Tag: Black Metal

  • Midnight / Cyclone / High Command @ De Kreun, Kortrijk

    Midnight / Cyclone / High Command @ De Kreun, Kortrijk

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    Midnight has been on my radar for a while, being one of the more prolific blackened speed metal bands and having put out a banger of an album with Hellish Expectations last month. Supporting them was High Command and Belgium’s own Cyclone. High Command started the evening off with a blistering pace. The five-piece from…

  • Morgul Blade – Heavy Metal Wraiths

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    Philadelphia’s Morgul Blade has quickly made a name for themselves after the release of 2021’s ‘Fell Sorcery Abounds’. The Tolkien-inspired band brings a mix of traditional heavy metal and black metal. This sounds like a mad combination, but it works wonders. This sophomore album ‘Heavy Metal Wraiths’ brings us 10 tracks totaling just shy of…

  • Griffon – De Republica

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    Griffon is a Parisian band which was started back in 2012. With ‘De Republica’ they are on their third album. Lyrically, De Republica is somewhat chauvinistic, choosing to cover historic French events. They are labeled as being black metal, but there’s a heavy dose of death metal involved as well. Stylicstically they remind me of…

  • Night Slasher – Night Slasher

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    The Lithuanian Night Slasher is a a new kid on the block, having formed (as Night Slasher) in 2023. Previously, the foursome was known as Alcotopia and released one album, ‘It Hits the Spot’ in 2019. Night Slasher is a speed/thrash metal band with some (proto) black metal influences in their sound. From the first…

  • Boarhammer – II: Chemognosis – A Shortcut to Mushrooms

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    Boarhammer is a two-piece outfit out of Germany, consisting of Wodwoz on guitar and vocals, and The Vessel on bass, drums and vocals. They brought out an EP ‘I: Cutting Wood for Magickal Purposes’ back in 2021 and with this release their first full length. They bring their take on first wave black metal. Think…

  • Abbath / Toxic Holocaust / Hellripper @ De Casino

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    Concertvenue ‘De Casino’ is a beautiful musichall with a capacity of about 600 people. On January 24th 2024, Abbath’s Dead Reaver Over Europe tour landed here. The Scottish Hellripper was the opener of the evening. If you’ve never heard of them, Hellripper plays blackened speed metal with a good dose of thrash. It’s the project…

  • Mourning Dawn – The Foam Of Despair

    Mourning Dawn – The Foam Of Despair

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    The Parisian band Mourning Dawn are a new band to me, but in actually they’ve been around for over 20 years. Starting off as a one-man band, they became a fully fledged band in 2005. With ‘The Foam Of Despair’, their 6th album, Mourning Dawn bridge the gap between black metal and doom metal. The…

  • A/ORATOS – ECCLESIA GNOSTICA

    A/ORATOS – ECCLESIA GNOSTICA

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    A/Oratos is a Parisian band founded in 2016 by Wilhelm. He provides the concept, lyrics and guitar playing for this melodic black metal band. After their self-published EP ‘Epignosis’, this ‘Ecclesia Gnostica’ is their first full-length album. The central theme here is Gnosticism, a religion that dates from the first centuries AD and focused mainly…

  • Hulder – Verses In Oath

    Hulder – Verses In Oath

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    US based black metal act Hulder is a solo project by Belgium-born Marlies Beeuwsaert. The first demo was released in 2018 and in 2021, the first full-length album entitled ‘Godslastering: Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry’ was released via Iron Bonehead Productions. Since then, Hulder has enjoyed a formidable rise in popularity, especially in the United…

  • Vemod – The Deepening

    Vemod – The Deepening

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    The Norwegian Vemod is a band that was founded in 2000 but only occasionally releases new material. After a few demos, they released their only album, ‘Venter På Stormene’, in 2012, which I enjoyed very much. Fortunately, the Norwegians have now awakened from their deep hibernation and bring us forty-eight minutes of their own mix…