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Album Review: GGGOLDDD – “This Shame Should Not Be Mine” (Post-Metal)

July 7, 2022 Espi Kvlt

By: Espi Kvlt >GGGOLDDD – This Shame Should Not Be Mine>Post Metal>The Netherlands>Released April 1, 2022> Artoffact Records As a huge fan of GGGOLDDD (previously GOLD), I was extremely excited to review their latest effort […]

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Album Review: Son of Seth – “De Dor a Odio” (Blackened Industrial Doom Metal)

February 13, 2022 Espi Kvlt

By: Espi Kvlt Son of Seth – De Dor a Odio Blackened Industrial Doom Metal from Copenhagen, Denmark Released on February 11, 2022 via Trepanation Recordings If this album had come out during the time […]

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Join the Kvlt: AOTY 2021

December 12, 2021 Espi Kvlt

By: Espi Kvlt 15. An Autumn For Crippled Children – As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes I don’t know what’s going on with all the blackgaze this year. It must be the pandemic. […]

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Track Premiere: “V.I.T.R.I.O.L.” by Epectase

November 20, 2021 Espi Kvlt

By: Espi Kvlt Epectase – “V.I.T.R.I.O.L.” Progressive Black Metal from Paris, France Released November 19 2021 by I, Voidhanger Records After the spectacular record Epectase released on I, Voidhanger Records in 2019, the band has […]

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November 19, 2021 Espi Kvlt

Written by Espi Kvlt Every year I seek to do something for Transgender Week of Awareness. Last year, I read off the list of those we knowingly lost in 2020. It was painful and gut-wrenching […]

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Album Review: Ealdfeond – “The Red Terror” (Neoclassical Black Metal)

November 11, 2021 Espi Kvlt

Written by Espi Kvlt Ealdfeond – The Red Terror Neoclassical Black Metal from Wiltshire, ‎England Self-released on March 20, 2021 One look at the cover art for this album and you can guess that I […]

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Join the Kvlt: Scary Black Metal Iceberg Halloween Special

October 29, 2021 Espi Kvlt

By: Espi Kvlt The other day I was watching a music Youtuber, and they did a Halloween special of “scary” music. Not naming any names here but I was extremely disappointed by their picks, but […]

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Album Review: Vivid Illusion – “Vivid Illusion” (Post-Black Metal)

October 26, 2021 Espi Kvlt

Written by Espi Kvlt Vivid Illusion – Vivid Illusion Post-Black Metal  Released on October 29, 2021 If you were disappointed by Deafheaven’s latest album, look no further than the new record from Vivid Illusion to […]

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July 22, 2021 Espi Kvlt

By: Espi Kvlt I was initially drawn to black metal for the same reason I was initially drawn to heavy metal, emo, and punk. It felt at first so wildly different from anything else I’d […]

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Album Review: Gråt Strigoi – “Communion of the Nameless” – 9.5/10 (Black Metal/RABM)

July 5, 2021 Espi Kvlt

Written by: Espi Kvlt Gråt Strigoi – Communion of the NamelessRed & Anarchist Black Metal from Glasgow, UKReleased on June 12, 20219.5/10 Gråt Strigoi is a band I’ve been extremely into since they dropped their […]

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