of giants.
Album Review | Tool | Fear Inoculum
Tool seems less interested in “pushing the envelope” and more concerned with creating a musical journey.
Album Review | Dö | Astral Death Cult
Welcome to dying.
Album Review | Falls of Rauros | Patterns in Mythology
Patterns in Mythology outlines grand dips and swells, the balance always shifting between light and dark; a maelstrom of dissonance and harmony.
Album Review | Fleshgod Apocalypse | Veleno
What starts off sounding unique ends up melding into a memory of every melodic death metal album I’ve ever heard.