FEATURE: Gråt Strigoi – The Prophetic Silence (Review + Interview)
This is one of those goosebump raising albums that requires a few moments of stillness to recenter yourself when it ends.
CONCERT COVERAGE: 1349, Spectral Wound, Antichrist Siege Machine, Spirit Possession
Belated coverage of the big black metal show in Grand Rapids at the end of May.
FEATURE: Hail – Transgression (review + interview)
They remain one of the freshest boundary pushers on the edge of heavy music and are worth exploring.
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Malconfort – Compulsion (Ecstasy)
Band – Malconfort Album – Humanism Country of Origin – UK Genre – Experimental Black Metal Release Date – July 5, 2024 Label – Transcending Obscurity Records Author – Hayduke X Today, we are streaming the opening track...
Lust Hag – Lust Hag (Review plus Interview)
TL;DR – Lust Hag by Lust Hag is a dark, swirling, yet well balanced masterpiece of raw black metal tension.
EXCLUSIVE FULL ALBUM STREAM: Done – Rest to Rust EP
The six tracks are more nuanced, more blackened, and meaner than what was found on the already stellar prior releases.
TRACK PREMIERE: Glyph – Of The Caverns
The evolution happens bit by bit, piece by piece, almost under the radar, and all in service to the ‘stretching of wings, to fly into the sun.’
Best of March 2024
Our very belated round up (my fault, not Andy’s) of our favorite releases in March.
Hecatoncheir – Nightmare Utopia
It has enough maturity and musical understanding to help keep its freshness
Kólga – Black Tides
Just in time for the sunshine and the summer’s warm embrace, we are given an album that will be played a lot during the scorched daze ahead.