Arckanum is Johan “Shamaatae” Lahger’s Black Metal art, religion, and practice. The highly anticipated album, Beswaerilrin (Darkness Shall Rise Records) is the tenth album from Arckanum since the formation of his solo work in 1992. Implementing narrative incantations which serve to channel Thursian spiritual disciplines and occult artistic practices. Arckanum’s Beswaerilirin surely delivers a devastatingly dark and artful elegance to the genre of Black Metal. Continue reading
The third chapter of Blackbraid is upon us! Blackbraid III (Self-Released ) has been released onto the world, continuing where the previous chapter ended. This installment in the series keeps all of the elements we have all come to love from Sgah’gahsowáh’s (Editor’s note: translated from Indigenous American for “The Witch Hawk”) solo project, with even more guitar leads to melt your face. A few ticks under an hour places Blackbraid III slightly shorter than its predecessor. It’s worth every minute, so keep that finger off the skip button. Continue reading
Steve Von Till probably needs little introduction to most Ghost Cult Magazine readers. His hugely influential work with post-metal icons Neurosis needs no further elaboration here. What people may be less aware of, though, is that Von Till has been releasing solo records since 2000. Indeed, Alone in a World of Wounds (Neurot Recordings) is his sixth solo offering to date. Continue reading