1349 : DEMONOIR Indie Recordings What on earth was all the negative energy about? All the crap talked about “Revelations Of The Black Flame”? It was bad because it wasn’t driven by blastbeats? That it was ambient in places? Thats it? Oh come on! Well in my opinion it simply was an album where the [...]
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CD Review – 1349: Revelations Of The Black Flame
On May - 25 - 2009 Comments Off
1349 : REVELATIONS OF THE BLACK FLAME Candlelight Records The Norwegian black metallers 1349 have returned once again. Well-renowned for a fiery, aggressive and brutalitarian craftwork, Ravn, Archaon, Seidemann and Frost unleash another chapter, “Revelations Of The Black Flame”. Back in 2005, the world was exposed to “Hellfire”, possibly their most intense album featuring Archaon’s [...]
CD Review – 16: Bridges to Burn
On January - 31 - 2009 Comments Off
16 : BRIDGES TO BURN Relapse Records It’s a stone groove m’man…oh it simply so is! With a substantial back catalogue of now-deleted splits, 7 inches, and four full-length independent album releases, and Gods alone know what else to their credit, these newly-reactivated venomous and seminal Californians spew forth a new full album of bilious [...]
CD Review – 66Crusher: Blackest Day
On June - 1 - 2011 Comments Off
66CRUSHER : BLACKEST DAY Misanthropica Okay…so I’ll put my hand up, if not for my two ranking Metal Queens Ellen Simpson and Patricia Thomas, I would never have heard of this remarkable band, and for that, to those two exceptional ladies… I owe a huge debt of gratitude! (your cheque’s in the mail – Editor) [...]
CD Review – A Forest Of Stars: The Corpse Of Rebirth
On August - 24 - 2009 Comments Off
A FOREST OF STARS : THE CORPSE OF REBIRTH Transcendental Creations A Forest of Stars have been on my radar for quite some time now, reeling me in with their Victorian Gentleman’s Club aura and wildly experimental view on the best way to perpetrate black art. In terms of imagery they have a certain kinship [...]
CD Review – Aarkica: In Sea
On December - 31 - 2009 Comments Off
AARKTICA : IN SEA Silber Records Aarktica is a pretty fascinating project; formed in New York by Jon deRosa as a distraction following the loss of hearing in one ear, it takes the notion of altered auditory perception and makes it into an art form. An electronic, droning approach plays devil’s advocate to a warm, [...]
CD Review – Aarktica: In Sea Remixes
On March - 25 - 2010 Comments Off
AARKTICA : IN SEA REMIXES Silber Records I have to admit that I have an uneasy relationship with remix albums: on the one hand it can be fascinating how a particular piece of music can be endlessly reinterpreted to produce new variations, and equally fascinating how, in the hands of an artist especially in tune [...]
CD Review – Absentia Lunae: Historia Nobis Assentietvr
On March - 16 - 2009 Comments Off
ABSENTIA LUNAE : HISTORIA NOBIS ASSENTIETVR ATMF Italian black metal has long since suffered a lack of support and illumination amongst the supposedly well-informed wider scene, no matter how many slices of savage beauty it pours forth, and so the figures of Climaxia and MZ may be unknown to you. “Historia Nobis Assentietvr”, the second [...]
CD Review – Abstrrakt Torrment: The Will To Torture
On March - 25 - 2010 Comments Off
ABSTRRAKT TORRMENT : THE WILL TO TORTURE Disease Foundry Recordings If misanthropy, the true deeply black hatred for humanity type of misanthropy, ever unites in common cause, then Abstrrakt Torrment will be the one to supply the anthem for the gatherings. Every available means that you imagine utter hatred can visit upon the human race [...]
CD Review – Absu: Absu
On February - 28 - 2009 Comments Off
ABSU : ABSU Candlelight Records The decision to opt for a self-titled album after your debut has long-since set sail is always an interesting one, and probably entirely appropriate in this case, as “Absu” redefines and exponentially strengthens what US black metal legends Absu are all about. While Proscriptor remains the sole remaining founder member, [...]