raw black metal
Listen: Winterburial Release Debut Album, “White Tomb Pilgrimage”
January 10, 2022 Emily Bellino
Stream White Tomb Pilgrimage, the debut album from anonymous black metal outfit Winterburial.
Full EP Stream: Bat Magic – “Feast Of Blood”
July 28, 2021 J. Andrew
Bat Magic, the first entity from the Ordo Vampyr Orientis black metal circle has emerged with its debut release for all raw devotees.
Album Premiere: Ritual Suicide – Nocturnal Haematolagnia
October 7, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Now-dead Ukranian black metal cult Ritual Suicide leave us a terrifying departing gift. Hear Nocturnal Haematolagnia, the band’s final album, in its entirety now.
Track Premiere: Void Prayer – “L’Appel du Vide”
September 2, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Eastern European raw black metallers Void Prayer unveil a sneak peek into the abyss that is their forthcoming sophomore full-length, The Grandiose Return to the Void.
Nocturnal Departure: Offerings to the Raw Black Metal Moon
July 3, 2020 J. Andrew
The latest release from Nocturnal Departure is a raw, unpolished, but thoroughly brutal and melancholic blast of fire and darkness.
Track Premiere: Black Cilice – ‘Maze of Spirits’
August 6, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Stream a track from the forthcoming new album by mysterious Portuguese black metal act Black Cilice.
Full Album Stream + Interview: Kommodus – “An Imperial Sun Rises”
July 17, 2019 Dutch Pearce
This is the fourth interview we featured with black metallers Kommodus since their Demo:listen debut in 2017.
Svadilfare Releases “Fortapte Roetter,” a Treasury of Raw and Melodic Black Metal
July 12, 2019 J. Andrew
Norway’s Svadilfare has the Norwegian black metal sound nailed: raw yet melodic, powerful but not overdone, epic but NOT cheesy.
Nekrasov Announce New Album ‘Lust of Consciousness’ and Debut First Track
March 8, 2019 Emily Bellino
Nekrasov delivers the first offering from new album Lust of Consciousness.
Track Premiere: Death Vanish – ‘Saturnian Realms Return’
November 9, 2018 Emily Bellino
Hear a cacophonous new song from one-man raw black metal outfit Death Vanish.
Track Premiere: Wald Krypta – ‘Our Prevalence’
November 1, 2018 Emily Bellino
Wald Krypta stand against the modern state of black metal, a belief system heard clearly in their lo-fi, raw songs.
Full Album Stream: Pandiscordian Necrogenesis – “Outer Supernal”
October 25, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the abrasive new album from improvisational black metal entity Pandiscordian Necrogenesis.
Of Bile and Fortified Ruins: Akitsa Releases Credo
October 19, 2018 J. Andrew
Akitsa issues another salvo of blood, bile and darkness on “Credo,” out now via Profound Lore. Essential listening for all fans of raw black metal.
Full EP Stream: Nott – “Vestigium Mortis”
September 10, 2018 Emily Bellino
Hear the new EP from prolific Italian black metal entity Nott.
Track Premiere: Xalpen – ‘A Cold Rain Under the Cloudless Sky’
August 27, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from raw black metal sect Xalpen.
Track Premiere: Nocratai – ‘I Spit in the Eyes of Christ’
July 23, 2018 Emily Bellino
Nocratai release a new, industrial-driven black metal track.
Track Premiere: Omenfilth – ‘Under the Scythe of the Infidel’
July 16, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from Omenfilth.
Mining for Black Metal Gold: 6 Great Underground Bands
May 25, 2018 J. Andrew
There’s a lot of great underground black metal bands out there among the leather-wearing and corpse-painted multitude. This article features music by Riivaus, Nyctophilia, Atra Vetosus, Antimateria, Ühtceare and Nox.
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.
Demo:listen: Dogman
July 21, 2017 Dutch Pearce
On this week’s Demo:listen we howl through the night with Sarejevo’s Dogman.