Násvelgr | Draumrof | 2023

Icelandic Avant-Garde Black Metal

Analyzing this complex avant-garde album certainly isn't an easy task. It's a carefully organized piece of art, fusing elements of post-black metal, electronic, psychedelic rock, industrial, and even classical and new-age music. It's hard to characterize this album with a single genre tag - which makes it all the more interesting to study and listen to..

Your thoughts?

Short shorts that say "spit at me and wreak havoc on my flesh" on the ass

WYRMWOODS

[No Sun Nor Moon, Avant-Garde Black Metal, Finland, 2022]

Esoctrilihum - Funeral

Alföld

Thy Catafalque

One of my favorite releases this year, a stunning mix of metal, folk, classical, electronica, and whatever else Tamás Kátai felt like, as usual. From bludgeoning death metal to ominous horns to spacey synths to atmospheric, emotionally gripping black metal, this album has it all. If a breadth of style and superbly-blended disparate elements are your thing, this album is worth spinning.

The album can be purchased from Bandcamp and Season of Mist.

Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Necrosis

Let it be known that I’ve had this painting longer then this albums been out!!

So thank fucking God that this album fucks as hard as it does! This is one of the most riff heavy and ear wormy avant-garde black metal albums I have ever heard! It’s not just an experimental black metal album you put on and enjoy and love but can’t really rock out to in the same way you could one of the more popy metal songs that are out there. This thing is head banging atmospheric and ambient. It goes so incredibly hard, and it’s always a shock when I put it on how much I want to jump up and bounce around. Incredible record.

Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis (June 2nd, 2023)

Band members remains anonymous

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Chinese Death/Black Metal

Non Serviam | We Are Nothing But Your Krill (Mini Album)

August 2022

Bandcamp

Dreams of the Drowned I

Lykotonon - Promethean Pathology