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 […]
RABM
2023
Album Review: Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – “The Fractal Ouroboros” (RABM)
Written by Espi Kvlt Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – The Fractal Ouroboros> RABM> Colorado, US> Releasing December 21> Fiadh Productions / Vita Detestabilis Records Four years ago, Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze […]
2023
Album Review: Rană – “Richtfeuer” (Black Metal/Post-Metal/Crust Punk)
Written by Westin Rană – Richtfeurer> Black metal/post-metal/crust punk> Germany> Releasing June 16> Breath:Sun:Bone:Blood I first became aware of Rană after their inclusion on the Black Metal Rainbows compilation last year. That track was one […]
2023
Album Review: Dawn Ray’d – “To Know the Light” (RABM)
Written by Espi Kvlt Dawn Ray’d – To Know the Light> RABM> UK> Releasing March 24> Prosthetic Records Anyone even slightly familiar with my taste in black metal knows that I place Dawn Ray’d a tier above […]
2022
Roundup: August Abundance
Written by Kep, Melinda, Barlovv, and Jangel Well what do you know, we’ve made it through 2/3 of the year and the world is only simultaneously on fire and flooding and also ships are getting […]
2022
Album Review: Ashenspire – “Hostile Architecture” (Avant-garde Black/RABM)
Written by Kep >Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture>Avant-garde black metal>Scotland, UK>Releasing July 18>Aural Music / Code666 Records “Nailed to the high-rise, under the budgetary hammer.Do they sleep well, wrapped in irony?Better that than tangled in austerity.Better ours than […]
2021
Album Review: Non Serviam – “Le Cœur Bat” 8.2/10 (RABM)
How should we start the album? Let’s play for 25 minutes. What do we call it? Le Coeur Bat (Roughly “The Heart Beats” in english), hell yeah. They can suitably do most lengths and change the base of the album at will due to the fluid nature of the compositions, resembling the construction of electronic music while utilizing black metal and punk styles to drive it. Non Serviam are a RABM (Red & Anarchist Black Metal) band so it’s good to be able to listen to black metal without wondering if they’re nazis, Non Serviam are anti-fascist as far as I can tell without understanding a whole lot of french. […]