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Helwetti – Unholy Extreme Black (1999)
Released in 1999, Unholy Extreme Black is the second of two demos released by the transitory Finnish black metal project Helwetti. Here, Helwetti provides richness through depth in the reach of its...
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Mørketida – Panphage Mysticism (2018)
Written by Merlin Lemasters Hailing from Finland, Mørketida present us their debut album which, unlike most of the festering horde laying claimant to the precipitous banner of black metal this year,...
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Analysis of Darkthrone’s “Neptune Towers”
“Neptune Towers” is a song from Darkthrone’s death metal album, Soulside Journey. In this song the artist’s goal is to paint an alien landscape and tell a story, by intertwining riffs and lyrics until...
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The One – I, Master (2008)
Hailing from Rhodes, black metal project The One comes to us from the mastermind behind Macabre Omen, who alongside Varathron have been the most consistent artists in the Hellenic scene during the...
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The Craft of Metal #3 : Dethrone the Son of God
When Profanatica could not finish their unreleased album, the genius and creator of the band Paul Ledney took time away from the noise of other musicians to fully realize his vision in composing a...
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Profanatica – Altar of the Virgin Whore (2018)
Following the peak of John Gelso’s manic laughter melodic sensibility on Thy Kingdom Cum, Profanatica entered artistic decline by releasing the excuse-to-tour Curling Flame of Blasphemy where the...
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Levels of NSBM Initiation
As a genre less defined aesthetically than on terms of propaganda, NSBM bears the mark of Cain that stigmatizes bands that express a certain ideology. On the basis that music is pure Will, this...
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Blood Revolt – Indoctrine (2010)
It is a rare phenomenon when two bands merge, and by doing so they transcend each other’s limitations. Indoctrine is an impressive, albeit experimental record, where noisy Revenge members meet Alan...
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Sammath –“Across The Rhine Is Only Death” (2018)
Notorious violent black metal band Sammath gained a fanbase among the black metal horde for refusing to tone down the intensity of black metal, and instead mixing it with elements of fast technical...
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Sorcier Des Glaces – Sorcier Des Glaces (2018)
Artists recovering from the downfall of black metal in 1995 faced a daunting challenge: how to keep aesthetically developing a genre that was based on primitive but elegant melodic and violent music,...
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Ildjarn –“Morklagt Sti”
This is a song called “A Dark Path” from the nature documentary Det Frysende Nordariket, perhaps one of the highest forms of art that used drums and electric guitars: En mørklagt sti – slynger seg –...
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Azazel – Witches Deny Holy Trinity (2015)
Azazel – Witches Deny Holy Trinity (2015) Werewolf Records Black metal finally clarified traditionalism for me. There is an inner spirit to things, like a shape that unifies form, and then there is an...
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Darkened Nocturnal Slaughtercult Interview Part I
(Interview and transcription done by Holocausto) Black metal is a highly spiritual music. At its peaks it is able to create a sort of mysterium and Darkend Nocturn Slaughtercult, despite its rawness...
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Darkened Nocturn Slaughter Cult Interview Part II
Continuing our interview with underground modern black metal band Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult… You argue that black metal should be satanic. Leaving aside meaning of this word for now, you are...
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Necromaniac – Subterranean Death Rising (2018)
Necromaniac hail from London UK which has become a wasteland full of terrible rock/metal hybrids catering towards young childern, and what was once the center for NWOBHM is now the home of mentally...
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Clandestine Blaze – Tranquility of Death (2018)
We all miss the glory days of black metal, especially those who were not there to experience them the first time. That urge has spawned many bands who tried to uphold the original style and spirit...
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Nachtlieder – Lynx (2018)
Lynx keeps a foot in both worlds: the mysterious atmosphere of the classic material, and the more emotional nature of post-metal, but without the self-pitying dwindling melodies of emo. In this way,...
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Kshatriya – Il Viaggio dell’Eroe (2017)
Kshatriya comes to us from that odd category of bands whose material would be great if they would just stop screwing around with the presentation, which ends up creating padding that while not...
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Bal-Sagoth – A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria
Floating between between Floridian Death metal and Black metal in the vein of Emperor with a large dose of the more percussive elements from the New York style. Bal-Sagoth do manage to fuse these...
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Mefitis – Widdrim Hymn (2018)
After keeping a low profile for the last few years, Oakland-based dark metal act Mefitis recently published a three-song single in digital format as a precursor to their upcoming debut album. Citing...
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