The Rime of Memory, though occasionally unwieldy, is Panopticon's grandest album yet.
atmospheric
Krallice - Psychagogue
ReviewsCommentKrallice continues expanding their sound on the speedily made Psychagogue.
Ustalost - Before the Glinting Spell Unvests
ReviewsCommentUstalost delivers black metal thrills with an oddly nostalgic atmosphere on this latest album.
Krallice - Crystalline Exhaustion
ReviewsCommentKrallice's most ambitious record since Years Past Matter.
Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I
ReviewsCommentBloodmoon: I is a pretty solid collab, and hopefully the title hints that the best is yet to come.
Paysage d'Hiver - Im Wald
ReviewsCommentIm Wald stretches Paysage d'Hiver's most threadbare material to an arduous two hours.
Panopticon - The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness
ReviewsCommentThe two-disc Scars of Man finds Panopticon separating the black metal and American folk elements of his music, rendering it generic.
Wolves in the Throne Room - "Angrboda"
New TracksCommentAtmospheric black metal outfit Wolves in the Throne Room has released the epic centerpiece of its upcoming album, Thrice Woven. A slightly truncated version of "Angrboda" was premiered earlier last week by Adult Swim to coincide with the solar eclipse, but now here it is in all its glory. Thrice Woven is out September 22 via the band's Artemisia imprint.