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Reviews for Borknagar - The Olden Domain

I've been listening to many old school albums lately. Metal in all forms is so ubiquitous now that it's easy for older albums and bands to get passed over. Even if they still exist and still ...

30th Jul, 2023
Score:
95% 4.8 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Cult of Fire - Moksha

Moksha is the fourth full length from Prague's Cult Of Fire. Released in 2020 the album flew under the radar thanks to Covid and the ensuing world wide shit show that followed. But thankfully ...

9th Jul, 2023
Score:
92% 4.6 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Satyricon - Nemesis Divina

At first, when I was just starting to get into the world of Extreme Metal, I listened to Nemesis Divina but there was a detail, I didn't like it in any way... I was so wrong, too much!! Some ...

23rd Jun, 2023
Score:
100% 5.0 star rating
Review by
Mørk
Reviews for Satyricon - The Shadowthrone

Another masterpiece? It will be? That's what I wonder... I began to think too much about which would be better between Dark Medieval Times or The Shadowthrone, after thinking about it too much I ...

22nd Jun, 2023
Score:
95% 4.8 star rating
Review by
Mørk
Reviews for Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times

Satyricon a legendary band... I didn't have the fortune to see him live... I don't like all that. What to say about his debut... An album that generates a nostalgia in me that transports me ...

22nd Jun, 2023
Score:
97% 4.9 star rating
Review by
Mørk
Reviews for Misþyrming - Með Hamri

This is the third album by Misthyrming. These guys arrived in 2015 fully formed and ready to dominate with their debut album Songvar Elds og Oreidu which I believe translates to songs of fire and ...

29th May, 2023
Score:
94% 4.7 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Setherial - Nord...

By 1996 black metal had taken over in Scandanavia. Norway's influence on bands sound was spreading fast. Swedish bands like Marduk, Sacramentum, Vinterland, and of course Dissection were carving ...

18th May, 2023
Score:
94% 4.7 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Dimmu Borgir - Inn i Evighetens Mørke

An Ep of about 12 minutes, which would start the legend of Dimmi Borgir, are three songs, to start with the first... A cold and desolate environment in which a keyboard in some sad notes in which he ...

9th May, 2023
Score:
80% 4.0 star rating
Review by
Mørk
Reviews for Lamp of Murmuur - Saturnian Bloodstorm

There is no need to write a long drawn out review of this record. So I'll keep this short and sweet. Lamp Of Murmuur has an exceptional discography. Three full lengths, six ep's and a two ...

7th May, 2023
Score:
95% 4.8 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Ánimas Defunctorum - Necrópolis Nebulosa

Ánimas Defunctorum is the solo project of Lifeless, leader and founder of the Black metal band Blestema, who in 2020 decided to bring to light one of his hidden works entitled Ánimas ...

16th Apr, 2023
Score:
95% 4.8 star rating
Review by
TUBM
Reviews for Úlfúð - Of Existential Distortion

The early nineties saw Norway gain worldwide notoriety for black metal music (among other things). Being credited for starting the second wave of extreme dark music. It quickly spread across ...

18th Mar, 2023
Score:
90% 4.5 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Dissection - The Somberlain

It's hard to believe this album is thirty years old this month. It's also hard to believe it was made by four guys in their early twenties. Hell man even producer Dan Swano was only ...

12th Mar, 2023
Score:
95% 4.8 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Zaklon - Viatry Karačunavaj Nočy

Every Friday the new releases at Hells Headbangers come out. I look forward to it all week in hopes I can score something new for my collection. Not long ago I was scrolling through the vinyl section ...

27th Feb, 2023
Score:
92% 4.6 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Blackbraid - Blackbraid I

Native American history perfectly lends itself to the ethos of black metal. Full of violence, tragedy, hardship, stolen land and culture, relegated to reservations and forgotten. Complete degradation ...

12th Feb, 2023
Score:
94% 4.7 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Necros Christos - Domedon Doxomedon

Anyone familiar with Necros Christos knows that their albums require patience and attention. The shortest LP being their debut Triune Impurity Rights which comes in at just under an hour. Their second ...

4th Feb, 2023
Score:
90% 4.5 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Weakling - Dead as Dreams

A murder of crows atop a pile of human skulls in the middle of a desolate desert landscape. An apocalyptic scene indeed. That is what you see when you open this album. Physically and metaphorically. ...

29th Jan, 2023
Score:
98% 4.9 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Akitsa - Goétie

this is by far probably one of my favourite black metal albums of all time, some parts of the songs on this album sound so ethereal to me. My personal favourites are "Les Opposants Brûleront" ...

27th Jan, 2023
Score:
100% 5.0 star rating
Review by
Leo.Kyz
Reviews for Imha Tarikat - Hearts Unchained (At War with a Passionless World)

Hearts Unchained is the third full length from German band Imha Tarikat. An album full of contradictions much like the world we live in. Kerem Yilmaz writing songs that feel bleak and dark yet at the ...

22nd Jan, 2023
Score:
82% 4.1 star rating
Review by
ScorchedEarth
Reviews for Aquilus - Griseus

One of the most beautiful albums I have ever heard. The music style reminds me of Opeth and Drudkh. Mixing two genres of extreme metal gave such an amazing result. After each aggressive guitar part ...

4th Nov, 2022
Score:
93% 4.7 star rating
Review by
svidetelgavnidi
Reviews for Crust - Wanderers

I absolutely love this band. Crust is a band that has a bit of everything. So why did I add it to a black metal page .. Because it f@#king rules that's why. Crust also has strong black ...

24th Oct, 2022
Score:
98% 4.9 star rating
Review by
2ADHD4DØØM
Reviews for Exorcist (USA) - Nightmare Theatre

You may have heard some stuff about an 80s phenomenon called simply “fake bands”. essentially Some labels made some bands up that did not actually exist! the members were usually assembled ...

12th Sep, 2022
Score:
93% 4.7 star rating
Review by
PeaceThroughAnarchy
Reviews for Burzum - Det Som Engang Var

before we begin this review, i urge you to read the review for the debut Burzum Album if you haven't already Since these two albums are intertwined with each other and some information on that ...

12th Sep, 2022
Score:
96% 4.8 star rating
Review by
PeaceThroughAnarchy
Reviews for Burzum - Burzum

before we get into the review for this album (and indeed the Review for 'Det Som Engang Var') i want to start with some disclaimers: First of all, you might ask why i'm doing reviews ...

12th Sep, 2022
Score:
94% 4.7 star rating
Review by
PeaceThroughAnarchy
Reviews for Megathérion (DEU) - Megathérion

Germany’s underground scene is probably one of the most awesome ones!it has all the colors in the spectrum of Black metal from Thrash to Pagan Black metal covered in a badass manner! ...

9th Sep, 2022
Score:
89% 4.5 star rating
Review by
PeaceThroughAnarchy
Reviews for Shores of Ladon - Witterung

First of all i want to start my "Review" with a Public Announcement kind of introduction. i took a long break from discovering new music and the humble opinion expressing that came along with it. ...

7th Sep, 2022
Score:
93% 4.7 star rating
Review by
PeaceThroughAnarchy
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