Essential Black Metal Listening: MAYHEM De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Every style of heavy metal, or music in general, has its culminating album: recordings that capture and define a movement or era. For Norwegian black metal, Mayhem’s De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is that...
View ArticleQuorthon From BATHORY Had a Grunge Solo Project!?
I was exploring some playlists on Spotify and when I looked on one of their grunge lists, I saw the artist name "Quorthon" there. I said to myself, "wait...THAT Quorthon?" The post Quorthon From...
View ArticleAlbum Review: URGEHAL Aeons in Sodom
Aeons in Sodom tends to play more like Urgehal’s original output: very good black metal that doesn’t really do much to stand out. However, as a tribute album made by a group of black metal brethren,...
View ArticleMetal's Internationalism Recognized by the Wall Street Journal
Nice to get some recognition from the Wall Street Journal. The post Metal's Internationalism Recognized by the Wall Street Journal appeared first on Metal Injection.
View ArticleAlbum Review: IHSAHNArktis
With each passing release, Ihsahn seems to add more colors and styles into the mix he concocted at the dawn of his solo career. There’s much on this album worth listening and re-listening to, and it’s...
View ArticleFan's Eye View: New England Metal and Hardcore Fest XVIII
There were rumors that New England Metal and Hardcore Fest wasn't going to happen this year. With some changes in... The post Fan's Eye View: New England Metal and Hardcore Fest XVIII appeared first on...
View ArticleUnderground Buzz: Stream WARM’s “A Pale Criminal”
For fans of Intronaut, Mastodon and Helms Alee, Warm should be high on the priority list of bands to get into. Stream “A Pale Criminal” and hear for yourself. The post Underground Buzz: Stream WARM’s...
View ArticleEssential Reading: Black Metal: Into the Abyss
For black metal enthusiasts, the work of Dayal Patterson is essential reading. With Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult, he... The post Essential Reading: Black Metal: Into the Abyss appeared first on...
View ArticleAlbum Review: BEHEXEN The Poisonous Path
If you’re looking for a chaotic, yet captivating take on pure, straightforward black metal: listen to The Poisonous Path. If you don’t like straightforward black metal, well, we don’t really have much...
View ArticleAlbum Review: NAILS You Will Never Be One of Us (with Full Album Stream)
You Will Never Be One of Us is brief, brutal and devastatingly effective. It’s everything an extreme music fan could want. The post Album Review: NAILS You Will Never Be One of Us (with Full Album...
View ArticleAlbum Review: DESPISED ICON Beast
Beast preserves many of the fundamentals of the band’s sound. As expected, there’s plenty of heavy grooves, breakdowns and mind-splitting blast-beats. Beast is a very good Despised Icon album The post...
View ArticleAlbum Review: PROFANATICA The Curling Flame of Blasphemy
This album gets to the heart of what extreme music is: an artistic expression of the dark, ugly side of existence (whether in this world or the next, if you believe in that sort of thing). The post...
View ArticleAlbum Review: SODOM Decision Day
What Decision Day gives Sodom is the ability to add new songs to their set-list. Likewise, it gives fans new songs to mosh and headbang to. The post Album Review: SODOM Decision Day appeared first on...
View ArticleMarduk Couldn't Make It, But Rotting Christ, Carach Angren and Necronomicon...
For many people, the legendary black metal bands of the early 1990s are like characters from a horror movie or... The post Marduk Couldn't Make It, But Rotting Christ, Carach Angren and Necronomicon...
View ArticleDrew's Top 15 Albums of 2016
If there’s anything you can say about “metal in 2016,” it’s that there’s no one definitive thing to say about metal in 2016. But it's ok. The post Drew's Top 15 Albums of 2016 appeared first on Metal...
View ArticleRe-Issue Review: UNIFORM CHOICE Screaming For Change
What is one record we can point to that signals that crucial mid-80s shift in hardcore? Turns out Southern Lord has just re-issued that record with Uniform Choice's Screaming For Change. The post...
View ArticleThe Past Is Alive: Mayhem, Inquisition and Black Anvil, NYC, 2/19/2017
Mayhem brought the sold-out show a stirring performance of their classic 1994, with Inquisition and Black Anvil providing the perfect black metal support. The post The Past Is Alive: Mayhem,...
View ArticleEssential Black Metal Listening: DARKTHRONE Under a Funeral Moon
Darkthrone’s 1993 album, Under a Funeral Moon, represents the true essence of black metal. You can largely determine how you feel about black metal by how you respond to this album. Its 39 minutes of...
View ArticleAlbum Review: INTEGRITY Howling, for The Nightmare Shall Consume
Howling is a magnificent triumph. If you like dark, heavy music of any kind, you must listen to this album. The post Album Review: INTEGRITY Howling, for The Nightmare Shall Consume appeared first on...
View ArticleAlbum Review: EXECRATIONReturn to the Void
If you want a good snapshot of where a lot of extreme metal is today, this is the right place to look. The post Album Review: EXECRATIONReturn to the Void appeared first on Metal Injection.
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