The latest addition to the mycorrhizal cosmic horror black metal canon The post Review: Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa – The Blossoming appeared first on The Progressive Subway ..read more

A nearly flawless marriage of folk horror lyricism and black metal instrumentation. Spooky! The post Review: They Came From Visions – The Twilight Robes appeared first on The Progressive Subway ..read more

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. Caio Lemos, the forest spirit, my god, has a new band, and that’s worth screaming a little bit about. The post Review: Vestígio – Vestígios appeared first on The Progressive Subway ..read more

Deadly Carnage delivers their magnum opus with a few missteps The post Review: Deadly Carnage – Endless Blue appeared first on The Progressive Subway ..read more

Another promising experimental black metal solo project arising from the ashes of someone's bedroom. The post Review: Ars Moriendi – Lorsque les coeurs s’assèchent appeared first on The Progressive Subway ..read more

My personal music god is back with his first main project full length in what feels like ages... does it stand up to his magnum opera? The post Review: Bríi – Último Ancestral Comum appeared first on The Progressive Subway ..read more

“I dunno what the hell’s in there, but it’s weird and pissed off, whatever it is.” The post Review: Fliege – One Day They’ll Wonder What Happened Here appeared first on The Progressive Subway ..read more

Centered around a deep appreciation of the natural world, this album is both beautiful and vicious improvised black metal by none other than Caio Lemos--the man behind Bríi and Kaatayra. The post Review: Vauruvã – Por Nós da Ventania appeared first on The Progressive Subway ..read more

Style: Progressive Metal, Black Metal (Mixed vocals) Recommended for fans of: White Ward, Enslaved, A Forest of Stars Country: France Release date: 7 June 2024 What is it with progressive black metal this year? The genre’s having a renaissance, it seems. Ihsahn released one of the best albums in his storied career; Lamentari finally delivered their debut LP and it was a rhapsodic wonder; Borknagar gave us yet another collection of folk-tinged bangers; and Aquilus gifted a third symphonic beauty. I was never a great fan of black metal but my top albums so far this year are dominated by the stu ..read more

Style: Atmospheric Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal (mixed vocals, mostly harsh) Recommended for fans of: Early Ulver, Uada, Later Agalloch, Spectral Wound Country: Ukraine Release date: 23 February 2024 I am famous for being egregiously late to consuming movies and TV shows. Just a few weeks ago, I finally decided to watch The Wicker Man (the 1970s Christopher Lee one, not the Nicholas Cage one, but that will come soon enough), which introduced me to the genre of folk horror. There is something so enticing and disturbing in its normality: there are few special effects, no beings borne from c ..read more