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Tag: Agalloch
Nightbringer – Ego Dominus Tuus
Generally, USA is not well known for black metal bands – unless you’re one of the...
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Agalloch – The Serpent and the Sphere
I’d like to share a little story that makes me chuckle, especially every time an Agalloch...
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Uzala – Tales of Blood & Fire
Pacific northwest trio Uzala have laid sonic waste to your ears in the form of “Tales of Blood...
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Lumbar – The First and Last Days of Unwelcome
Here in the US we get some quality stuff out of our Pacific Northwest. This area boasts the likes...
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Aoria – The Constant
Formed by Katatonia’s Niklas Sandin, October Tide’s Robin Bergh and A Swarm of The...
Read MoreCormorant – Dwellings
Cormorant’s “Dwellings” was released late 2011 and there’s a fair chance that if you’re reading this you are already familiar with the album or at least with the dent it made on the extreme metal...
Read MoreBlutvial – Curses Thorns Blood
Though the island nation has thrown out its fair share of accomplished acts over the years, British black metal often gets short shrift when held up against the output of the genre’s Scandinavian homeland. Blutvial, from...
Read MoreBlood of the Black Owl – Light the Fires!
Nature, and more specifically man’s role within it has long played a crucial part in Heavy Metal. Depending on how you see it, the pine-scented blasting of Wolves in the Throne Room and the snowy desolation of Agalloch either...
Read MoreAgalloch – Faustian Echoes
The story of ‘Faust’ is well-known and hoary. Goethe’s telling of the tale is probably the most famous and is the source material for Agalloch’s “Faustian Echoes”, their latest piece of PNWUSBM. On its...
Read MoreTaurus – Life
That the Pacific Northwest of the USA has emerged as a hotbed of avant-garde black metal shouldn’t really come as a surprise to anyone. With its artistically vibrant affluent urban communities set against a backdrop of gloomy...
Read MoreKontinuum – Earth Blood Magic
Iceland is a place who’s scene is really beginning to make some waves. Last year saw an absolutely splendid release from Sólstafir which won seemingly universal praise. Looking to garner similar appraisal is Reykjavik’s genre...
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