Cemetery Lament

A lot of people like to throw around words like " raw"  in the black metal community but very few actually deliver on the "raw" brutality of old school black metal from the early 90's. Aske however delivers raw black metal in all it's brutal glory. Check out the track below and be sure to head over to SoundCloud and give him a follow. 

Conjuring the sinister spirits of yesteryear, Moenen of Xezbeth rises to deliver its first full incantation of mid-paced black metal, Ancient Spells of Darkness…, with its seven arcane invocations primed to unleash their plague on all who bear witness. Captured with the same approach and under the same austere conditions as its preceding demo and EP, Ancient Spells of Darkness… thus realizes the same unearthly effect, yet it is even more sinister and oppressive. These foreboding hymns serve as a conduit for the return of the original black flame, which was first sparked by Moenen of Xezbeth’s revered forbearers, has since nurtured itself in the underworld, and is now emboldened to return in its dark glory. Ancient Spells of Darkness... by Moenen of Xezbeth

Hailing from Gjøvik, Djevelkult is a Norwegian black metal cult brought out of void in 2009 by Dødsherre Xarim, with a vision of darkness and chaos, and to spread a message of blasphemy against man and God. Xarim first started with a different set of members than the current lineup, but due to differences, imprisonments, and other situations, the lineup for the first year went into oblivion. Xarim then got together with the drummer Ond of Liktjern in 2010, and thus work of the evil chants started. With Xarim and Ond as the primary lineup, Djevelkult recorded and released the demo Skapt av Helvetesild in the summer of 2011. At the same time, Beleth joined in band, and shortly after, Skabb did, as well. With the lineup now a four-piece, Djevelkult then wrote and recorded their debut album, I Djevelens Tegn, which was subsequently released by Morbid Shrine Productions in September 2014. Ond left the cult in the summer 2014 due personal reasons and T.K. joined in as a live s

Went to The Agora Theater and Ballroom in Cleveland, OH last night to check out Insomnium. This is the second time I've had the chance to see these guys in concert and they didn't disappoint. The show was great and the crowd was fucking awesome. Also had the chance to hear some really great local acts who opened for Insomnium, Obsidian Eyes and Befallen both had great sets and I will definitely be following up this post with more information about both those bands really soon. Any-who it was a fucking awesome show so here are a few pictures. 

If you can't laugh at yourself you are a fucking asshole!  Black Metal Band Lost In Woods After Photoshoot : 'via Blog this'

I've said it before and I will say it again... One of the most amazing things about a site like SoundCloud is how it brings artists from around the world into contact with one another so they can pool their evil genius into a dark opus that would have otherwise never happened. If you've been following the blog for a while you are probably familiar with names like  Tahazu , Skyggefigurrer and Belzebut who have all been featured on Cemetery Lament at one time or another. Each of these artists have put out a mass of incredible work individually but when you bring their talent together you end up with... well you end up with Ordo Malum an EP of blackened brutality that can only be born in the true underground black metal scene.  Living half a world apart the trio didn't seem to have much trouble pulling this project together with each of them contributing their own unique talents to create a single cohesive vision of darkness that oozes from each of the six tracks.

IRON BONEHEAD PRODUCTIONS presents a special 7" EP from PA VESH EN entitled A Ghost. Hailing from Belarus, PA VESH EN is a shadowy singular entity committed to the most desolate ends of the black metal spectrum. So far, he's shown massive promise with two demo tapes for IRON BONEHEAD, last year's Knife Ritual and Dead Womb earlier this year, but A Ghost suitably comprises two miserable 'n' ethereal tracks which forecast PA VESH EN's forthcoming debut album for the label later this year. Nearly ambient in their seemingly formless drift, the two songs comprising A Ghost indeed cast a ghostly aspect that's startling and almost unsettling to behold. But within these malodorous echo chambers lie a tortured soul who's just now starting to find his true voice. Will you open your ears to the haunting whispers of A Ghost?

I think everybody understands that sometimes shit happens... and for the last few months I've had a lot of shit going on. While not all of it has been " bad " I've just been incredibly busy with personal stuff that needed my attention. So if you've been wondering if the blog is dead or maybe if I'm dead ( no such luck assholes ) I just want to assure you that I'm alive and kicking and things are starting to chill the fuck out on my end. Over the next few weeks I plan to do a bit of updating here on the blog and get back into the swing of things with some fucking amazing underground music from around the world.  During my hiatus I've kept busy dreaming up a few new features for the blog that I hope everyone will enjoy. One of the biggest projects I'm currently working on getting off the ground is the Cemetery Lament podcast. I'm still hashing out the logistics for something like this and I don't want it to be total shit so before I