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ALBUM REVIEW: Blut Aus Nord – Ethereal Horizons

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The French Black Metal band’s 16th album, Ethereal Horizons (Debemur Morti Productions), shows that Blut Aus Nord never makes the same album twice. They embrace every side of the genre here while cloaking them all in their signature atmosphere. This is the sound of a smoke machine enveloping a band rather than just seeing it on stage. The opening track finds atmospheric black metal being pushed in new directions,, This is balanced out by the pained moaning of the clean vocals cuts through the thickness of sound, bringing Mercyful Fate‘s earliest incarnations of black metal to mind. They worked in the obligatory storm of blast beats and tremolo-picked guitars needed to identify their blackened intent, but without dialing in the cliche black metal tropes.  Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Intraether – Vestiges

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It seems with every listen, Vestiges (Fiadh Productions) has something more somber to offer.

Intraether, the Atmospheric Black Metal outfit responsible for the new album, succeeds in creating distinguishable songs that all still contain a common thread of melancholy and bombast that brings everything together. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Amiensus – Reclamation

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The geography of Minnesota is described as being a largely woodland abundant area and, famously, waters, often referred to as “The land of 10,000 lakes”. Such scenery has become synonymous with Black Metal; in particular some of the genre’s more melodic bands as well as acts such as Amorphis (albeit the latter has only A Thousand Lakes). It is no surprise then that visuals of Minnesota would also create such Black Metal, with Amiensus’ roots being in the state. Also, much like some of their similar sounding peers, the likes of Reclamation (M-Theory Audio) are also a somewhat immersive experience which feels ready for the outdoors. Continue reading →