Halphas – Sermons of the Black Flame (2024) – Review

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A black mass, a genuine salacious ritual, is on the horizon. One with a sturdy and truly wild theme that will make this pitch-black year of 2024 ominously glow in darkened colors. Unspeakable and unholy rites that happen in forlorn corners of haunted woods and away from prying eyes.

But the wait will still be long until that time. So, in the meantime, we’ll take in some sermons to get the Dark Lord’s attention. The ones of the Black Flame. Halphas just returned from the undead to the stage and an unholy hunger fills them. Dark greetings to thee.… [...] Click to raid more!

Whiskey Ritual – Kings (2022) – Review

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Let’s explore your punkish side for a change. Away from this vile metal thing that usurps yer senses to no end. You know, back to a fiery brand of rock that comes in short blurbs of hellish brutality. With lyrics that are yelled straight in your faces like one of those addle-brained drill instructors over in the US. And all of that wild clamor and brouhaha will make you call the Anger Management Hotline for assistance. But fear naught, this time it’s not true punk like this one or this one.

But first, a caveat. Whiskey Ritual‘s album … [...] Click to raid more!

Narbeleth – Svmma Cvm Nox Arcana (2021) – Review

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It’s funny, I just listened to an age-old 1996 record of Astarte, the Greek (almost) all-girl Black Metal band,1 all over again. So, I was really fired up for some good, church-burning Scandinavian Black Metal. All lookouts manned, and gun crews ready to fire.

And sure enough, the folks from Narbeleth appeared on our search radar with a new album. We already had a short run-in with them on the excellent Indomitvs some time ago. Back then, the band’s Black Metal prowess truly made us listen up. Theirs is the real thing. A band with Cuban origins and based … [...] Click to raid more!

Newsflash: Narbeleth take the chains off Indomitvs!

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Are you in the mood?

Because you must be in the mood for this. If so, follow me down that blackened tunnel to the spot where Narbeleth lustfully indulge in their Black Metal tune.

The band’s newest album Indomitvs just delivers whatever my black metal heart desires this dark morning. Right up there with the likes of Batushka‘s Litourgyia or the ritualistic Darkend.   

Their menu: Traditional Black Metal in all its unholy Northern splendor. And this without a lot of the current-day theatrics that we have to put up with.

At least this is the first impression. [...] Click to raid more!