black metal
Sing Omenfilth’s Hymns of Diabolical Treachery
July 13, 2018 J. Andrew
Behold the almighty “Demogorgon” with Omenfilth, from their latest album seeing a cassette release via Eternal Death records.
Album Review: Deafheaven – “Ordinary Corrupt Human Love”
July 9, 2018 Jeff Treppel
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, the third album from controversial blackgaze outfit Deafheaven, is reviewed.
Full Album Stream: Firtan – “Okeanos”
July 9, 2018 Chris Dick
Listen to German atmospheric black metallers Firtan’s stunning new album “Okeanos”.
For Those About to Squawk: Deafheaven, Black Fast, Extremity
July 6, 2018 Blake Harrison
Our reviewer who shits in a cage pecks on new titles from Extremity, Black Fast and controversial black metallers Deafheaven.
Track Premiere: Infernal Execrator – ‘Supreme Barbarous Ordo’
June 26, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from Singaporean black metal rippers Infernal Execrator.
Track Premiere: Oubliette – ‘The Curse’
June 25, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from melodic black metal group Oubliette, featuring members of Inferi and Enfold Darkness.
Svartmálmur: A Saga of Icelandic Black Metal
June 22, 2018 J. Andrew
Iceland’s black metal scene has become one of the most prolific and accomplished in the world. The new book, “Svartmálmur,” presents a colorful snapshot of the illustrious Icelandic hordes.
Immortal Grace the Cover of August’s Decibel Issue
June 20, 2018 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of grim and frostbitten advance copies of the August issue of Decibel available now. Have at it!
Full Album Stream & Interview: Gaerea – “Unsettling Whispers”
June 19, 2018 Emily Bellino
Anonymous Portuguese black metal group Gaerea stream and discuss new album Unsettling Whispers.
Track Premiere: Black Howling – ‘Celestial Syntropy’
June 15, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Check out the first new track in three years from long-running Portuguese legion Black Howling now.
Full Album Stream: Barren Altar – “Entrenched in the Faults of the Earth”
June 14, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from blackened funeral doom practitioners Barren Altar now.
Video Premiere: Varathron ‘Remnants of the Dark Testament’
June 14, 2018 Chris Dick
Veteran Greek black metallers premiere new controversial video for “Remnants of the Dark Testament.”
Interview: Manuel Gagneax (Zeal and Ardor)
June 13, 2018 Joseph Schafer
The groundbreaking singer and guitarist of Zeal and Ardor talks Billie Holiday, religion, politics, and the thinking behind his new album, ‘Stranger Fruit’
Only Vinyl is Real: Seven Metal Inches Book Documents Three Decades of Seven-Inch Records
June 5, 2018 Emily Bellino
Seven Metal Inches documents three decades of extreme metal 7″ records.
Integrity and Krieg: Spinning a Scorching Circle of Guilt
June 1, 2018 J. Andrew
Integrity and Krieg are teaming up this summer to give metallic hardcore and black metal audiences just what they need to invoke all shades of the whispering darkness.
Full Album Stream: Ováte – “Ováte”
May 30, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from Ováte, featuring contributions from members of Taake, Gorgoroth and more.
Track Premiere: Blood Worship – ‘Rites of the Inner Shrine’
May 29, 2018 Emily Bellino
Black metal newcomers Blood Worship leave a strong impression.
Track Premiere: Vanhelga ‘Varde Mörker’
May 28, 2018 Chris Dick
Swedish black metal depressionists Vanhelga premiere new track “Varde Mörker.”
Full Album Stream: In Tenebriz – “Winternight Poetry”
May 25, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from Russian ambient black/doom project In Tenebriz.
Full Album Stream: Stortregn – “Emptiness Fills the Void”
May 24, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from Stortregn.
Interview: Uada Discuss New Album, “Cult of a Dying Sun”
May 23, 2018 Emily Bellino
Rising USBM force Uada discuss their new album, Cult of a Dying Sun and the band’s growth since their 2016 debut.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Master’s Hammer’s “Slagry”
May 22, 2018 Neill Jameson
Revisiting Master’s Hammer‘s much-maligned Slagry.
Album Premiere: Djevelkult “Når Avgrunnen Åpnes”
May 21, 2018 Chris Dick
Norwegian black metallers Djevelkult stream new album “Når Avgrunnen Åpnes.”
Cosmic Church: Grant Me Your Voice, So I May Sing
May 18, 2018 J. Andrew
Cosmic Church’s final encyclical is an endlessly immersive work of atmospheric black metal, delivered in a manner that retains the style’s essential rawness and power.
Watch: Shylmagoghnar – ‘As All Must Come To Pass’
May 18, 2018 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from Shylmagoghnar.
Demo:listen: Icon Of Curse
May 18, 2018 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen unearths the pestilential sounds of California’s Icon Of Curse.
Watch: Acârash – ‘In Chaos Becrowned’
May 16, 2018 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from black ‘n’ rollers Acârash.
Track Premiere: With the End in Mind: ‘Unraveling; Arising’
May 15, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from one-person, atmospheric post-black metal outfit With the End in Mind now.
Track Premiere: Abstracter – ‘Wings of Annihilation’
May 15, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a dark new song from blackened doombringers Abstracter now.
Legions ov Darkness: The Cumbrian Black Metal Scene
May 11, 2018 J. Andrew
A profile of a group of musical entities from northwestern England, specializing in pure, raw black metal, all under the name Legions ov Darkness.