Tag: Dark Descent

  • Desolate Shrine – The Heart of the Netherword

    Desolate Shrine – The Heart of the Netherword

    So apparently the folks at Dark Descent Records (home of THANTIFAXATH, HORRENDOUS, & LVCIFYRE, among others) don’t want to give hapless metal scribes even a brief respite. Feels like we’re barely out of year-end review season (and into the new year) and they’ve already dropped yet another hands-down triumph. Hailing from the Nordic climbs of…

  • Thantifaxath – Sacred White Noise

    Thantifaxath – Sacred White Noise

    Mysterious Toronto black metallers Thantifaxath turn the genre inside out on Sacred White Noise, their first full-length. The hooded trio uses the bleak nature of searing black metal as a scaffold to sculpt an abstract representation of their own twisted manifesto. Through six tracks and nearly 45 minutes Thantifaxath navigate a series of stacked realities…

  • Dark Descent Double Shot: Vorum and Paroxsihzem

    “Dark Descent has a characteristic signature that lends confidence to, and underscores, the veracity of its releases. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily imply that you’re going to enjoy every album with Dark Descent’s sigil attached, but all its releases are imprinted with a strong sense of integrity bound to the label’s trustworthy aesthetic.” Craig Haze…

  • A Triptych of Death: Horrendous / Ominous Crucifix / Vore

    Catching up on some of the late 2011 releases that nearly went under the radar, Craig Haze reviews a triptych of death metal albums, including the latest from Horrendous, Ominous Crucifix and Vore.

  • Paul Speckmann: The Hellbound Interview

    Paul Speckmann has been playing death metal longer than many fans of the genre have been walking the planet. The Chicago native started his long-running project Master in 1983. He’s also played with other bands including War Cry, Abominator and the Czech death metal band Krabathor. Dark Descent Records recently reissued his early band Death…