black metal
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.
Aornos Opens the Glowing Entrance to Destiny
May 4, 2018 J. Andrew
Ever thought of starting a band that took the best of late-90s black metal and gave it a modern sheen? Well, you’re too late, Aornos already did it.
Track Premiere: Anicon – ‘Drowned in the Mirage’
May 2, 2018 Emily Bellino
Drown in the mirage with a hypnotizing new song from Anicon.
Full Album Stream: Kyterion – “Inferno II”
May 1, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from black metal group Kyterion now.
Skeletonwitch Announce New Album, Hear First Single “Fen of Shadows”
April 26, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the first single from the new Skeletonwitch album now!
Full Album Stream: Wormlight – “Wrath of the Wilds”
April 25, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from melodic black metal legion Wormlight.
Full Album Stream: Wesenwille – I : Wesenwille
April 25, 2018 Sean Frasier
Dutch black metal philosophers Wesenwille match dystopian warnings with fiery discord on their I : Wesenwille debut.
Q&A: Haunting Houses, A Revealing Chat With Vortigern (Lychgate)
April 18, 2018 Chris Dick
British avant-garde black metallers Lychgate unlock new album, The Contagion in Nine Steps. A new Q&A with Vortigern.
Album Review: Varathron – “Patriarchs of Evil”
April 17, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Varathron‘s Patriarchs of Evil is our Best New Noise.
Track Premiere: Verwoed – ‘De Val’
April 17, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from Verwoed ahead of their Roadburn performance.
Panopticon: A Band Where the Epic Riffs Still Play
April 13, 2018 J. Andrew
Austin Lunn has always been bold. On his latest double-album release, Panopticon’s various elements are allowed to truly soar to the heights of their black metal, post-rock, country and folk glory.
