Post Black Metal

2020 Albums

Album Review: Azoth – Magnitude of Extinction 9.5 (Post Black)

February 13, 2020 Noob Heavy admin

Azoth is an impressive post black metal project from Portland, Oregon. The project is a collaboration with members from Sól, Vitriol, and others. They surprised us in the early 2020s with their album Magnitude of Extinction which contained five amazing songs. Different from other black metal bands, they package the song in an unusual way – they combine the elements of post rock and noise rock on this album. […]

2020 Albums

Album Review: Aodon – 11069 9.5 (Black Metal)

January 30, 2020 Noob Heavy admin

Aodon is an impressive project with all the composing, lead guitar, screams and drums being done by the same person, M-Kha. None of which feel weaker than other aspects in any way, there’s a very uniform competence on display here with 11069. Beyond the talents of M-Kha we also have some great contributions such as Alix R., a bassist who is also a french author, responsible for the lyrics and Laurent C. on rhythm guitar as well as additional vocals. Expect to see this one make the rounds once it’s released on the 27th of March on Willowtip Records. […]

2020 Albums

Album Review: L’Homme Absurde – Belong 9.0 (Post Black/Metalcore)

December 9, 2019 Noob Heavy admin

I’m in love with this underground russian music scene of post black metal and hardcore hybrids such as the recently release Toluca album. Be it blackened screamo or post black metalcore, it seems the combination is hyper-viable and will become increasingly prevalent globally in no time. Your dad won’t be able to appreciate this one, It feels special like that. Something about being so fucking grim and melodic but at the same time lending itself to actual dancing and moshing. It’s an experience of energy and geography. L’Homme Absurde (The Absurd Man) originally started as solo project and became a band. This is their third LP titled Belong, it releases independently on January 17th. […]

2019 Albums

Album Review: Toluca – Soras 8.3 (Post Black/Screamo)

November 13, 2019 Noob Heavy admin

This year has been incredible and if you’ve been reading for a bit now then you’ve seen me become increasingly excited about metal over the course of 2019. I was starting to think it may slump then I started getting some really good submissions from very talented bands putting out music towards the end of the year. Death Metal, black metal and hardcore have been insane this year and so has sludge but until today I didn’t realise I was missing something that I fondly remember having last year – A solid and true to form post hardcore album in the visage of bands like Boss-De-Nage or Birds In Row. Toluca offers an experience equally eloquent and abrasive from the lands of Russia with their new album Soras. Out November 29th via Tokyo Jupiter Records. […]

2019 Albums

Album Review: Exulansis – “Sequestered Sympathy” 7.8/10 (Black Metal)

November 3, 2019 zaxrecordreviews

Opposites attract is a cliche that has long applied to metal music. Crossover and fusion genres are a huge part of metal and do a lot to keep the genre interesting. From crossover thrash, to the numerous core genres, to folk metal, the possibilities are endless. The band we will be talking about today mixes quite a few genres for a very unique sound. Their Facebook biography describes their sound a lot better than I ever could, so here’s a excerpt, “Exulansis forms a nuanced variation of antifascist black metal, doom, crust, folk and chamber music by presenting acoustic elements with rapid blast beats, soaring melodies and dark harmonies.” […]