Tag: Black Metal
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Following their evolution from a studio-only project into a functional live unit, Kybalion has announced a new EP titled Make the World Bleed. Set for release on June 5th, via Non Serviam Records, the collection finds the band refining a sonic identity that is as conceptually dense as it is aggressive. Drawing thematic inspiration from…
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Finnish Black Metal project Acolythus has officially emerged with their debut full-length, Unearthly Kingdoms ‘Neath Lifeless Stars, which yours truly reviewed here. Born from a sudden burst of creative inspiration, the album was written and recorded in just a few short weeks, serving as a raw outlet for the Black Metal aspirations of its members,…
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German Black Metal outfit Akantophis has officially joined the Wormholedeath roster, a partnership that begins with the label’s global reissue of the band’s latest album, Erneuerung. Blending atmospheric density with dissonant, progressive textures, Akantophis occupies a unique space in the extreme underground. While their sound occasionally dips into the territory of Death Metal, the band…
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Following the high-praise reception of their self-titled debut, by none other than yours truly, Thy Sanatorium has finally unleashed a visual accompaniment for one of the record’s standout tracks, Devil’s Heart. While the album itself is a sprawling, multi-genre beast, this new video narrows the focus, capturing the specific, suffocating atmosphere that has made the…
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Finland and Heavy Metal are inseparable, like unpaid bar tabs and selective hearing, like rehearsal rooms that smell like damp cables and something that definitely died in 2003. There are more Metal bands per capita in Finland than there are reasons to leave the house, and every time you think the well has run dry,…
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Greh has just dropped Summoning Aversion, giving us the first look at their upcoming album The Tyranny of Expectations due in early 2027. It’s a pretty sharp turn for the German trio; they’ve moved away from their Doom roots to lean into a much harsher mix of Black Metal and atmospheric synths. It’s stripped back…
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Sometimes bands tweak the formula. Maybe sharpen the edges, swap a pedal, call it evolution. Einvigi chose to burn the whole thing to the ground and started again. The Finnish Post-Black Metal outfit return with Stigma, a new single and video that doesn’t feel like a step forward so much as a full-scale rebirth. This…
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Los Angeles extreme metal collective Ashen Horde are edging closer to the release of their fifth full-length album The Harvest, due May 1st, and they’ve just dropped a third taste of what’s coming in the form of Apparition. It follows earlier singles Entropy and Ecstasy and Voids in the Ash, and if those were warning…
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War isn’t subtle. Neither is this. Iselder have dropped Glory, the second single from their upcoming fifth full-length The 38th Division, due out June 1st via Marwolaeth Records. The album leans hard into the realities of conflict, no heroics, no victory laps, just the fallout. Across eight tracks, The 38th Division moves through destruction, collapse,…
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Those of you who have followed my work over the past year and change will know that a couple of months ago I closed down the Black Metal Archives. I’ll be honest, I didn’t want to. It broke my little black heart, but the facts were simple: I was burnt out. And the reason behind…