The Cutting Edge of Silver Knife’s “Unyielding/Unseeing” (Album Stream + Interview)
The new international black metal unit hones black metal's edge. Listen to a full straeam of "Unyielding/Unseeing" and read an interview with the band.
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“puissancerevee”: DDENT’s Industrial Doom Inherits Dream Powers (Music Video Premiere)
This eccentric French artist achieves an almighty power with latest release "Couvre-sang" -- on waves of industrial nightscapes, we're floating swimmingly with this atmospheric new song.
Summoning “Lions, Tigers and Bears” with Slift’s “Ummon” (Music Video Premiere)
Our favorite music videos contain nothing but the band, the crowd, and the song -- here, we've got the epic closing track from French trio Slift's latest album "Ummon" captured in such a fashion. Super-heavy psych-rock content inside.
Bâ’a’s “Deus Qui Non Mentitur” Pits Humankind Against the Divine
Madness in atmospheric black metal form. Listen to an exclusive stream of the band's debut album.
Neige Morte and the Art of Impenetrability (Track Premiere)
Though they have shed their black and death metal trappings, the spirit remains the same. Listen to a new single from the upcoming "IIII".
How Alcest’s “Écailles de Lune” Set Off the Blackgaze Craze
We interviewed numerous bands from blackgaze and beyond (incl. Unreqvited, Sivyj Yar, and more) about Alcest's seminal second album “Écailles de Lune" -- released ten years ago today, it stands now as a genre-defining landmark influential to so many.
“Emanatism” from the Core of Amnutseba’s Terror (Full Album Stream)
Abject terror in jagged black metal form.
Öxxö Xööx’s “Ÿ” Invites Bedlam to the Avant-Garde
We dig into "Ÿ," the latest hyper-idiosyncratic work of French avant-garde doom outfit Öxxö Xööx, to unpack its esoteric array of sounds and effects.
Grylle Revitalizes “Les Grandes Compagnies”
The "acoustic" black metal troubadour reissues Grylle's second album with ten minutes of bonus material, which can be streamed here.
The Interdimensional Exploration of Blut aus Nord’s “Hallucinogen”
The surprising new face of the long-standing French weirdo black metal group will turn heads.