Skphe

Skáphe

Skáphe

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Reykjavik, Iceland based dissonant, ritualistic, black metal.

Part of Iceland's Mystiskaos black metal group, and one member is Alex Poole of US black metal bands Krieg, Entheogen, and Chaos Moon.

If you want dissonant, disturbed, twisted, and ritualistic black metal this is a band to listen to.

-Black Vice- Austin, Texas based black metal.

Photo by blogger. 2017

Black Vice

Black Vice / Haunter, by Black Vice

3 track album

-Drudkh- Ukrainian black metal. Always a solid band, with solid releases.

Drudkh - “Night Woven of Snow, Winds and Grey-haired Stars (December) /  Ніч зіткана зі снігу, вітрів та сивих зірок (грудень)” (Eternal Turn of the Wheel /  Вічний оберт колеса)

Plaguestorm

Eternal Throne EP

Available as Digital, Vinyl, or Cassette from Helter Skelter Productions.

Hailing from Malmö, Sweden, these black metal miscreants have unleashed four tracks of raw traditional black metal that is uniquely their own. From the opening choir transformation into a growling wall of feedback, you know you're in for a wild ride. Furiously paced, yet with beautiful flourishes of musicianship and no shortage of groove, this EP howls from start to finish. The guitarwork is the definite star of this show, going from frigid tremolo picking to wild solos that would be perfectly at home on a Maiden album. And the tone is a banshee wail, utterly perfect for this fiery plague that melts your face from start to finish. Definitely a favorite release of mine this year.

Released July 9, 2018.

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A Brief Guide to Hellenic Black Metal

By Brad Sanders, on Bandcamp Daily. A nice little introduction.

Recently picked up the new Rotting Christ best of, definitely worth it. Two CDs worth of material from their expansive career.

Gehenna -First Spell

Norwegian Black Metal. Lesser-known member of the Second Wave of Black Metal. While some later albums are not as popular, this first album remains a classic.