Articles by Clare Buchanan
Laethora
The Light In Which We All Burn
PUBLISHED May 11, 2010
This second album from Swedish death metallers Laethora features members of Dark Tranquillity and the Provenance, among others, so you know...
Nefarium
Ad Discipulum
PUBLISHED May 11, 2010
On this third record, Nefarium slay with an unrelenting, pounding attack. From the tremolo malevolence to the ceaseless blast beats, it's b...
Hooded Menace
Never Cross the Dead
PUBLISHED May 11, 2010
Hailing from Joensuu, Finland, Hooded Menace take cues from early death and doom (Paradise Lost, Candlemass, Autopsy, etc.), and pay an apt...
Blood of the Black Owl
A Banishing Ritual
PUBLISHED May 11, 2010
Blood of the Black Owl's appropriately titled third release is a deeply disturbing journey into the world of the ambient and experimental....
Nightbringer
Apocalypse Sun
PUBLISHED May 11, 2010
Apocalypse Sun, the follow-up to Nightbringer's 2008 debut, is a furious, hammering assault upon the senses. Unarguably black metal, they h...
Marblebog / Vorkuta
Wanderings
PUBLISHED May 11, 2010
Short, but sweet, this two-song, lo-fi split from Hungarian bands Marblebog and Vorkuta is definitely worth a listen. The split kicks off w...
Overmaster
Master of War
PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2010
Considering Overmaster are populated by many veterans of the Italian metal scene, one would expect something more from this debut. The prod...
Midnight Odyssey
Firmament
PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2010
This is one of those records that could be described as "otherworldly." Uniting the intrinsic melancholy of black metal with the hypnotic d...
