With so many damn bands period, regardless of genre, it’s so easy to not become acquainted with many really solid ones like this newer Polish band that carries the torch of powerful bands that are so through simple production, grim atmospheres haunted by neoclassical decorations, and a thin film sound cast by a single buzzing
Fuck!!!! Unlike the incredible Ravenmoon Sanctuary and Blodtru this one is not even available yet and it’s tied with RS for absolute MUST have purchasing. I also scoured the Internet; well okay… only a little bit, and all that I found was that Halvag is a U.S. based black metal band. For reviewing this is
For me this album was an absolute surprise for several reasons: the first of which being a death metal record released by Shadow Kingdom? Of course there’s plenty of doom influence present on the album, especially the iconic lead guitar tones of Altar of Oblivion’s axeman Martin Mendelssohn, but even still it’s an unusual style
Surely Jex Thoth is a familiar name to many of you reading this, especially to those diehard doom heads, but whether you’ve been exposed to her seductive voice delivering deep poetic and introspective lyrics is more important than the recognition of the brand name. Originally named Totem this band has been actively ,for 8 years
Over the last 4 years or so the Quebecois Metal Noir turnout of incredible black metal bands has kept me mail ordering, digging around to grab all that I can on any format, and it all pretty much started with my introduction to Forteresse and this band here with their Transcendance EP. Since then it’s
Breathing Problem are one of those anomalies that will completely wrack your mind upon initial contact with them because you enjoy and are subsequently intrigued by its ability to disturb you emotionally and question your sanity through a realization of what you are hearing AND feeling. Unlike many of my PE/noise/ dark ambient/death industrial listens
I’ve been a long time fan of Solitude Productions eventhough the vast majority of their releases are in the My Dying Bride/Novembers Doom vein but every set of quarterly releases from them and their brother label, BadMoodMan, yield a release that’s something that honestly wows me and Darktrance is one of those releases. It’s tagged
Okay, this not what we normally cover here at Forbidden but I am an avid classic metal collector and this label releases some of the best rare/OOP/first official releases that I rank them alongside High Roller, Shadow Kingdom, and Stormspell. Anyhow, Crillson were a traditional heavy metal/U.S. Power metal act from Alaska that released ONE
“Abandon all sanity all ye who dare to listen here”, as if SHP were ever going to fall short of disturbing and magnificent (?), but do not let it be unsaid that The Empirics Guild does indeed set the standard for depravity and sonic craftsmanship substantially higher with this release so other analogue sound wave
Slumber Room are a duo featuring M. Krutsinger (ex- In Memorium) and M. Nihilist (ex- In Memorium, Lord Gore, Abazagorath) who have come together as like minded artists to create something that is not only different from their usual territiory, but also breathes a less cut-and-paste or watered down take on the fusion of vicious
