Crucifyre - Post Vulcanic Black album review By Dayal Patterson published 4 February 18 Swedish supergroup offer an inconsistentold-school tribute
Quicksand at Islington Academy, London - live review By Dayal Patterson published 4 January 18 The Gospel - live
Master/Dehuman/Damim at The Lounge, London - live review By Dayal Patterson published 8 December 17 Not yet rated The Gospel - Live
Nekrasov - The Mirror Void album reviews By Dayal Patterson published 8 December 17 Challenging solo black metal with a dark ambient undertow
Archgoat/Svartidaudi/Bölzer at Underworld, London - live review By Dayal Patterson published 6 November 17 Not yet rated Finland’s primal force erupts through north London
Antiversum - Cosmos Comedenti album review By Dayal Patterson published 10 October 17 Swiss death/black dreamweavers approach the event horizon
Urarv - Aurum album review By Dayal Patterson published 13 September 17 Norwegian avant-extremity with a fearless black metal pedigree
Overoth - The Forgotten Tome album review By Dayal Patterson published 12 September 17 Irish death metallers scratch a seven-year itch
Order - Lex Amentiae album review By Dayal Patterson published 16 August 17 Former Mayhem members take an unpredictable path
Gravdal - Kadaverin album review By Dayal Patterson published 11 August 17 Bergen-based black metallers tinker with their DNA
Sun Of The Sleepless - To The Elements album review By Dayal Patterson published 22 July 17 Heartfelt black metal for when the sun goes down
Mutate and survive: How black metal got weird in the 90s By Dayal Patterson published 21 July 17 Although innovation was always at the heart of black metal’s DNA, the 90s saw a period of wild experimentalism that broke down all remaining doors of perception
Limbonic Art - Spectre Abysm album review By Dayal Patterson published 21 July 17 Symphonic black metal pioneer returns
Wintersun - The Forest Seasons album review By Dayal Patterson published 20 July 17 A controversial symphonic stopgap that exceeds expectations
Nargaroth / Absu / Hate / Nekrodelirium at Boston Music Rooms, London - review By Dayal Patterson published 26 June 17 Not yet rated Subterranea live
Dawn Of Ashes - Daemonolatry Gnosis album review By Dayal Patterson published 27 May 17 Polished black metal bombast from an unlikely source
Mayhem and Dragged Into Sunlight at the Electric Ballroom, London - live review By Dayal Patterson published 5 May 17 Not yet rated Oslo’s black metal pioneers forge a homecoming
Avatarium - Hurricanes And Halos album review By Dayal Patterson published 5 May 17 Soulful explorations from doom/psych Swedes
Slagmaur - Thill Smitts Terror album review By Dayal Patterson published 2 April 17 Nightmarish BM eccentricity to haunt your dreams
Svart Crown: "Making an album has been a kind of therapy" By Dayal Patterson published 10 March 17 One of the most atmospheric and ambitious bands in the extreme music scene, France’s Svart Crown are discovering that the darkest realms lie within
Helheim - Landawarijar album review By Dayal Patterson published 27 February 17 Norwegian Viking/black veterans make a swift return
Nidingr are back with an album that refuses to play to expectations By Dayal Patterson published 17 February 17 Nidingr’s roots may reach deep into the black metal scene, but even with a new, Norse-themed album in their arsenal, the band are determined to keep things weird
Wardruna live review - Union Chapel, London By Dayal Patterson published 2 February 17 Not yet rated Pagan spiritualists bring the rites and the resonance
Kampfar live review – London, Underworld By Dayal Patterson published 6 December 16 Not yet rated Battle-hardened Norwegians Kampfar return to London, with support from Vreid and Dreamarcher
