Tag Archives: black metal

Necrophobic – Mark of the Necrogram

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Press play on Necrophobic’s Mark of the Necrogram (Century Media) and its crystal clear that these Swedish extreme metal pros are not in the business of fucking around. The title track explodes with no fancy introductions or orchestrations and grabs a hold of your scalp until you’ve surrendered any sense of control. Dramatic and sudden switches between Black and Death Metal ensue until we get some mild reprieve via Sebastian Ramstedt’s tasteful guitar solo. And that, ladies and gents, is the blueprint of the aural assault to come. Continue reading →


Kaoteon – Damnatio Memoriae

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What’s in a name? Well, when you’re a Black/Death Metal band from the highly religious country of Lebanon, whose original name of Chaotaeon could inadvertently be pronounced as “Shayatin” (which translates to “Devils”), then quite a lot, actually.Continue reading →


Drudkh Shares New Single, New Album Due Next Month

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Ukraine based black metal wizards Drudkh has released a brand new song ‘U Dakhiv Irzhavim Kolossyu’. This track comes from their upcoming album due from Season of Mist on March 9th, dubbed Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams About the Spring). Jam out to the bleak track below. Continue reading →


Gnaw Their Tongues – Collected Atrocities

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These days, blending Black Metal with Noise/Ambient electronics is so common it’s become a cliché (or, at least, it seems that way if you’re the one Ghost Cult asks to review EVERY SINGLE ALBUM IN THAT STYLE THAT EVER GETS RELEASED), but that wasn’t always the case. During the late 90’s and early 2000’s using Noise for intros or segues was standard, but actually letting it into your SONGS was still largely frowned upon. Along with his peers in Axis Of Perdition, Mories (the man solely responsible for Gnaw Their Tongues) was among the first to really explore the potential of these two often contradictory styles, and still among the very best.Continue reading →


Check Out The Poster For The Lords Of Chaos Film

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Long in the making, the film Lords Of Chaos, a movie based on the book Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground is a book by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind is getting a release this year. Director Jonas Åkerlund himself a former member of Bathory and Ghost has been the director on short films and music videos for Metallica, Madonna, Rammstein, and Paul McCartney. Most of the bands featured n the film, chronically the early days of Norwegian black metal in the early 1990s, have been outspoken against the film.  Åkerlund shared the first poster for the film on Twitter. Yes, that is a church on fire! Continue reading →


Hamferð – Támsins likam

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Hamferð’s slavish devotion to pristine technique and execution on Támsins likam (Metal Blade) becomes abundantly clear merely minutes into it. It’s got the type of laser-focus that may not be feasible for other metal musicians. It’s so well-formed and thought through that it could slightly border on predictable for some listeners. And it’s all well and good to feel that way, but this reviewer enjoys a good Doom Metal album that’s been properly mapped out and won’t run way passed its welcome.Continue reading →


Watain – Trident Wolf Eclipse

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When it comes to the enjoyment of music, it goes without saying that the most important of the five traditional human senses is hearing (well, duh). However, as anyone who has witnessed their infamous stage shows up close and personally can attest, smell can be just as important a sensory device with Swedish Black Metallers, Watain.Continue reading →


Sinmara – Almyrkvi – Infernal Invocation – Sortilegia: Live At De Gebroeders Nobel

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On a cold early December night I traveled to Leiden, to de Gebroeders nobel, a venue that regularly puts on decent black metal shows in the Netherlands. Located close to the central station, it’s a pretty easy trip, though as always, if you’re dependent on trains, remember to go home on time.Continue reading →


GUEST POST: Ghost Cult Alumni Christine Hager’s Top Ten Of 2017

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Ghost Cult contributor and model Christine Hager has some sick tastes (in both senses of the word) in the dark and nasty sounds that infest our corner of the musical world…Continue reading →


Reviews Editor Steve Tovey’s Top 20 Albums of 2017

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In previous incarnations of these end of year pieces, whether hosted by the good ship Ghost Cult, or wherever, I’ve indulged myself by launching into a kind of state of the world address at the outset. You’ll be pleased to know that, in the main, I’m going to spare you such an ordeal and just get down to the business of Heavy Metal brilliance. Why, you cry? Because, listening-to-music-wise (and in general), I’m in the best health I’ve been in for a good twenty years, I’m back in my zone of loving what I love… oh, and there’s a lot of damn good metulz to get through! So, here be my snapshot in time at my thoughts on 2017… (note, “favourite”, not “best”)Continue reading →