Three heavy hitting blackened punk songs from Montreal, Canada! Voidtrip is something you must experience. The production is lacking slightly, but I’ve heard way worse from “Professional” bands so this is still tolerable. Actually, the production is admired as it adds another element of pure raw “fuck yeah, this is metal” to the track. Voidtrip is pretty damn good and I want to hear much more from them. Listen to them on Bandcamp and enjoy a free download!!!!
Their Bandcamp says they are legendary but I’ve yet to hear of these guys before. So let’s listen and see just how legendary these guys are. First track is an instrumental introduction and then the music dives right in on the first real song “Dragon Dispitous”. Yeah, it’s some good black metal. The production is a little muddy but it’s still kvlt, evil and blasphemous. Their overall sound is definitely quality black metal as the vocalist has that raspy high end screech, the blast beats are a plenty and the guitars riff away. Atmospheric, punishing and relentless. Yeah, I’d say Nazxul is damn good at what they do.
ASTAROT gives you what you desire when you want to kill yourself, yet also gives you something to live for as well. The band hails from Mexico, one of the most war ridden countries in the world right now, so his inspiration is real. Only two songs can be previewed on his Bandcamp currently but they are incredibly good songs. Listen now, feel inspired.
Patria is a black metal band from Brazil. I have never heard of them before until now, so this will be the first time giving them an honest listen. Right away i can tell that they are stuck in the 90′s considering this isn’t an older band. (Their first release was a demo in 2008) Not saying that there is anything wrong with their sound. Its rather obvious that they stick to the “True” form of early 90’s black metal and pull it off rather smoothly.
I wasn’t entirely sure of what I was in for with “Maze of Thousand Ways” the newest release from Canadian Black Metallers “Magister Dixit”, but it didn’t take much time for me to get sucked in. With a short intro to kick things off, the title track comes blasting in. Excellent harsh vocals, almost reminiscent of Shagrath at times, are held up by top notch guitar riffing and a very solid rhythm section make for a very fun extreme listen. At times the vocalist breaks into some “clean” singing which, when used fits perfectly. About 3/4 of the way into the song, they break into a short acoustic part, which flows nicely and adds a nice creepy section which can only build and get more epic from here. So far this album puts me in mind of old emperor with a little less attention to the guitar work, crossed with some belphegor and dimmu borgir(minus the over powering symphonic work). So far, I’m a fan.
In an effort to get caught up on the flood of reviews that have been submitted over the past month, I’ve decided to do a massive review post. Labeling the band, album name, score and a small description of the music in an effort to get caught up and still manage to post some sort of quality writing material for all of you faithful readers out there. Today’s list includes: Suffocation, Animist, Baal, Blockheads, Moghul, Vorum, Momentum, Rotting Christ, Zombified, Nightfall, Gloria Morti, Lightning Swords of Death and Raven Black Night.
Head over to Metal Underground to listen to the new album from Rotting Christ, “Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy”!!!!
Vattnet Viskar is one of those black metal bands that I’m proud to say I was a fan of them right when they were signed to Broken Limbs Recordings. They put out a solid EP and I was forever a fan of theirs. Signing onto Century and now touring, these guys deserve great turnouts and their merch to be sold out night after night. Be sure to hit up a show if they are coming to your town and check out their EP on Bandcamp! PR crap and tour dates below!
So I was recently lucky enough to have some blackened thrash sent my way. Think of BAAL as Goatwhore with bad production values. You don’t need Erik Rutan production to appreciate the seething headbanging evil coming from these guys. When they aren’t raping your ears with threatening riffs and blasts, they tone down the tempo and blow you away even further with ambient black metal pieces on par with the best post-black metal and SDBM acts. The writing is dark and it’s true black metal. Be sure to check them out!
Click HERE to enjoy their 4 song EP!
Black Table has come forth and released an EP with the name “Sentinel”. As soon as I pressed play I was hooked. The slow tempo writing and tone of everything was far greater than anything I had anticipated. It had a filthy, crunchy sound to it and if you’re in the mood for post-rock sludge, then this EP will be what you want to hear. However, it’s the vocals that completely kill it for me.
Black metal masters ROTTING CHRIST have debuted the title track off of their forthcoming album, ‘ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ’ (“Do What Thou Wilt”). “Kata Ton Daimona Eaftou” is streaming now at MetalManiacs.com
Do you guys always wear sunglasses? Why does that bother me so much? Oh well. Lightning Swords of Death is a blend of Watain, Goatwhore and Behemoth…crusty blackened thrash death greatness. Here is the video for their song “Baphometic Chaosium”.
Joel Violette, a man I admire. A man with intellect, talent and a desire to continue on after hard times. Joel is the main writer of the Canadian Blackened Folk band “Thrawsunblat” and ex-lead guitarist of Woods of Ypres. Now focusing on Thrawsunblat, we’re going to be seeing new music and much more coming from this band in the near future. I had a couple of questions for Joel and I enjoyed what he had to say. So sit back, relax and enjoy the deep responses this man gives.
Listen to Canada 2010 while you read this. Enjoy.
A Cloud Forest, a depressive ambient black metal act from Arizona recently put up this phenomenal EP consisting of only 2 songs. One song being the bulk of the content, the other is a finale that closes out the EP prefectly. I was hooked after the first listen and I hope there is more to come very soon.
Nekro Khaos is a solo black metal act from France all ran by a man known as Julien Jandera. His take on black metal is traditional, dark and rather soul less. You can take that in one of two ways: either that makes for a better trve kvlt experience or that the album is just plain boring.
My name is Remi and I am a 43 years old metal fan from QC, Canada. I have been involved in the scene for close to 30 years, I did various labels, I still run PRC MUSIC (www.prcmusic.com – Negativa, Beyond Creation, Stalwart, Gorelust amongst a few others) and I started a record store called PROFUSION in 2003 which I sold in late 2011… I live for this music. It is in my veins. I will try to give you an idea of the day to day life on the first BARGE TO HELL as a metal fan, not a journalist, which I am not and have no pretention to be. I actually have no idea how to really do this… I sell music and distribute music, that is what I do best, so please bear with me if my article is not up to par with anything you will read in TERRORIZER or DECIBEL!
Can’t actually say how and why but we finally managed to survive this trip and made it back home safe… Why “Survive” you may ask? There were no tsunamis or plane crashes or titanic-like catastrophes… But how can you think going to such an event with some of the best bands on earth, surrounded by friends, bars and drunken metal heads, and not get into the mood and shit faced? This is actually the best fucking festival I had the chance to experience, and for numerous reasons, and I am already getting anxious for BARGE TO HELL 2… I will be there, and you should too. Hell, we should go together.
Blackened death metal, you really cannot go wrong with this genre. Lightning Swords of Death adds much more to this fact with their new track “Baphometic Chaosium”. This is my first time hearing of this band and with a name like that, I couldn’t resist. I had to click on the link and see what these guys sounded like and the result was instant: I’m a fan. Check out their new song below and like them on Facebook! New album “Baphometic Chaosivm” will be readily available on Jan 22nd 2013 via Metal Blade Records.
I was apart of a grim cold night and day hunt for stupid fucking deals. Oh poor people, how we act on this one day. Now that I am home, I plan on cooking and warming up my bones with coffee and listening to this massive 24+ hour long black metal play list. A ton of new bands and music I haven’t heard of previously to the making of this list. I hope you find something new and special within this playlist and that I have converted you to the grim and cold tones of black metal. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA9F833C30738A461&feature=mh_lolz
Norse is an Australian black metal band and their latest album is way different then what I’ve heard so far this year. Providing a different tone and sound than the usual black metal act, this darkness from down under just has a weird high quality yet no bass presence attack happening on “All Is Mist And Fog”. Typical yet well executed vocals and writing will appeal to long fans of the genres. Their style though is unique and creative, writing some weird hybrid evil and coming together to provide a fierce sound for the listener.
