Album Rating: 4.5

just got this on vinyl and they sent me a badass Conan trading card with it

Album Rating: 4.0

I didn't get anything cool with my CD. Fs.

Album Rating: 4.5

this shit is so fast. still need to listen a lot more but its up there for this year.

pretty sick

paysage s/t is black metal's full potential

Album Rating: 4.0

I disagree, awesome album though.

Album Rating: 3.5

Mother of god this is a great year for metal! Gonna check this out tonight

deathspell are definitely the most interesting bm band to me so i will accept what they say on the matter

Album Rating: 4.0

Well, their music definitely changed the way I look at black metal and metal in general.

listen to last song paysage s/t. dont see bm reaching its potential much more than that, but thats just my personal fave

check hakaristi

Album Rating: 4.0

trollkotze are the pinnacle of the genre

These guys continue to dominate music. insane.

Funny thing is with this ep, and everything post SMRC really, is that they sound completely ferocious and unhinged but use a pretty vintage overdriven guitar tone like Virus, so all those odd voicings ring out and fill the sound. Some really great bass lines on this, too.

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah im also pretty sure they use single coils for some layering in the guitar tones, super interesting way of doing it but creates such an atmosphere

Album Rating: 3.5

"but use a pretty vintage overdriven guitar tone"



yea I tend to really dig bands who use that sound in more extreme genres (Morbus Chron came to my mind immediately), it really allows a lot more creative space which high distortion would just smother. so if anyone knows some more death/black metal with that sort of guitar tone, feel free to rec me some.

Album Rating: 4.0

Xenophanes' soundoff is spot on

They deliver once again.

Album Rating: 4.0

keeps getting better. paracletus offers more off the bat but this one gets more infectious with every listen.

Album Rating: 4.3

Yeah they're pretty close.