Yes, this is album is a blend of thrash, death, and black metal to be sure. The thrash influence is especially prominent in tracks like “Engraved in the Book of Death” and the title track to name a couple. If you can imagine what it would be like to have claws of the fallen himself
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Abazagorath – Abazagorath
Here’s a USBM band that carries the black flame of traditional black metal, full of darkness, melody, and stormy atmospheres like an official occult Olympic Torch out from the depths of somewhere unknown for the last five years to reap new violent metal glories with their S/T EP. Unlike their prior slaughtering releases ( I
Leper Lord – Altar of Embers
Virginia’s Leper Lord have all the right elements in place for a black metal massacre. Crude xerox covers, indecipherable logos, live recordings and bottomless studio mixes spell out the name of black metal for shallow scene charlatans everywhere. Luckily for listeners, 6 unholy ceremonies are contained on Altar of Embers, a furious release that holds non-believers
Kult ov Azazel
12 QUESTIONS FOR XAPHAN OF KULT OV AZAZEL Kult ov Azazel is a long-running, much respected American underground act. I have been extremely fond of their malevolent, crushing brand of blackdeath since their inception, and can happily say that they’re still going strong and show no signs of slowing down. Frontman Xaphan blessed me with
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Nachtmystium
Nachtmystium just came off the ‘Creatures From The Black Abyss’ North American tour with Cradle Of Filth, any stories from that tour, favorite stops, etc.? This was a great tour for us. The Cradle of Filth guys were really good to us, we played right before them every night out of four bands (aka direct
Fiends at Feast
Give us a history of your band…you are from California, yes? Are Fiends at Feast membersinvolved in other projects? In 2008, Fiends at Feast was first formed in the lair of our guitarist Sammer in Santa Cruz, CA.He shortly met up with our second guitarist, David, to form to core of what would be Fiends.Soon
Cryptic Throne – The Wolves Gather
After what seems like an eternity of neither listening to nor writing about anything extreme, it is with great pleasure that I present ‘The Wolves Gather’, an 11 track onslaught from USBM one man cult Cryptic Throne. Driving and dripping with the blood of innocents, ‘The Wolves Gather’ is a strong release that should not
Withering Soul – No Closure
Withering Soul was founded by brothers Mykil (Vocals) and Krystofer (Guitars / Synths), and what originally started as a side project, eventually developed into a full band. The band’s full-length debut is a combination of symphonic black metal and melodic death metal with some gothic overtones thrown in as well. Withering Soul‘s much anticipated second
Shroud of Despondency – Dark Meditations in Monastic Seclusion
U.S. black metal act Shroud of Despondency is soon to release their full length album Dark Meditations in Monastic Seclusion. When I got this album, my eyes lit up as I saw it contained some amazing acoustic guitars and Black Metal fusion, a rarity in the extreme music arena. And trust me, when I finished