One of the saddest things about depression is how it cunningly and cruelly siphons away passion. In 2019 I found that I was gradually losing grip on all the things that had once meant so much to me. There came a point where I found it impossible to enjoy the music and art that had,… Continue reading The Story So Far Of Battle Jacket #2
Due to circumstances I don’t want to go into, concerning people I don’t want to talk about – I’ve already put hexes on their heads anyway – I've been doubting my place in the metal scene. I've found it impossible to wear my band shirts, I've found it impossible to listen to my favourite bands,… Continue reading I’m Taking Metal Back
Have I been living in a cave for the past several months or was Darkthrone's 16th album Arctic Thunder something of a monumental flop? (Though I have to admit I'm a sucker for the album title which was, for the record, the name of a Norwegian heavy metal band who were active from the mid… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Darkthrone
And once again I turn to German black metal project Sarkrista. They were also my Sound Of The Day here. This time around, I'm relishing their 2015 EP The Evil Incarnate. This furious, pummeling, evil as fuck release is just what the day ordered.
Really taken with Swedish atmospheric black metal band Humanus Hostia. The track you're about to hear is entitled Searching For... and it's taken from Humanus Hostia's debut album Nostalgica, which was released back in 2011. I would make yourself comfortable, because this track is quite possibly one of the most relaxing black metal songs I've ever… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Humanus Hostia
Some good, solid Swedish black metal to get your week off to a roaring start. I don't know much about Murg, other than the fact that their music is released under Nordvis, one of the most reliable labels out there. The track you're about to encounter is entitled Nejderna brinner and is taken from their… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Murg
Some raw and nasty black metal to finish the weekend off. Tomhet hail from Sweden and the sounds you're about to experience are two tracks taken from their Apokalypsimz Legend cassette which was released back in 2009.
If you check out one new album this weekend, I highly recommend In Zicht by Ered Lithui, a black metal project based out of Belguim.
I was introduced to the sounds of Italian black metal band Krowos yesterday evening by a friend, and between then and now have become completely obsessed with their track Simulacrum's Damnation taken from their 2012 split Ex Profunditate Animae with fellow Italian bm project Anar.
I discovered Finnish black metal band Nekrokrist SS through their split with fellow Finns the mighty Förgjord, and have been enjoying their brutal, blackened blasts for the past few hours. Path of Depression is taken from their 2011 split with Nattfog.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 