You cannot talk about Black Metal without involving Satan, Norway and unease in its broadest sense. The most extreme and uncompromising metal subgenre has been destroying any rule for the last thirty years or so thanks to corpse-paint, screams and blast-beats, sparing nothing and no one. Against religion, against comfort, against humanity itself, Black Metal is the antagonist genre par excellence. Yet, despite this attitude, it has been contaminated by any music wave. Be it melodic, atmospheric, blackgaze, Norwegian or Cascadian, it won’t matter, as long as it is evil.
Introducing Ardawahisht Kollective
An underground black metal collective is rising from the East. Ardawahisht Kollective, from Iran, has been releasing music consistently for years now: this is their story ...
Finding peace in simple things: Mizmor’s Prosaic
Mizmor's A.L.N. finds a sweet spot with his new album "Prosaic": a new beginning and overall a pretty damn good doom/black album ...
AARA’s everflowing river of black metal
A chat with Berg and Fluss from Aara, one of the most interesting black metal bands to arise from the Swiss underground in recent times ...
Black metal and anti-fascism: an interview with Etxegiña
Hailing from France and Basque Country, Etxegiña is a black metal project formed by Basque born musician Waldo Losada. We got in touch with Waldo in order to ask him some questions ...
Spectral Lore on Ετερόφωτος, the sense of community and cultural heritage
A long chat with Greek Spectral Lore about the new album Ετερόφωτος, side projects, politics and cultural heritage ...
WESENWILLE: a material interview
An in-depth talk with the Dutch dissonant black metal duo about their new "II: A Material God", their partnership with LADLO, Paul Strand and much more ...
Cara Neir, between “Phase Out”, music and 8-bit aesthetics
Here's a pleasant chat with US band Cara Neir. We talked about their new album "Phase Out", a work with an extremely peculiar concept ...
“Vredesvävd”, the red thread in Finntroll’s wrath twine
Seven years after "Blodsvept", Finland trolls are back with a record that tastes both like Nineties and modernity: we had a talk about it with Vreth ...
An interview with Stephen Lockhart of Studio Emissary, Ascension Festival, Oration Records and Rebirth Of Nefast
If you’re a black metal fan, Stephen Lockhart’s name is one of those you hear more and more often these ...
MALOKARPATAN – Krupinské Ohne
"Krupinské Ohne" is the musical representation of 17th century Slovakia: obscure, superstitious and mysterious, constantly hanging between magic and religion ...
FLUISTERAARS – Bloem
"Bloem" marks the achievement of Fluisteraars' artistic maturity. Their various influences merge into a personal and unique style of music ...
Oranssi Pazuzu: a chat about their paranoid dystopia
Oranssi Pazuzu have always had a pretty personal idea of black metal. In this interview, bass player Ontto told us about their new album "Mestarin Kynsi" ...
ARKONA – Age Of Capricorn
Once again, Arkona confirm their stance as a solid Polish act, with their solemn, dark and symphonic black metal: a guarantee for those who love the genre ...
BEASTLURKER – Sanguine Elixir Of Psychotropic Divination
"Sanguine Elixir Of Psychotropic Divination" is a good starting point for the newborn black-death band from Chicago ...
HELL’S CORONATION – Ritual Chalice Of Hateful Blood
It is difficult to survive the darkness of "Ritual Chalice Of Hateful Blood", a debut that looms heavy and threatening on the listener ...
POPIOŁ – Zabobony
Rising from the Polish black metal underground, Popiół managed with "Zabobony", released via Godz Ov War Productions, to make a great first impression! ...
MIDNIGHT ODYSSEY – A bioluminiscent interview
Upon the release of the Biolume trilogy, we spent some time discussing with Dis Pater about music, culture and ancient authors' influence ...
BETHLEHEM – Lebe Dich Leer
With this record Bethlehem proved that, although time passes and things might change, the psychosis that powers creativity doesn't go away ...
