„Totschläger“ isn´t exactly „Nachthymnen part II“, still there are plenty of equally majestic moments. Singling out more references, some listeners will even draw a line back to „Orkblut“ at some parts, while other spots are reminiscent of “Opus IV”s strange and otherworldly aspect. Make no mistake, this is the same fully developed outfit here which brought you the powerful wall-of-sound assault of „Leytmotif Luzifer“ - and maybe, this is the best way to superficially describe ABIGOR´s 2020 recording: a mixture of Leytmotif´s fat, precisely riffing up-to-date Black Metal united with the mood, spirit and sometimes even arrangements and instrumentation of their trademark 1990s works.
The atmosphere captured on this new release has also opened up from the strictly apocalyptic darkness which contemporary Black Metal more and more embodies almost exclusively, to let those 1980s...
ASHTAR aus der Schweiz – Musikerin ASKAHEX teilt auf ihrem neuen Album „The Return of the Frozen Souls“ ihre Geschichten über ihre persönlichen Veränderungen und der rituelle Lust. Der Zorn der Göttin ist erwacht und die Gier nach Rache damit entfacht. Vereint in der Schönheit der Natur umringt von poetischer Dunkelheit.
CD version of Abigor's new album, Taphonomia Aeternitatis - Gesänge im Leichenlicht der Welt, truly a masterpiece and a more than worthy release for the band's 30th anniversary. The CD comes with a cardboard slipcase, as Jewelcase CD incl. 12 pages booklet
Compact disk comes with a bonus disk featuring alternative versions of the album tracks with Cryptic Winter (Judas Iscariot etc.) on drums along with unreleased material.
A mid-90s masterpiece, this is Dimmu Borgir and symphonic/classically inspired black metal before it became polished, an archaic and atmospheric work with heavy use of piano and calming passages contrasting with aggressive and epic metal aggression. A somber and immersive album that is arguably far more timeless than the later rerecorded/rewritten Stormblåst 2005 recorded a decade later.
Darkthrone hail from Norway and for the past decade have been at the forefront of the infamous Black Metal movement - quite an achievement for a band who have only ever played a handful of live shows. Transilvanian Hunger is Darkthrone's classic 4th album from 1994.
The band draws inspiration from the dark and swampy Swedish forests to create a combination of old school black metal and the horrific aspects of Scandinavian folklore