Depressive Black Metal

February has Been an Epic Month

Eluveitie, Rotting Christ, Borknagar, Finntroll, Dark Tranquillity, Martriden, Burzum, Kawir, Whispered, Embryo, Shaolin Death Squad, De Profundis, Scythia, Daysend, Throes of Dawn, Jack Slater, Ov Hell, Nydvind, and Immolation have all released CD’s. I’ll try to give you a one or two sentense preview of each one:

2010 – Best of the New Year (So Far)

2010 is getting off to one hell of a start. January was pure insanity. Here are the ones to look for (IMO): Ihsahn – After Mother of God. This album is amazing. Vegard Sverre Tveitan keeps getting better. Now he is on an eight string guitar and the music...

Foscor – Groans to the Guilty (2009) Review

Foscor is a black metal band from Catalonia, Spain.  According to their website, they exclusively play dark black metal. I fact, Fosor is a Catalan word meaning “darkness”. A combination of melody and dissonance come together to create the eerie sounds of Foscor. The music is mostly mid-tempo and...

Karlahan – A Portrait of Life (2009) Review: 10/10

Has anyone ever came up to you and said “Hey, wanna listen to some epicly symphonic thrashing melodic blackened orchestral folk-ish death metal?”. Well, with Karlahan, that is indeed the band that was used in the scenario mentioned. Karlahan is a fairly new band being formed in 2006, and...

Lifelover – Dekadens EP (2009) Audio Review

These guys sound like a messy rock version of Sweden’s own depressive black metal band, Shining. Check out the audio review: