2026
January Release Spotlight
Welcome to 2026, friends. The horrors persist, but so do we. So, as it turns out, do metal and hardcore, because the one month under the year’s belt provided us with plenty of damn good […]
Blackgaze
2025
Album Review: Am I in Trouble? – “Spectrum” (Avant-garde Black Metal)
Written by Kirk Am I in Trouble? — Spectrum> Avant-garde post-black metal> New Jersey, US> Released January 3> Independent/self-release Before you ask, the answer is no, Am I in Trouble? is not a pop punk […]
2024
Westin’s Top Albums of 2024
Written by Westin 2024 has been a year. Dealt with an overwhelmingly strong identity crisis, a serious burnout from that crisis resulting in a scant handful of full reviews from me, and got a new […]
2023
January Gems
Written by Kep, Kirk, Westin, Rae-Aila, and Ellis Well would you look at that: not only is 2024 well underway, but a whole damn month is done already. And with one month down, that means […]
2023
Kirk’s Top EPs of 2023
Written by Kirk I don’t know about you, but I love a good EP. Maybe it’s my ADHD or the fact that I spend so much time listening to music (seriously, it’s a lot), but […]
2023
Join the Kvlt: Espi’s 2023 AOTY List
Written by Espi Kvlt As we wrap up another year, I am here to bring you another list of black metal albums I loved (plus, as usual, one extra, because for some reason my actual […]
2023
Album Review: Agriculture – “Agriculture” (Post-black Metal/Blackgaze)
Written by Rae-Aila Agriculture – Agriculture> Post-black metal/blackgaze > California, US> Releases July 21> The Flenser Every media icon has their catchphrase — from “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s “Austin 3:16” to DJ Khaled’s infamous “Another one”. Of course, […]
2022
Album Review: Holy Fawn – “Dimensional Bleed” (Blackgaze)
Written by Barlovv Holy Fawn – Dimensional Bleed> Doomgaze> Arizona, US> Released September 9> Triple Crown Records / Wax Bodega “I want to breathe fireI want to grind my teeth into dust“ Every once in […]
2021
Album Review: MØL – “Diorama” (Blackgaze)
Written by Ellis Heasley MØL – Diorama Blackgaze from Aarhus, Denmark Releases November 5, 2021 via Nuclear Blast Records For a genre that once felt so fresh, blackgaze seems to have strayed a bit into […]