Hear a tale of the long chronicle of releases of Varathron demos and rarities.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, varathron
Hear a tale of the long chronicle of releases of Varathron demos and rarities.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, varathron
People like what is mentally easy because it requires the least amount of risk, since they want to avoid change, which carries with it the risk of misreading reality and therefore failing. Of all the sad cries of humans, “look for the lost diamonds of the past” may be the saddest, simply because it is mentally lazy.
No CommentsTags: black crucifixion, Black Metal
These antiquated tapes came out of an ancient closet, were remastered on modern equipment, and serve as interest only to Beherit fanatics who want to see how this band grasped for a clue about songwriting during the early days.
1 CommentTags: beherit, Black Metal
In my observation, humans screw up on both sides of the Bell Curve: the dumb pound out repetitive emotions, and the intelligent do everything right like good A+ students according to what they see around them, making a repetition of what already exists.
3 CommentsTags: aethyrick, Black Metal
Two members of Enslaved and one from Theatre of Tragedy played in this early attempt at death metal, an enjoyable listen for old school fans because it both showcases the ingenuity of the best of that era, and shows why bands launched into black metal instead.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, Enslaved, phobia
Graveland bolts back and forth between its styles reflecting the composition of black metal, namely soundtracks plus cosmic ambient and underground metal. On Hour of Ragnarok, Graveland ditches the complex arrangements for sawing guitars and punk riffs worked into classic black metal themes.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, graveland
As discussed here before, the real question to a reviewer is, “Would you buy this?” My answer to Eight Headed Serpent might be no, but I would certainly stream it.
7 CommentsTags: Black Metal, impaled nazarene
Creating a version of black metal determined to go back underground, Ascète combine influences from melodic black metal, epic black metal, and the simple but energetic melodies of Oi, using song structures at the edge of randomness to develop strongly anthemic themes.
5 CommentsTags: ascete, Black Metal, oi
Classic flowing black metal band Graveland has returned, modifying their swing toward folkish soundtrack metal with more rigid, hardcore-style riffs in idenfiably metal songs spanning the black metal, death metal, and heavy metal genres.
1 CommentTags: Black Metal, graveland
Excoriating black metal band Sammath has unleashed a new crop of patches for your kutte or battle jacket, or maybe the sails on your yacht; these can be found from the Sammath direct merchandising site.
20 CommentsTags: Black Metal, merch, sammath