Xisuma's Musical Journey

  As the years stretch on, I find the frequent return of familiar acts to be hit and miss process. Fortunately for a reunited In The Woods.....

  Armed with shadowy, ever present grisly distortion guitars, The Dawn Of The Dying Sun preserves the droning heathen atmosphere its predece...

  With a stroke of genius, Hvis Lyset Tar Oss broke ground on what Black Metal could be. Its popular predecessor Filosofem, further explo...

  Exploring the other works of Burzum 's producer Pytten, I happened across ...Again Shall Be. I'd probably checked them out decade...

Paired with yet another demo of Lost Wisdom, Et Hvitt Lys Over Skogen reaches us via bootleg release. Its a nine minute epic pulled from Hv...

  Enter a naturalist sublime, as inspiration finds it form, the stars align. Opening with a spirited union of mystic synthtone and sizzling ...

     The blemishes of Burzum 's growing pains fade as Varg's sophomore effort plays concise, sharp, effortlessly flowing through the...

To my ears, Aske is where things take off. Consisting of three solid songs, refined aesthetics compliment their musical vision. Gnarly guita...

Armed with iconic, eerie, unsettling and darkly album art, upon its release, this debut was a freighting extremity, unleashing a new, esoter...

  Depending on where you venture to hear this follow up to Demo I , the quality varies greatly. This fidelity mess is further muddied by its...

With the coldest wintery months of the year upon us, the isolating weather apt for a nostalgic journey into the heart of Black Metal's m...

With the ominous lurch of self titled significance, esteemed musician Ihsahn , formerly of Emperor notoriety, returns on ambitious footing....

  After running the For All Tid playbook, our comedic stoners return with an incremental progression on the nostalgic 90s sound I adore. Mu...

    What on earth is this? A stoner's parody of my beloved Dimmu Borgir ? Perfect! Well, that's actually so... what comedic kicks ar...

  With a strident return to form, Ulver delivers again on his intelligent renditions of matured Synthpop. After a couple of shaky releases,...

   What Happened To The Heart will likely be my album of the year. I've sat on this one for months, hitting a curious writers block when...

  Excitement swiftly squashed, another cast iron installment diminishes my faith once again. In retrospect, my expectations were unreasonabl...

  Far beyond the prime of their active years as a band, Dimmu Borgir blow the dust of old covers alongside new offerings. Its a release of ...

  Reveling in glum and stormy scenery, drizzly guitars moan and slumberous singing swoons to be routinely assailed by gleams of heathen melo...

Although finding myself not particularly in the mood for Metal as of late, Enslaved 's track record of recent years had me curious at th...