Nethermancy appears in 1996 at the hands J.A. from
Decayed, that mythical Portuguese Black Metal institution, along with a series
of comrades from the Portuguese Heavy Metal scene. After a few entrances and
exits, the band is currently composed of J.A., Angel-O (from Velório) and Aion
(Pedro Pedra, from Grog), and "Worship Evil Sacrifice" is a beautiful
blast of Old-school Black Metal. I am pleased to know that, once again, the band returns,
as we have become accustomed, to keep the spirit of the Old-school Black Metal
alive, bluntly, without modern approaches! To mention that Pedra’s vocals are,
once again, the element that catches my attention the most: they are
"old" in a good sense, obviously. This is one of the beauties of the
band: they go old school without any effort, essentially because they are the
musicians they are, with the bases that are more than known to them. In
summary: Old School people, doing Old School Music!
Black Metal, fast and lacerating, melodious and majestic.
And majestic is also the work created by Angel-O on the keys, proving that this
instrument does not draw a gram of energy and strength to the sound of the
band. "Mood Fo Ssroc" is one of those tracks that is as valid today
as it would have been 30 years ago... This is Black Metal, you bastards! Slow &
dense, fast & agonizing. Do not expect, as stated earlier, that the band
presents you with a modern version of Black Metal, no! Wait exactly the
opposite! Wait For Bathory, Samael, Master's Hammer... wait for the golden age
of Black Metal, Black and Heretical! At a time when we see artists insisting on a raw and
primitive version of the genre, an icy minimalism, it is equally pleasing to
note that there are still those who make it back to the basic sound of the
genre, so dear to so many. A track like "Death Sermon" is a perfect
example on how to create something classic today and was not for production we
would easily be confused with a '90s Black Metal album. What else to say? Little more: classic sound, in 2023, of
immense quality, coming from people who understand the genre and how it should
be played! Blast it loud!
Invicta Reqviem Mass Seventh Gathering Well, hello there. Getting close to this year’s finest UG Black Metal gathering, are we? Oh yes, we are! I was quite curious about who would the lads in Signal Rex select for their 7 th Black Mass, and what a nice bill it say, I say. 15 bands will join forces in one of Portugal’s most beautiful, and Black Metal, cities. Porto, Cidade Invicta, will once again receive the label’s annual Black Metal gathering, and let us go through the bands that will be performing. While there is still not a daily line-up, let us almost alphabetically stroll down the corridor and look at newcomers and artists that will be repeating their attendance. So here we go! Starting off with an act composed of musicians from different geographic locations, Burial Moon . Austria, Estonia, and Switzerland, perhaps? If I may be honest, their location is what less interesses me. Musically speaking this is straightforward Signal Rex Black Metal. The hypnotic side of t
Marthe “Further in Evil” (Southern Lord, 2023) I was completely unaware of the existence of this project, and only today stumbled upon it while scrolling on a very famous Black Metal group on Facebook. While reading the description of a photo, I saw The Devil’s Blood and Mediterranean Heavy Metal influences mentioned, as well as Antifascism and Italy. Scrolled down a bit more and read Bathory. Went straight to YouTube and added Tiamat, “Clouds” era (vocals at times), to it. It might sound a bit strange and misplaced, but let me tell you: it bloody works. Marthe is composed of one single musician, Marziona Silvani – stage/artist name, Marzia – and she has been around for some time. From what I understood, Marthe started out while Marzia was still rocking the drums in Ancient Cult, an Italian Heavy Doom band that since then closed the doors on existence. That gave way for Marzia to move forward and blast it all out with Marthe! Marthe is a very curious entity. Sound-wise, it ha
Infernal Angels “Shrine of Black Fire” (Immortal Frost Productions, 2023) 2023 has been, so far – and we are almost done with the year – a splendid year for Black Metal. Strangely enough I have been focusing more on bands and albums that have a deliberate melodic approach to the sound, rather than going for the Raw Black Metal acts. Not that we do not have been infernally blessed with exquisite works of Art, but the well-produced records have been calling for me, and I have answered the call. Immortal Frost is a bit to blame for that. Surtur has released, so far, at least 2 records I believe will be considered some of the best I had the pleasure to listen to this year: Infinity’s “The Untamed Hunger” and Deadspace’s “Unveiling the Palest Truth”; an honorable mention to Azaghal’s “Alttarimme on Luista Tehty”, that shows a band still pushing hard! The label’s latest release is Infernal Angel’s “Shrine of the Black Fire”, and we’ll jump right into the fire to see what we got here!
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