Armchair rhetoric on extreme metal
Bokkerijders: Crush Kill DestroyOut 23rd October on Personal Records The debut album from this Belgium outfit smuggles in a surprisingly broad sweep of meditative, melodic, emotive black metal beneath a superficial façade of old school speed metal. Initially we are taken in by the homebrewed energy of Aura Noir or Merciless, only to be swept... Continue Reading →
Vafurlogi: Gneisti af eldi GuðsOut 26th June on NoEvDia/Oration True to the spirit of Icelandic black metal, this is a rhythmically informal, cyclically structured set of layered guitar chords defined by loose dissonance and overlapping main themes that seem to emerge from the background before casually decaying away. But unlike Svartidauði or Carpe Noctem, Vargurlogi... Continue Reading →
Coprolith: PutrescenceOut 3rd July on Me Saco Un Ojo / Rotted Life Low effort death metal combines Incantation and Autopsy into a route one interpretation of death/doom, oscillating between slow and fast with no attempt to create tension and release as each transition is carefully prepared for. The album attempts to get by on the... Continue Reading →
