Dec 05 2015
Triumvir Foul [USA]
Triumvir Foul
2016
Full Length
Blood Harvest
Black/Death Metal
Triumvir Foul‘s debut offering last year in the form of their demo An Oath of Blood and Fire couldn’t come at a worse time, with my interest in the black/death metal genre, in particularly the barbaric, filthy style declining …
Aug 30 2015
With my focus on the stoner, doom and psychedelic genres, I have lost track of another genre that caught my attention a while back – the filthy, bestial black/death metal style. While Archgoat’s new album was the first album this year of the genre to grab my attention, Valdur’s fourth full length Pathetic Scum does not fall far behind, with the band presenting some of their most brutal material to date.
Aug 23 2015
Architects of the Void is American stoner/doom outfit Behold! The Monolith’s third full length opus, yet regrettably my first encounter with the band. On their brand new release, the band crushes listeners with their heavy brand of thrash and death metal-tinged stoner/doom, breaking out of the tags and labels that one might have applied to them before.
Jan 28 2015
After 7 years of existence, New Zealand’s oppressive ritualistic black/death metal horde Witchrist finally calls it quits with two final releases towards the end of 2014. Vritra is the final EP of this excellent band, and sees KzR of Bölzer taking over vocals from Void. While running at merely 11 minutes, Vritra is a fitting swansong to the band’s 7-year career.
Sep 27 2014
Sturmtiger [Denmark]
World at War 1914-1918
2014
Full Length
Black Plague Records
Black/Death Metal
I thought that the name Sturmtiger rang a bell, but it turned out that I was really thinking of another war metal outfit, Truppensturm. No matter, as a band with such a moniker, along with the …
