Music Podcast and Webzine | Metal, Noise, Dark Ambient
“Oh, come with old Khayyám, and leave the Wise
To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies;
One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies;
The Flower that once has blown for ever dies.”
The embodiment of a bitter winter. Although it might be my open window, I feel a slight wind coming from the speakers.
Ensnared in a crystalline azure.
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.
A metal record has never made me cry. Until Atna.
An austere and majestic journey through the world of folk-inspired black metal.
Regress to a polyp.
Revelatory ecstasy.
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.
Amethyst-hued psychedelia.
Although I have always been a fan of ‘shoe-gaze’ and ‘post’ styles of black metal, Alcest’s recent release leaves me thoroughly wanting.
A pestilent brute of aural decimation.