Decadanse is an interesting album for me to approach, for while I've heard a few of this artist's myriad projects in the past ( Yhd...

Why is it the most distinctly and/or disturbingly French black metal bands have the initials P. N. ? Paris'  Pensées Nocturnes might not...

Memento Collider hits you up front with the most mystique of all the Virus albums, the jazzy, walking bass lines of "Afield" s...

At 30 minutes duration, Oblivion Clock is fairly substantial for an EP, it's also a treat because it gathers not only a quartet of ne...

I first encountered this album in early 2004 after finding it in a stack in the basement jam room of a drummer i was playing with, and had...

I was somewhat disappointed when Virus announced they were going to break up in 2018, and when I heard the year after that their alma mat...

Frenchmen  Pensées Nocturnes have long been thinking beyond the bounds of traditional black metal, but their latest, 6th album  Grand Gui...

There are few real instances of originality left in metal music, to the extent that even when you hear that band that sounds 'original...

If you thought Haiku Funeral 's name was curious, then wait until you hear the music these Frenchmen evoke from all manner of nightmar...

Franco-Norse collaboration Stagnant Waters have chosen what is perhaps one of the more ironic band names I've encountered of late, fo...

Possessing one of the most unique styles I've encountered of late, Poland's Iblis come across like a demented cabal of asylum esc...

Sigh 's 2010 effort Scenes From Hell seemed to arrive to a generally positive response, and I personally admired it for its primal grav...

Into the Pandemonium is not my favorite Celtic Frost production, but it's by far their most eclectic and creative, as evidenced by the...

Nucleus Torn is a Swiss project only loosely connected within the metal sphere, having had some crossover appeal in the past. Their relatio...

In addition to the genesis of modern black metal as we know it, Norway has long produced a series of peripheral artists who have journeyed a...

Following the 2005 debut Nouveau Gloaming , the United Kingdom's Code explore similar avant-garde black metal territory familiar to fan...

Tweedle tweedle bwonk bang dwong dwong tweedle tweedle chugga eee chugga eee chugga eee skreeeeee. What the fuck did I just listen to? No, ...

While Ephel Duath have ever been an interesting and original band, I have never been much of a fan of their jazzier, mathematical progressi...

Norway's Ulver released an unbelievably raw and cold black metal album in 1996 titled Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne til Ulven i Manden...

The seventh full length from the popular gothic J-rock band has arrived, and though I've never been a huge fan, they've always offer...