Bong – Mana-Yood-Sushai
Quake before the primordial majesty of Bong’s Mana-Yood-Sushai.
Quake before the primordial majesty of Bong’s Mana-Yood-Sushai.
Lose yourself in the qliphothic corridors of Belgium’s Adustum, whose stunning debut is out now on World Terror Committee.
Feast upon the obscure, dishevelled black metal of Brazil’s Thyrkron within.
This incarnation of Impiety is a taut and disciplined force of destruction that more than lives up to the album’s title.
“What is black metal? How much of yourself should you invest in these two words? Maybe this energy should be invested in ourselves instead. Existence would perhaps begin to actually mean something.”
Mgła of Poland have long ruled the upper echelons of intelligent black metal with an iron fist – this year they return to unleash With Hearts Toward None and assert their dominance.
South Africa’s black metal underdogs speak of their journey from the practice room to grooves in wax.