Necrotic war metal and black metal hybrid band Sammath bring inner melody to battering relentless martial metal, and now premiere the first track from their latest album, Grebbeberg:
62 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sammath, War Metal
Deathsiege – Throne of Heresy (2022)
A solid candidate for album of the year, Throne of Heresy goes back the roots of war metal in Blasphemy and early Angelcorpse, keeping shorter grindcore-styled riffs in play in order to minimize song footprint and ensure hard-hitting and distinct songs populate this album.
23 CommentsTags: deathsiege, sodomy, War Metal
Trenchant Releases “Yellow Cross Orison” From Upcoming Commandoccult
After Emperor peaked with In The Nightside Eclipse, its side project Zyklon-B got more attention. Like Niden Div 187 and Impaled Nazarene, it offered the punk side of black metal over the heavy metal, soundtrack, ambient, medieval, industrial, and progressive influences, blasting out short songs aimed at disruption and encouraging violence.
7 CommentsTags: godz of war, trenchant, War Metal
Satanic Panic – Satanic Panic (2021)
Making a rough but streamlined hybrid of war metal riffing and later thrash like SOD, Satanic Panic seemed to aim to capitalize on the recent resurrection of the 1980s trend of blaming “Satan” for every human stupidity, replacing climate change, racism, Communism, cults, and other bogeymen.
2 CommentsTags: satanic panic, War Metal
Dead War – Grandfather of War (2021)
Working within a fusion of war metal and death metal with undertones of melody, Dead War bash out high-energy anthems which use distinctive riff forms to differentiate songs but manage song development through an interplay of riffs on either side of a riff-chorus pair.
No CommentsTrenchant Unleashes “Yellow Cross Orison” From Commandoccult
Kaeck Posts Full Album Stream of Het Zwarte Dictaat
Ambitious melodic but abrasive war metal band Kaeck have posted their full album stream so you can hear the whole album before you buy. Following the example of bands like Ildjarn and Beherit, Het Zwarte Dictaat starts with grinding misanthropy and builds to transcendent beauty. For grim metal fans only!
3 CommentsKaeck Releases “De kwekeling” From Het Zwarte Dictaat
War metal band Kaeck — integrating elegant northern European black metal and technical death metal with its rampaging, atmospheric assault — will make its latest stream, “De kwekeling,” live at 12:00 EST on YouTube.
(more…)
Kaeck Unleashes “Het vurig gemaal” on YouTube
Interview with Jan Kruitwagen of Kaeck (2021)
Already gaining a lead on all other contenders for the most compelling underground metal album of the year, Kaeck has on Het Zwarte Dictaat made the masterpiece of violent rhythm riffs and melodies that much of the underground wishes it could, combining black metal and war metal with doom metal and death metal to create a constantly changing mood within a fluid style. Fortunately, guitarist/composer Jan Kruitwagen had a few moments to give us his take on the band and state of the metal genre.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, jan kruitwagen, kaeck, War Metal
