Forteresse – Thèmes Pour La Rébellion album review By Cheryl Carter published 19 June 16 Seminal Quebec black metallers Forteresse instigate another uprising with new album
Eleanora – Allure album review By Cheryl Carter published 15 June 16 More molten emotion from Eleanora – Belgium’s sonic cauldron
Cult Of Luna live review – London, Islington Assembly Hall By Cheryl Carter published 24 May 16 Sumptuous Swedes Cult Of Luna take the high road, supported by Bossk
Germ – Escape album review By Cheryl Carter published 23 May 16 Influential post-black metallers Gern deepen their gloom with new album
Sylvaine: Wistful By Cheryl Carter published 26 April 16 Ethereal and acerbic ecstasy from Norway’s black metal enchantress
Black Shape Of Nexus: Carrier By Cheryl Carter published 26 April 16 Impressive oppression from Germany’s avant doom absurdists
Rorcal: Creon By Cheryl Carter published 26 April 16 Sludgy Swiss doom crew unleash some royal thunder
North: Light The Way By Cheryl Carter published 29 March 16 Arizona’s expansive sludge crew still seeking a new direction
Sinistro: Semente By Cheryl Carter published 29 March 16 Doom/sludge soliloquies from the Iberian hinterlands
Fuath: I By Cheryl Carter published 29 March 16 Emotionally potent pilgrimages to the heart of winter
The Infernal Sea: The Great Mortality By Cheryl Carter published 1 March 16 Resurrected cult label unearths another black metal gem
Latitudes: Old Sunlight By Cheryl Carter published 1 March 16 Post-metal voyagers learn to spread their wings
Spektr: The Art To Disappear By Cheryl Carter published 2 February 16 Avant-black French duo err on the side of incoherence
Belphegor / Vital Remains / Hate By Cheryl Carter published 7 January 16 Not yet rated Austrian hedonists try to get their bearings
We Lost The Sea: Departure Songs By Cheryl Carter published 7 January 16 Sydney’s mortality-obsessed post-rockers ravish the senses
The Moth Gatherer: The Earth Is The Sky By Cheryl Carter published 7 January 16 Adventurous Swedes push the post-metal envelope
Mgła / One Tail, One Head / MISÞYRMING / Kringa By Cheryl Carter published 7 January 16 Not yet rated Bleak rapture from the new face of BM
Denigrata: Missa Defunctorum By Cheryl Carter published 8 December 15 Industrial/operatic black metal from the pits of Northampton
Ihsahn / Krokodil / Voices By Cheryl Carter published 8 December 15 Not yet rated Black metal pioneer brings the warmth
Terzij de Horde: Self By Cheryl Carter published 8 December 15 Searching soul-devastation from the Dutch provinces
Thy Catafalque: Sgùrr By Cheryl Carter published 10 November 15 Charting a route from Hungary to black metal’s outer rim
Anomalie: Refugium By Cheryl Carter published 10 November 15 Doleful deliberations from Europe’s centre ground
Abigail Williams: The Accuser By Cheryl Carter published 10 November 15 Phoenix’s US symphonic black metallers pull their finger out
Orkan: Livlaus By Cheryl Carter published 13 October 15 ‘Super-technically proficient Norwegian black metal’ is an exciting prospect
Cult Of Fire / Saturnalia Temple / Shrines By Cheryl Carter published 13 October 15 Not yet rated Gorgeous goddess worship from Czech ritualists
