My involvement in the UKBM scene has been sporadic at best over the past however many years. But it warms this tattered heart of mine to know my home county of North Yorkshire is being darkened with sell-out shows and festivals featuring some of the very best black metal offerings. It’s been a while since… Continue reading A Conversation With Reaper Agency UK About Fortress Festival
I'm not one who usually listens to black metal with shoegaze influences...but I was won over on this occasion by UKBM band Cairiss, and their excellent demo Disgraced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfTBbaKsM58
I'm always up for hearing new BM from the British Isles, so I was eager to tune my ears into Scottish project Fuath. It's rare that we have good BM from this part of the world, so I was pleasantly surprised to discover that this one man band is actually really fucking good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCCUV0Mg2xk
Our black metal scene in England is not particularly strong, I'm sad to say. So, when a new band makes its presence known, I'm always eager to check them out, yet I'm always slightly skeptical. I'm happy to announce however, that my skepticism was short lived when I was given a nudge to check out… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Ethereal Shroud
The black metal scene in the United Kingdom has, in my opinion, only a select number of bands which do the genre justice. I've found myself edging away from certain acts and was beginning to lose hope that I'd come across another band which actually 'did it' for me. Fortunately, a friend randomly sent me a You… Continue reading Interview : UKBM Band Arx Atrata
Koma Blind Spite Decrepit Monolith
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Frostwork’s debut album Lore Of Winter - Ealdspell was released by Wodfreca Records in 2012 and I have to say that I feel honoured to own one of the 100 copies that were released. I really appreciate well thought-out album artwork, and the cover artwork is quietly beautiful, with a certain cold strength emanating from… Continue reading Frostwork: Lore Of Winter – Ealdspell / Album Review
I received Frostwork’s debut album Lore Of Winter- Ealdspell as a gift last year, and it stayed in my CD player for a good few weeks. I was bowled over by its rich diversity and raw, melancholic atmosphere. Naturally, I ranted and raved about it to anyone who would listen. The main reason I wanted… Continue reading Interview : Dagon of UKBM Project Frostwork
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 