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Chants are a band from Portugal that plays an atmospheric form of black metal and this is a review of their 2026 album "Echoes" which will be released in November by Everlasting Spew Records. A very dark, heavy and atmospheric sound starts off the album while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams. Melo
.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording and release of the new ep? Myhrding: Well, the thing is, the EP was recorded some years ago. In the meantime, we in the band have gone through personal issues that have affected the release of the record. But all the while, we’ve bee
1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording of the new album? 1: The recording process itself spanned quite a long period. We actually started recording the guitars back in October 2024, while the bass, drums, and vocals were tracked in August 2025. We wrapped up the mixing a
Poland's Kult Vindur have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a 'subcarpatian' form of black metal and this is a review of their 2026 album "The Void Of Time" which will be released in November by The Circle Music. Synths start off the album before going into a very fast and raw musical direct
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Italy's Nyrak have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an atmospheri and symphonic style of black metal and this is a review of their 2026 album "Empires Of Ash" which will be released in November by Void Wanderer Productions. Synths and orchestration start off the album and also mixes in with
Sweden's solo project Arckanum has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an anti cosmic form of black metal and this is a review of his 2026 album "Beswærilsin" which will be released on Halloween by Darkness Shall Rise. Ritualistic soundscapes, tribal percussion and spoken words start off the a
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Italy's The Scars In Pneuma have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a melodic mixture of black and doom metal and this is a review of their 2026 album "Cursed Songs From The Garden Of Twilight" which will be released in october by masked Dead Records. A very fast and raw sound starts off the
1. For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band? The band started to take shape around 2025. At the time, I was playing in a rock band where the songwriting duties were shared, but I wanted to write music entirely of my own and move in a more metal-oriented direction. I’ve
Les Chants de Nihil are a band from France that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording goes for an very atmospheric and melodic style of black metal and this is a review of their 2026 album "Graines" which will be released in November by Les Acteurs de L'Ombre Productions. A very dark yet heavy sou
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Portugal's Azzaya have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an aggressive mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their self released 2026 single "Ira/Glory Upon Thee". Clean playing starts off the single before introducing some angry sounding black metal screams which also tak
Bruul are a band from the United Kingdom plays an atmospheric mixture of black and doom metal and this is a review of their self released and self titled 2026 ep. Clean playing starts off the ep before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats
Mannveira are a band from Iceland that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording goes for a very raw, atmospheric and dissonant form of black metal and this is a review of their 2026 album "Vesöld" which will be released in october by Dark Descent Records. A very dark, heavy and dissonant sound starts
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