Cemetery Lament

A damn near perfect atmospheric black metal sound coming out of Detroit Michigan. Skyggefigurrer  started following me (i.e. Cemetery Lament ) on SoundCloud and thus another foul gem from the underground was unearthed. Skyggefigurrer offers just the right mix of everything from lighting fast drums and guitar to slow trudging riffs mixed with incredible vocals.   So if you have been looking for a new underground artist to follow... Your welcome. 

Press Release from Shadow Kingdom Records/Hells Headbangers SHADOW KINGDOM RECORDS is proud to present TEMPLE OF VOID's highly anticipated second album, Lords of Death. Ever aptly titled, Lords of Death is an insanely, irrevocably MASSIVE slab of doom-DEATH, and the album by which TEMPLE OF VOID will rightfully take their seat at the throne. Nearly three years in the making, Lords of Death is an experience like no other, and will surely go down as one of the top metal albums of 2017. TEMPLE OF VOID is an uncompromising collaboration from the depths of Detroit, Michigan. Comprising five musicians who have put in decades of time in the Detroit underground, TEMPLE OF VOID entered this world with singular focus and methodical execution from the start. TEMPLE OF VOID harkens back to the somber sound of early European doom, while channeling the energy and devastation of old-school American death metal. But TEMPLE OF VOID is far more than the sum of its parts: TEMPLE OF VOID...

Press Release from Xtreem Music/Burning World Totengott: Doppelganger  Release Date July 11th 2017. Country - Spain Darkness. Experimentation. Heaviness. Artistic integrity. A band that is born as a tribute to Swiss titans Celtic Frost should have all these concepts as a basic reference when working on their own music. Formed in 2014 by three “off-road” musicians with a vast experience in metal, rock, and hardcore bands of Asturias (Spain), TOTENGOTT raises in the middle of the self-indulgent metal scene in order to claim the importance of evil and morbidity of compositions above technique, rawness above demonstration. An obsolete but effective speech. It wasn’t long when their set list, initially formed by classics (and “not-too-classics”) from Celtic Frost, started giving way to their own songs. Songs in which, although the “Warrior universe” touch is undeniable, we can also hear other influences like the space madness of Voivod, the sonic gravity of Conan, the exper...

Hailing from the great white north... of Utica, New York... It's my honor to present Vile Tyrant and their 2016 EP, Consummation of the Black Arts . A full force black metal release that quite honestly impressed the unholy hell out of me. Here in the U.S. it's a bit of a rarity to find a band that really understands the alchemy involved in making black metal so when you come across a band like Vile Tyrant you better pay attention because these guys have fucking nailed it.  Formed in 2012 Vile Tyrant has gone through a number of lineup changes over the years before the release of Consummation of the Black Arts . Their current lineup [per the EP release] consists of Aphotis (vocals and bass) Khandrak (lead guitar), Bezual (guitar and synth) and Kimaris (drums).  I asked the band about their music style and the general themes they are trying to convey. After listening to Consummation of the Black Arts I wasn't surprised at all by the answer I received... F...

From the Signal Rex Press Release At long last, on June 23rd, Signal Rex is proud to present Ordem Satânica's highly anticipated debut album, Monte da Lua. Hailing from the rawest core of the thriving Portuguese black metal scene, Ordem Satânica are possessed by a hideous grimness that's utterly hypnotizing. Despite not belonging to Portugal's Black Circle (Mons Veneris, Vetala, Irae), Ordem Satânica's sound is comparably chaotic and necrotic, bleary and blown-out. And yet, the trio possess a deceptive sense of melody, malformed and miasmic, dissonant and distressed, that favorably reminds of France's immortal Black Legions from the dark days of the 1990s. For verily, this BLACK METAL from an ancient time - AGAINST the modern world, and against the modern "black metal" scene. To date, Ordem Satânica have built a coveted canon of thoroughly underground works, each more challenging and cantankerous than the last. Just earlier this year, this envia...

O ne of the best things about the underground music scene, especially when it comes to genres like black metal and it's related sub genres is the diversity and creativity of the artists making music. There will always be the purists who go out of their way to make sure that every aspect of their sound stays firmly on that raw, dark, gloomy path laid down by the founding fathers of black metal. Then there are those who are a bit more adventurous blending a couple of safe themes together to create the nu-metal, 2nd or 3rd wave, ( insert trendy label here ) style of hybrid metal that somebody is sure to bitch about on the internet... and then there are the rare few who go above and beyond the archetypal tropes of a genre and create something truly unique unto itself. They blend themes and atmosphere that aren't typically found within the genre and somehow using a special brand of demonic sorcery make a one of a kind experience that is true to the genre yet stepping outside ...

How about a little late night blackened death metal to wake you up? Spell of Torment a great underground find from Oulu, Finland. Nothing to fancy going on here but some blazing fast guitar and drum riffs. Pretty tight sound and plenty of full blown metal goodness. 

Kicking around over on SoundCloud and unearthed Tash... According to their profile, Tash is a violent combination of black metal, death metal, and early grindcore. The lyrics primarily focus on fear, the occult, anti-christian themes, and violence. The music itself is usually very fast, uses extended range guitars and bass, and shrieking, guttural vocals. Tash was one of those bands that when I found them I stopped dead in my tracks and thought DAMN! where have these guys been? Apparently they have been in Sandford, USA but I wasn't looking there for bad ass black metal.  Recommended if you enjoy Behemoth, Emperor, Vader, Nile, Morbid Angel, and Dark Funeral.