
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 | Sightless Pit | Grave of a Dog
Members of The Body, Full of Hell, and Lingua Ignota combine to give us a lesson in restraint and trust on their debut LP.


Album Review | Obsequiae | The Palms Of Sorrowed Kings
An austere and majestic journey through the world of folk-inspired black metal.

Album Review | snag | s/t LP
Midwest screamo outfit Snag shine a harsh but passionate light on climate change with their latest release.

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.

Album Review | Have A Nice Life | Sea of Worry
Have A Nice Life drag us down through murky and metaphysical depths on their latest LP.

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 | To Be Gentle | L’autre Côté de la Peur
To Be Gentle shine a bright beacon of light in the face of a dark year with their latest EP.

Album Review | No One Knows What the Dead Think | S/T
But we can definitively say what the dead listen to—freight train blastbeats, distorted guitar melodies, and vicious vocals.

Album Review | Cloud Rat | Pollinator
Cloud Rat yank out the guts of grind to build a golem of new sound on their latest album.

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.
