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Category Archives: Black Friday
BLACK FRIDAY: SICULICIDIUM
This Burzum-esque Hungarian band, like many of its kind, draws inspiration from the history of its homeland. Siculicidium is a mass murder perpetrated by the Habsburgs in 1700s against the Székelys, an ethnic subset of Hungarian civilization. Their songs drift … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT
If you’re reading this then, like me, you probably recognize that black myrtle is still pretty cool and has spawned plenty of awesome ideas in the past year. Moreover, who says USBM has no good ideas? It’s not that these … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: HACAVITZ
This has been trying week capped off with the mass shooting of 20 kids in Connecticut. I’ve sent most of the afternoon engaging my fellow Americans about our availability of guns, our glorification of militarism, our scant mental health services and the blindspot our Department … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: UHRILEHTO
I’ve been delving deep into Finland lately, guys. In the first of a series of Finland oriented Black Friday posts, tonight we’ll look at a band that combines decypherable vox, distant Emperor-esque keys, smooth guitar leads, a lo-fo drum mix and still … Read the rest of this entry →
“BLACK SUNDAY”: SARGEIST
Due to a demanding schedule of social events I missed a few days of posting but fear not. I’m back in the sub basement of the space station, sipping box wine, and speaking to no one per usual. All is … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: SPIRE
Despite having a hilariously unreadable band logo that looks like an ice cream cone or a prosthetic wazard beard, Australia’s Spire are a serious collective of ambient and experimentally inclined musicians. In my love-hate relationship with experimental music, the tide … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: ASCENSION
It’s no secret round these parts that Germany is my pick for most righteous exporter of black metal. I may be doo-doo for Deutschland but not without reason. Where it was our Norse brethren that invented this musical insanity, it will be the … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: NEGATIVE PLANE
As all chronically unsatisfied music listeners, I’m always on the look out for something that challenges common sentiments about metal’s more rigid subgenres. None are more ideologically conservative than black metal and, though hipsters get rightfully chased back to their post-rock hives … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: HELLVETO
Pagan black metal. That once-groundbreaking, earthy, folk-infused ritualism has for all intents and purposes screeched to a halt. It was first popularized in the underground by Nokturnal Mortum. Once that band alienated one group of fans with a newly polished production and another with … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: ORANSSI PAZUZU
For some time, Fridays have been the scene of almost chronic evangelism on my part for the merits of German black metal. Though when it comes to the dark arts German is still undoubtedly my jam, Finland is making some … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: NAE’BLIS
Surprise! Round 2. As we slowly start to wade into misty swamps of ambient black metal, it’s good to start with a band that, though initially over-puffed by the scribes of the internet, is a good example of fine aesthetic … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: NAZXUL
Back in about 2001 on of my favorite obscure death metal bands changed their name from Deadspawn to Scarblind. They released one album under the former moniker and the resulting Emissions of Reality, though average by today’s standards, was anchored … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: SUN OF THE BLIND
I’ve been promising an in depth, bird’s eye view of atmospheric black metal but seeing as it’s infinitely obscure and lo-fi, even by black metal standards, perhaps we’ll start with a more accessible and still adjacent album. Sun of the … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: Ljå
If you’re tired of horsing around with the avant garde or the post-black or the ambient and simply long for a bloodthirsty return to black metal’s roots then please meet the lads in Ljå, who undoubtedly share such enjoyably reactionary … Read the rest of this entry →
Black Friday: Spite Extreme Wing
Though we spoke last week about the new movement of French black metal, one that rose from the ashes of the notorious Les Legions Noires, I can’t help but get sidetracked today to shed some light on a similar movement … Read the rest of this entry →
Black Friday: Celestia
I know I still owe ya’ll a Tuesday Time Machine post but the craziness of the week has simply made it impossible to squeeze it in. The best remedy may be a double header of nostalgia this coming tuesday (Don’t … Read the rest of this entry →
Black Friday: ColdWorld
Ok, I’ll be honest, there was a time when I thought post-rock sucked without exception. There’s just something infuriating about taking guitars and playing simplified, stripped down nonriffs in a purposeful effort to create non-rock rock (?). Think I’m being … Read the rest of this entry →
Black Friday: Skagos
I don’t usually mess around with anything resembling Cascadian black metal. Not that the vast forests and snowy peaks found in the northwestern US don’t make a suitable muse for atmospheric music, it’s just that it often lacks the juxtaposition of chaos … Read the rest of this entry →
Black Friday 2 for 1: Ashencult and Thormesis
First off, read NCS and read it often. Islander and friends are a beacon of consistency. They regularly craft the most elequent posts and reviews about the ugliest, dirtiest most abbrasive forms of metal. It’s like wiping your ass with silk. I … Read the rest of this entry →
Black Friday: Mondstille
The avant garde and the folk-infused don’t often cross paths in the realm of black metal. The latter is too often too concerned with self-serving wank to be caught rubbing elbows with what they perceive to be the fur-wearing Tolkien … Read the rest of this entry →