If you live in the North of England and have nothing to do this Thursday night, then I highly recommend that you turn off your phone, put down the lid of your laptop, grab a fiver and head on down to the Northumberland Arms in Newcastle for 7.30pm where Haar, The Infernal Sea and Blind… Continue reading Haar : The Infernal Sea : Blind Spite
Ereb Altor are a band which have released consistently powerful material in the years since their formation in 2003. Their 2015 full-length Nattramn is one more testament to the excellence of this Swedish four piece. Below is Dark Waters, the fifth track from the album.
Enjoying an unreleased Burzum track. Varg put it up on his Thulean Perspective YouTube Channel and stated that it's a guitar and bass rehearsal from 2009.
Went along to a gig in Newcastle last night at The Cluny and here are some of the photos I managed to capture of Negura Bunget, Northern Plague and Agamendon.
Krahnholm are an atmospheric black metal project from Russia. Don't know all that much about them...but that's going to change quite swiftly, as I'm thoroughly enjoying I Will Walk With Wolves from their magnificently titled 2015 album The Past Must Be Consigned to the Flames.
The sixth full-length release from Peste Noire is interesting to say the least, and often disturbingly mellow. Unlike with their five other releases, La Chaise-Dyable it may take a few listens until I'm really feeling it. The final song on the album Dans Ma Nuit featured a while ago as my sound of the day,… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Peste Noire
If you are looking for some black metal that has that true, Norsk Svartmetall sound, then you have come to the right place. Here we have Orcustus with Lucifuge Damnation, taken from their self titled 2009 full-length.
Primordial are a band which have been close to my heart since 2008 when I discovered their 2000 full-length album Spirit The Earth Aflame in Resurrection Records in London. I have followed them avidly ever since, and have relished every single release they have put out into the world.They're the kind of band I want… Continue reading Primordial Reveal New Video
Dark atmospheric black metal from northern Norway to bring your sunday to a close. Knust is a one man project which I've only encountered recently, but hell, the music has left a deep impression. Based in Tromso and fronted by Haerfar, Knust is one band which I am really looking forward to following closely. The… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Knust
Atmospheric black metal from Poland to start the weekend off. I am thoroughly enjoying what I'm hearing from one man band Mornië Utúlië. Ślepowidzenie taken from Bartosz Brożek's debut full-length Sny has been on repeat half a dozen times this morning already. Mornië Utúlië is a name taken from elvish language created by J.R.R.Tolkien and… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Mornië Utúlië
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 