Ulsect - Ulsect album review By Cheryl Carter published 5 May 17 Progressive Dutch crew reshape the death metal mould
Mountains Crave - As We Were When We Were Not album review By Cheryl Carter published 5 May 17 British black metal newcomers head straight to the heights
Mantar and Solleme at The Black Heart, London - live review By Cheryl Carter published 4 May 17 Not yet rated The Gospel - live
Fen - Winter album review By Cheryl Carter published 2 April 17 UKBM trio stoke the heart of midwinter
Ghost Bath - Starmourner album review By Cheryl Carter published 30 March 17 Post-black metallers take the scenic route
Asira - Efference album review By Cheryl Carter published 30 March 17 Reading post-black metal outfit begin their ascent
Windswept - The Great Cold Steppe album review By Cheryl Carter published 13 March 17 Drudkh’s enigmatic frontman turns down the temperature
Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed II album review By Cheryl Carter published 13 March 17 Amenra bassist blackens his soul once more
Doctor Livingstone - Triumphus Haeretici album review By Cheryl Carter published 13 March 17 Gallic tomfoolery with a rabid, razor-sharp edge
Nidingr - The High Heat Licks Against Heaven album review By Cheryl Carter published 27 February 17 Well-seasoned black/death crew go back to their runes
Glare Of The Sun - Soil album review By Cheryl Carter published 23 February 17 Teutonic post-rockers lay groundwork for a glistening career
Shining live review - Underworld, London By Cheryl Carter published 2 February 17 Not yet rated Niklas Kvarforth battles more than his demons
Downfall Of Gaia – Atrophy album review By Cheryl Carter published 30 November 16 International emotional voyagers Downfall Of Gaia seek new shades of black with latest album
Ancress – Victoria/Jeiunium album review By Cheryl Carter published 24 November 16 Canadian conceptualists Ancress struggle too hard for their art with new album
Yob live review – London, Scala By Cheryl Carter published 3 November 16 Oregon’s doom mystics Yob light up the capital. Read our live review here...
Naat album review – Naat By Cheryl Carter published 3 November 16 Instrumental Italians Naat set out their cinematic stall
Eastern Front album review – Empire By Cheryl Carter published 2 November 16 British black metallers Eastern Front still in the rebuilding stage with new album
Black Table album review – Obelisk By Cheryl Carter published 7 October 16 Blackened New Yorkers Black Table open up a harrowing emotional portal with new album
Pénitence Onirique album review – V.I.T.R.I.O.L By Cheryl Carter published 5 October 16 Dynamic Gallic duo Pénitence Onirique prepare themselves for the endtimes with new album
Imperium Dekadenz – Dis Manibvs album review By Cheryl Carter published 14 August 16 Expansive Black Forest duo Imperium Dekadenz wage a war on the senses with new album
Caronte – Codex Babalon album review By Cheryl Carter published 13 August 16 Italian doom wizards Caronte allow themselves some Goetic licence with new album. Read our review here
MAKE – Pilgrimage Of Loathing album review By Cheryl Carter published 17 July 16 Politically incensed progressive doom from the reddest of states, with the new album from MAKE
Fyrnask – Fórn album review By Cheryl Carter published 17 July 16 A cathartic wonder from the banks of the Rhine, it's the new album from Fyrnask. Read our review here...
If These Trees Could Talk – The Bones Of A Dying World album review By Cheryl Carter published 15 July 16 Mid-western post-rockers If These Trees Could Talk set their co-ordinates for salvation with new album
Loss, loneliness and redemption: Sylvaine offers salvation in dark times By Cheryl Carter published 20 June 16 A sumptuous addition to the ‘blackgaze’ canon, Sylvaine’s latest album Wistful rails against limitations – she tells us how art can spring from loneliness and isolation