Absu
Absu (Candlelight). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Tag: Emperor
Black Metal Satanica
What? You’ve watched every episode of Metalocalypse and find yourself with nothing left to fill the sick, black void in your soul? Get thee to the source, man. Scott Adams recommends this Viking-fueled history of Black Metal.
Bergraven
Dödsvisioner (Hyrdra Head Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Peccatum
The Moribund People (The End Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Emperor
Scattered Ashes (Candlelight Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
The Kovenant
In Times Before The Light (Hammerheart Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Limbonic Art
The Ultimate Death Worship (Nocturnal Art). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Myrkskog
Superior Massacre (Candlelight). Review by Stein Haukland.
Keep Of Kalessin
Through Times of War and Agnen: A Journey Through the Dark (Mercenary Music / World War III). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Ad Noctum
Limbonic Art (Candlelight). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Ephel Duath
Rephormula (Earache). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Emperor
Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (Candlelight). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
…And Oceans
A.M. G.O.D. (Century Media). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Bal-Sagoth
If a band takes its name from a Robert E. Howard tale, they’d better have some epic lyrical battlescapes to back it up. Symphonic metal masters Bal-Sagoth deliver on the promise of their name. David Lee Beowulf talks with swordsman – er, frontman Byron about Howard, weaponry, and metal!
Zyklon
World Ov Worms (Candlelight). Review by Mitchell Foy.
Mortiis
You’re black metal’s favorite troll, at the head of Norway’s most popular metal act, the legendary Emperor. What happens when you leave the band to make ambient, keyboard-driven instrumental records? Nathan T. Birk delves into the crypt of Mortiis.
Emperor
IX Equilibrium (Century Media). Review by Wil Endriga
The New Wave of European Heavy Metal
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