Kit Rathenar checks in with a few of black metal’s darkest lights to uncover some quality releases that we didn’t manage to review at the time, courtesy of Setherial, Vreid, Hellsaw, Enthroned, Saille and Kampfar.
Belgian sextet Saille set the standard for black metal in 2013 with their sophomore album ‘Ritu’.
There’s hardly a shortage of black metal bands drawing on Viking and pagan imagery. Can Bornholm do enough to stand out in an increasingly crowded genre? Oliver Longden finds out.
OneMetal.com’s Chris Ward goes on a musical journey with ex-Emperor man Ihsahn’s latest opus, Eremita.
After having caught their impressive live shows a number of times, Phil Whitehouse finally gets his hands on Birmingham-based metal act Amongst The Survivors’ debut album. Does it match the promise of their fearsome gigs? Read on to find out…
In the second of a three-part series, Rob picks his Top 5 bands to watch at this year’s Bloodstock Open Air Festival, and adds a cheeky plug for his mates.
In Tsui Hark’s excellent action epic, martial arts master Dee (Andy Lau) is summoned from exile to solve a most perplexing case of spontaneous combustion which threatens the coronation of China’s first female emperor, the very woman who seven years previously had consigned him to prison on suspicion of treason…
Jackie Chan making a historical epic is not even a newsworthy event. Until, that is, Little Big Soldier. Not only is this a damnably fine action-comedy, it’s Jackie Chan’s best film in more than 2 decades. David Cox finds out exactly why…
Born to a royal station, just how did Eastern Jewel turn her back on her country and wind up penniless and imprisoned facing a post-war execution for treason? David Cox takes the plunge into the political machinations…
Ohio-based progressive/melodic death metal quintet Woe Of Tyrants unleash their third album for Metal Blade Records, Threnody.