Sargeist return with an EP that promises more of the same but with an even more digital production style and less original content than a tribute band.
4 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death veneration, sargeist
Pagan Megalith – Viharjárás
Pagan Megalith are a Hunagarian Black metal who like their name suggests are heavily inspired by Gorgoroth’s Pentagram but also take from the other big names in the Norwegian scene in this well thought attempt at creating Black metal that seeks nothingness as its creed.
No CommentsTags: Black Metal, pagan megalith, Viharjárás
Funereal Presence – Achatius
Following the tale of one of the fourteen holy helpers Achatius, more commonly known under the name of Saint Agathius, the patron saint against headaches and more importantly a central figure in the various wars against the Ottomans. His story is that of a soldier who was tortured and decapitated for not relinquishing his faith and therefore becoming a martyr. Funeral Presence expand on this brief tale by playing a form of Black metal that exists within the confines of the first wave yet but with subtle influences in overall scope and direction from the second wave.
17 CommentsTags: 2019, achatius, Black Metal, funereal presence
An attempt To Trace The Evolution of Underground Extreme Metal
Join guest writer Fangorn as he attempts to trace the main progression of extreme metal and the controversial conclusions he reaches.
Foreword: Personally, I think music reviews are a form of marketing, except for the serious(musical notation) music field. Marketing(or we can call it sharing) about one’s idea, perspective and experience of music. There is no absolute objective point of view. People always understand and communicate based on the perspective of something, personal preferences, uphold some beliefs, or they want to be as neutral and objective as possible, but they are still limited by cognition / experience or hormone / brain state. But now I’m going to invite you to my marketing show, peeping into the nude of my spiritual / ideology.
21 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, evolution of extreme metal, extreme metal
Libiac Interview
Gevurahel – Un Nuevo Amanecer Satánico (2019)
Coming back not with a reformulation or evolution of their sound but a deepening of their purpose, Gevurahel give us a new presentation of old and new compositions that fine tune their expression of satanic devotion. The musical style has been boiled down to essentials of unity and comprehensibility, letting the variation and exploration take place in a more controlled way. These designs are not random nor do they respond to a musical urge, but rather to an inner insistence upon necessity with respect to purpose. That is, the direct opposite of music for its own sake.
14 CommentsTags: Black Metal, gevurahel, occult, Satanism, Un nuevo amanecer satánico
Paragon Zero – Timeless New Breed
Paragon Zero hail from Hungary and little is known about the band. A short EP of three songs and A Pestilence cover show a young band still mixing their influences in hopes of finding their own unique style.
15 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, paragon zero, pestilence, timesless new breed
Treblinka’s “Evilized” – Song Analysis
There was this short period of time, when death metal sounded really gloomy. This type of death metal was sometimes considered as black metal, which was judged back then not as much by used techniques, but rather by imagery, themes and atmosphere. When black metal proper was defined, for lack of a better name, the term dark metal, which over the years garnered various applications, was sometimes used to describe this style of death metal.
6 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, evilized, song analysis, treblinka
Witch-Hunt – Darkened Anthology 1992-2002
Witch-Hunt hail from Virginia and were formed by brothers Brian and Ben Straight at a young age. The band would go through multiple periods and lineup changes that resulted in only one full length and a band trying to find its identity through various styles and constant lineup changes. On Darkened Anthology 1992-2002 the band showcase the best songs of each period in a “best of” style and such each section will be reviewed separately.
1 CommentTags: Black Metal, dark anthology, death metal, groove-metal, Heavy Metal, witch-hunt
Irillion – Fatanyu (Self-released, 2019)
Ostensibly positioning themselves somewhere between the exalted primitivism of Demoncy and the “flowing” school of Eastern European black metal, Irillion emerged as one of the more promising black metal-acts of recent years with 2016’s Egledhron. Not so much for their choice of style, but for displaying courage to move beyond established forms in intuitive pursuit of the most effective and far-reaching mode of expression. This recently released second EP entitled Fatanyu retains the sonic signature and raw, essentialist approach evident on the debut, but trumps the debut in terms of composition and stylistic refinement.
6 CommentsTags: Black Metal, fatanyu, irillion
