Cemetery Lament

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...

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...

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...

Cemetery Urn Cemetery Urn Hells Headbangers Release Date: June 9th 2017 Pre-Order HERE!!! "Australian Barbaric Death Metal" at least that is what Cemetery Urn has dubbed themselves. It must be an Australian thing because last year I saw Disentombed in concert and they call their particular style Australian Brutal Death... Apparently every death metal band from down under feels the need to create their own sub-genre for their specific music. I suppose when you come from a place with bugs the size of small dogs and Crocodile Dundee you can do whatever the fuck you want... But I digress...  Over the years it seems like most of the death metal acts have gone out of their way to  make the vocals as completely and totally guttural and as possible. Call me old fashion but listening to an entire album of monotone growl/puking into a microphone that sounds like it's lodged in your throat eventually gets a little boring. I don't care how fucking awesome your ...

Lets get a few things out of the way...  First, why would anyone make yet another blog dedicated to black metal and what the hell makes this blog any more interesting than the hundreds upon thousands of others out there? The answer is easy... absolutely fucking nothing. Cemetery Lament is just my little slice of hell on the web. I have created this blog as a way to explore and promote one of my favorite genres of music and nothing more.  Why should anyone care about this blog? Again this is easy... You probably don't care and that's just fine with me. This blog is explore, discover and gain a deeper appreciation of black metal. I'm not personally involved in the black metal scene beyond being a long time fan. I don't work in the music industry nor am I making any money for my reviews or opinions.  So who am I? Absolutely nobody... Just a longtime fan of black metal. I discovered black metal during my teenage years in the 90's and have been hooke...