Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Occult black metal might be a cliché for the Finnish scene, or indeed any scene in the black metal world, but when you get a band who have taken all the best elements of the most obscure and intriguing…
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In the Company of Serpents – Lux
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor (original release: 2020) Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes In the Company of Serpents’ fourth full-length was initially a self-release last year, but is now seeing a fresh issue by Petrichor. Listening to it now, you can easily hear how it caught the label’s attention;…
Quick Jabs for September 2021
Welcome to the one year Anniversary of “Quick Jabs.” We started this section to post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on in previous months. With so many album releases, it has been great for me and the artists…
Bohemyst – Čerň A Smrt
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Featuring ex-members of Avenger and Master’s Hammer, Bohemyst are a black/death quintet from Czechia. Čerň A Smrt is their first full-length release under this moniker. “Bohemyst is a follow-up to Czech dark horde Avenger. Various personal and practical reasons…
Butterfly – Doorways of Time
Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Four experienced musicians with a range of musical backgrounds and influences join forces in Melbourne, Australia, to bring the world a nostalgic dose of Traditional Heavy Metal, laced with vocal harmonies, twin guitars, and massive sounds from the rhythm…
Utbyrd – Varskrik
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Svetlana Likhacheva Norwegian black metal band Utbyrd, through Petrichor, are about to give their album Varskrik (which translates into English as Warning) a chance to see the world with the physical release. The digital version was released in the far 2017,…