Reviewed: November 2021 Released: 2021, Avantgarde Music Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Olio Tähtien Takana, Finnish for ‘A Creature Beyond the Stars’ is the symphonic black metal brainchild of multi-instrumentalist v-KhaoZ. He is a member of bands such as Vargrav and Druadan Forest. After a collaboration with the vocalist Hellwind…
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Necronautical – Slain In The Spirit
Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2021, Candlelight Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Necronautical: all the way from Manchester, this quartet have been working non-stop for the last decade to get into the upper echelons of British black metal, and I can now say they have secured their seats at the…
Arcane Existence – Colossus
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Starting out as Kiera Pietrangelo’s solo project in 2016, before expanding into a full band the following year, Arcane Existence are a California-based symphonic black/death metal quintet. Their name describes the band’s aesthetic and lyrics that explore themes such…
EMPEROR Presents “A Night of Emperial Wrath” Official Live Stream Event May 23
From the Emperor Official Facebook Page Who’s joining us? Official live stream: A Night of Emperial Wrath 2021 CONCERT START: May 23rd 2021: 20:00 CET REWATCH AVAILABLE TO: May 26th 2021: 23:00 CET TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: emperor.munin.live
Abstrakt – Uncreation
Reviewed: [March 2021] Released [2021 Inverse Records] Rating [2.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson The second album from Finland’s Abstrakt offers up a symphonic black metal grandiosity to match that of Norwegian contemporaries Dimmu Borgir – even without the orchestras and choirs Dimmu now have their wherewithal to employ. But thanks to…
Seraph In Travail – A Black Death Incense
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis The world of symphonic death metal is one that I’ve noticed emerging from obscurity into a wider audience over the past few years, particularly with Fleshgod Apocalypse leading the way. Combining decent death metal extremities with the kind of…
Dark Fortress – Spectres From The Old World
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Century Media Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Spectres From The Old World is album number eight from the mighty melodic black metallers Dark Fortress. The band – formed in Landshut, Bavaria (Germany) – seem to lead a little more with their dark approach in terms…
Old Corpse Road – On Ghastly Shores lays the Wreckage of our Lore
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Trollzorn Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis British black metal institution Old Corpse Road have unleashed their third studio album, “On Ghastly Shores lays the Wreckage of our Lore,” which, as the title suggests, has a theme of coastal folklore and legends. OCR are not a…
Dimmu Borgir + Amorphis + Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Kentish Town Forum, London
Dimmu Borgir + Amorphis + Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Kentish Town Forum, London 22 January 2020 Review by Demitri Levantis Photography by Graham Hilling
Ewigkeit – Starscape
Reviewed: September, 2019 Released: 2019, D.T.M. Productions Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Ambra Chilenwa Surrounding themes from fantasy, politics and new age to space is experimental solo black metal project Ewigkeit from Brighton, United Kingdom. Originally starting as black metal, the project later progressed to various experimental and symphonic techniques. Ewigkeit was…
Formicarius – Rending The Veil Of Flesh
Reviewed: September, 2019 Released: 2019, SCHWARZDORN PRODUCTION Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Jesse Edwards Formicarius apparently play symphonic black metal in the vein of Emperor, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, and Immortal. I’d not heard of the band before, but they have recruited some familiar names in Sakis Tolis (Rotting Christ),…
Carach Angren + Wolfheart + Thy Antichrist + Nevalra @ The Underworld, Camden
Carach Angren + Wolfheart + Thy Antichrist + Nevalra @ The Underworld, Camden 1st July 2019 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos & Videos by Jo Blackened The bright summer sun might have been blazing down over London this evening (1st July) but the darkest parts of all life were at…
Abigail Williams + The Infernal Sea + Martyrium @ Audio, Glasgow
Abigail Williams + The Infernal Sea + Martyrium @ Audio, Glasgow Monday, 10th December 2018 Review By: Pete Mutant
Necronautical Interview with Naut
Interview with Necronautical Interview by Jarod Lawley Macabre sea farers Necronautical are one of the most interesting and musically solid bands to have come out of the recently revived British black metal scene. We spoke to frontman Naut about the concept behind the band and where they are sailing towards…