RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: https://folterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/divinitys-fall Melodic black metal is the order of the day here, and the Swiss act Malphas delivers an incredibly well-structured and potent slab of epic music with plenty of aggression and viciousness to it. The compositions harbor dynamics and quite a few interesting nuances and layers that recall early Dissection and…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: https://folterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tuiflsrijtt-2 This great-looking CD showed up on my doorstep a few weeks ago and turned out to be a rather cool surprise in many ways. The German outfit Drudensang dabbles in harsh and intense yet melodically rich black metal that employs many of the usual tropes and motifs found within the…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: https://anachoret.bandcamp.com/ The German one-man entity named Anachoret released this solid and deftly executed opus all the way back in February this year, but yesterday it showed up in my mailbox, so I reckon a few short sentences about Syndrom are in order. Drawing heavily on second-wave black metal, DSBM, and to a…
