Posts Tagged ‘Atmospheric Black Metal’
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › V on Monday, March 19th, 2018
Back in 2015 I discovered this Indonesian atmospheric black metal act and their second album, Homeward Path was my favorite album of that year….by a long shot. So I’ve been eagerly awaiting the follow up since they announced it last year, and like Homeward Path, the sound has developed just a tad since the Black […]
Tags: 2018, Atmospheric Black Metal, E.Thomas, Northern Silence Productions, Review, Vallendusk
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › V on Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
Vvilderness is the brain child of one Hungarian man, Vvildr, and Devour the Sun is his Vvilderness debut (he has some other purely instrumental bandcamp releases under the moniker ‘Release the Longships’). Originally independently released on bandcamp last year, Russia’s Casus Belli and Australia’s Beverina Records has picked up the rights and is releasing a […]
Tags: 2018, Atmospheric Black Metal, Casus Belli Musica, E.Thomas, Review, Vvilderness
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › S on Monday, January 22nd, 2018
Though only a 5 year wait, down from the 7 year wait for Old Morning’ s Dawn, Summoning are back with another effort of their now predictable, but effective Tolkien inspired, dungeon synth based black metal and there is very little deviation from the last few efforts. And to many, the minimalist, tinny guitars and […]
Tags: 2018, Atmospheric Black Metal, E.Thomas, Napalm Records, Review, Summoning
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Monday, September 28th, 2015
Atmospheric black metal is perfectly fine as a descriptor, but what it should really be called is headphones black metal. Strap on a pair of your best reality-blockers, close your eyes, and get lost in a blizzard of sound and fury. Mare Cognitum released a perfect experience with Phobos Monolith, my #1 pick for 2014. […]
Tags: 2014, Ahamkara, Atmospheric Black Metal, Bindrune Recordings, Jordan Itkowitz, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Friday, February 27th, 2015
The term ‘cinematic’ gets thrown around a lot these days, as many black, death, and progressive metal acts have become more comfortable with orchestration as a way to add color, texture, or simply grandeur to their sound. It’s not as simple as that, though – you simply can’t layer some heavy Gothic chords atop and […]
Tags: 2015, Atmospheric Black Metal, Dekadent, Jordan Itkowitz, Review, Self-Released
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
Black metal has become a gigantic and multi-faceted genre in the past 30 (!) years, and each sub-style offers its own emotional and aesthetic experiences. Raw, orthodox, war, symphonic, folk, progressive, depressive, Cascadian, shoegaze, post, industrial, ambient, death/black, black n’ roll – the list goes on. Despite the differences in style, what I look for, […]
Tags: 2014, Atmospheric Black Metal, I Voidhanger Records, Jordan Itkowitz, Mare Cognitum, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Monday, October 15th, 2012
In last year’s review of 777: The Desantification, I noted the evolution of transcendental melody and ethereal majesty from the uglier, first part of the trilogy to the second chapter, and wondered if that arc would continue into 777: Cosmosophy. Over the past year, Blut Aus Nord (just Vindsval now) has continued to develop and […]
Tags: 2012, Atmospheric Black Metal, Blut Aus Nord, Debemur Morti Productions, Jordan Itkowitz, Review