Xisuma's Musical Journey

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

     Pulling no surprises, another intense installment of Symphonic Black Metal plunges into a familiar abyss. Using blast beats as its unre...

Following up on the competently executed yet mediocre Riddles Of The Sycophants , this debut record managed to grab more of my attention. De...

  Even as I sit to write, the words don't come to me. Riddles Of The Sycophants is fantastically competent and yet distinctly generic. T...

  Scouring the web for more unturned stones within Symphonic Black Metal, I found my way to fellow Brits Bal-Sagoth. Although not akin to my...

  With sourness from Pain Remains still lingering, the timely arrival of She Must Burn 's sophomore effort satisfies that yearning for ...

  You'd be hard pressed to get me excited about a remaster or anniversary release. My radar for its release was off, given the prior Pur...

  With the huge springboard of viral success from last years To The Hellfire single, Lorna Shore have ample opportunity to stake claim in M...

  In the coming weeks there will be entries here moaning my pains about the dull, repetitive state of modern Metal. Coincidentally, I decide...

  If your as surprised as I am to hear of a Kirk Hammett solo record, then you're probably keenly aware that Metallica have had a stron...

  A conclusion for now, the last of the great Dimmu Borgir records. Death Cult Armaggedon was the first release I lapped up as a fully fl...

  Within exception to the fifth of five tracks, this brief EP of two minute songs is quite the departure from the dark Synthwave sound Hexen...

From The Kovenant to Covenant, as we roll the years back you undoubtedly noticed the change in name. This is down to a dispute with an equa...

  Twenty years on from their now iconic S&M performance with The San Fransisco, the two reunite for an experience both recreating the o...

  With S&M2 out and on my playlist, I wanted to relive again this remarkable collaboration between Metallica and the San Fransisco Orch...

I've sunk my teeth in deep on this one, enjoying its immersion over and over. Some albums present a charm that once familiarity set...

There is not much for me to say on this record other than commending it on being a stellar execution of an idea many have flirted with ...

On occasion one may ponder the powers scarcity and availability has towards the seduction of an artist. Perhaps a life taken early leav...

To compliment their new full length album, With Doom We Come , the Austrian duo Summoning release a fifteen minute, two track EP from t...

To know the Austrian duo Summoning is to know this record. Forming in the early years of their Norwegian Black Metal scene, they infus...