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Yob - Our Raw Heart
By Matt Hinch. I talked to Yob frontman Mike Scheidt once. (OK, twice. But the second time was only for a minute or so.) We didn't even talk about Yob, or even metal really. We talked about our kids...
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Here Lies Man - You Will Know Nothing
By Calen Henry. You Will Know Nothing is Here Lies Man’s second album in as many years. The band’s sound is self described as “What if Black Sabbath played Afrobeat?” and difficult as that may be to...
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Hoth - Astral Necromancy
By Calen Henry. Hoth return with Astral Necromancy, following up to 2014’s Oathbreaker. Their debut EP Infinite Darkness mixed Skeletonwitch and Amon Amarth with Star Wars fandom, but didn’t predict...
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Mercyful Fate - Melissa
An Autothrall Classic. Perhaps the only tangible quip I could launch against Mercyful Fate's seminal debut is that, compared to the King's next six full-length records (from both Fate and his solo...
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Khemmis - Desolation
By Calen Henry. Khemmis’ last album, Hunted, immediately grabbed me. Their “doomed rock and roll” combined melodic, epic doom with elements of stoner-doom, death-doom, and traditional metal for a...
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Empire of the Moon - Πανσέληνος
By Hera Vidal. Black metal will forever be associated with Norway; there is no denying that aspect, given black metal’s origins and lyrical content, especially post-Black Circle shenanigans. Because of...
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Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
By Justin C. Theeyyyyy're back! The black metal-adjacent band that seems to ruffle more kvlt feathers than any other has returned with a new full length, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love. The title alone...
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Khôrada - Salt
By Justin C. Writing about a band like Khôrada is both a joy and, ironically, a truly difficult task. Lots of reviews talk about bands that "defy genre boundaries"--I'm sure I've personally said it...
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Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light
By Calen Henry. Skeletonwitch are my favorite blackened thrash band. No other has quite the same mix of caustic blackened riffs and vocals with a deep-seated sense of melody pervading this sound....
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The Lion's Daughter - Future Cult
By Justin C. I called The Lion's Daughter's last album. Existence Is Horror, "full-bore blackened sludge." Their newest, Future Cult, is built on the same foundation, but with a new twist: synths! I...
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Parius - The Eldritch Realm
By Calen Henry. The Eldritch Realm surfaced from cruising Bandcamp tags. Stephen Andrade’s pitch perfect 1930’s movie poster-inspired cover jumped out from the list. Expecting some sort of horror...
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Golgothan Remains - Perverse Offerings to the Void
By Hera Vidal. Black metal will forever be associated with Norway; there is no denying that aspect, given black metal’s origins and lyrical content, especially post-Black Circle shenanigans. Because of...
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Dvne - Asheran (Vinyl Master)
By Calen Henry. Just in time for the first anniversary of Asheran, Dvne and Wasted State Records released a digital version of the vinyl master on Bandcamp. The vinyl master (DR 9) is less compressed,...
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Rebel Wizard - Voluptuous Worship of Rapture and Response
By Justin C. I've most-often seen Rebel Wizard summed up as "NWOBHM meets black metal," and although that's a little reductive, it's also a pretty good summing up. Whether switching back and forth...
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Kodiac - Formless and Void
By Ulla Roschat. Doom duo Kodiac from St. Louis/MO offer their 3rd EP called Formless and Void. It consists of only two tracks and has an overall playing time of 11 minutes and 2 seconds. That's short,...
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Migration Fest 2018
By Matt Hinch. I don't travel much. I live a mere two hours East of Toronto and I might get into the city once a year for a show at best. So driving all the way to Pittsburgh was a big deal. But that...
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KEN mode - Loved
By Justin C. I've been a long-time fan of KEN mode, but I have to make a confession: I never got into 2015's Success. The album struck out in a different direction from their previous work, and I found...
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Derkéta - In Death We Meet
By Kim Kelly. Comebacks and reunions have lost their sparkle. They’re a dime a dozen nowadays, fueled by rising guarantees and nostalgia and buoyed by fans' all-consuming urge to see a band play "the...
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Come to Denmark (and die)
How time flies when you're dead. The last of the legendary Kill-Town Death Fests was The Funeral Edition in 2014. But it seems you can't keep a good corpse in the ground and September 6-9 it's time for...
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Mutilation Rites - Chasm
By Karen A. Mann. Since forming in 2009, Brooklyn’s Mutilation Rites have established themselves as staunch purveyors of American black metal. Solid, but pretty comfortable to stay within their lane...
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