“You may have heard some stuff about an 80s phenomenon called simply “fake bands”. Essentially Some labels made some bands up that did not actually exist! the members were usually assembled ...”

“NME's sloppy musicianship in the early days was an intentional result of being too fucking BM rather than being shitty musicians! Their later career showed us that they can be quite professional, but ...”

“It's been seven years since this album was released. Listening to it now I'm reminded of just how good USBM can be. 'Obsidian Arc' is a fantastic work of dark atmosphere, ...”

“Akhlys started out as an ambient band, however, after releasing one mediocre ambient album, they ditched the idea of full-on ambient music and incorporated that ambient background into a unique ...”

“Lamp of Murmuur is one of the greatest and most consistent bands of recent years which always manages to amaze me with every new release! As I mentioned in my Revenant Marquis review, I discovered ...”

“Mixing Atmospheric Black Metal with Americana is not a new thing, and you can even say that it's USA's biggest Metal export of the post-2000s! Among big names like Agalloch or Wolves in the Throne ...”

“Alongside Panopticon and Agalloch, Wolves in the Throne Room can be considered as one of the frontrunners and most important names in the Cascadian Black Metal scene. Their first album is one of my ...”

“After the excellent "World's Blood" released back in 2018, I was eager to hear the follow-up for that album with high anticipation. And although this album showed a bit of a shift away from the ...”

“If you like old school War Metal acts like old school Beherit and Blasphemy, you MUST listen to this EP here! No other way around it! Abysmal Lord's incredibly primitive and dirty approach to Black ...”