Murdryck is 2 man atmospheric black metal creation hailing out from good old Southern Sweden (2 other members do come in as needed when playing live). Murdryck came together back in 1999 when then doing a dark ambient project however with a turn of events come 2014 the project was reborn to black metal and this is where is still stands as of today....

23/04/2016

Now what kinda metal would spew out of a place named Trios Rivières (Three Rivers) in what is known as being the French part of Canada - the glorious province of Quebec? Well one unexpected fine Scandinavian sounding 3 piece managed to crawl up from the depths of the abyss and have risen above hell fire's ash in order to wake up the metal world and...

26/03/2016

Flavros spawns from Gothenburg the second largest city in Sweden where it is not a surprising place where black metal would dwell. "Det Svarta Riket" is the fist work of blasphemy created by Flavros and hopefully not the last. Flavros might be only a demonic 2 piece however what they have done with "Det Svarta Riket" sounds like the work of legions...

26/03/2016

Back during the grim winter of 2010 the Netherlands gave birth to a 3 piece black metal outfit titled Asgrauw who have graced us with their old school straight up and raw vibrations ever since and we feeble human scum should ever be so grateful that they did. Not sure is Asgrauw are pure do it yourself attitude nice musicians or pure elitists wh...

22/03/2016

Cirith Gorgor is an amazing apocalyptic black metal creation hailing straight out of the glorious Netherlands and with all the hellishly wicked black metal which spawns out from this part of the world, it is starting to make me wonder if this is where the core of the abyss spins hmmm... Having been around since '93 Cirith Gorgor are not new to t...

22/03/2016

Svärta are a Swedish black metal outfit not to be confused with the black metal band Svata which hails from Austria. The Swedish Svärta is a fairly new band and "Sepultus" hails as their first full length release. I love the cover design - typically Swedish however at first glance and not knowing the band, one might think that this is punk or tradi...

30/12/2015

Before kicking into it, please do not confuse this band with the rock outfit which holds the same band name haha this is way way far from being anywhere close to that smile emoticon Inglorious is pure aggressive metal period. Founded in 2002, Inglorious had undergone various lineup changes and shifts before coming to the solid 3 members which it...

30/12/2015

Atroce is one of Canada's deepest darkest secrets and this underground blasphemous secret is one that must come out from the shadows and in a raging force be expose to the world. December 12th 2015 is when I got the opportunity to experience Atroce live and I was very curious about this gig due to several rumors about the immoral goings on of th...

20/12/2015

Pure as raw as it can get black metal hailing straight from Kazakhstan. With 2 demos released both in 2014 and with during that same year a release of a split CD with Darkened Winter "Kuoltuu Kaikin Kohetah", is Scolopendra Cingulata first full length release and from this 6 piece outfit, what a menacing work it is. "Kuoltuu Kaikin Kohetah" is b...

04/12/2015

Germany's Kalmen is wonderfully dark and gloomy black-doom metal. This is a fairly new band who formed in 2009 bringing  their first demo release to the table back in 2011. "Course Hex" is Kalmen's first full length release and this album entire were recorded and produced by Tobias Engl/Englsound, who is known for creating gold out of everything he...

04/12/2015

American black/death symphonic metal hailing from the state of Pennsylvania. Tine is fairly new to the scene with "The Forest Dreams Of Black" being their first full length debut album. So let's just jump right into this one shall we? Tine definitely hold true to the atmospheric sound with heavy synths/keyboards which stand out sinister and shar...

30/11/2015

Pure black metal with a slight hint of a thrash influence. Since it's humble beginnings back in 2001 when it was just a one man operation Lithuania's Luctus have grown into a full band and with a few change overs within it's unit have come a long way prior to their most recent full length "Rysys" (Sept. 2015) which is to my knowledge their 3rd full...

30/11/2015