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BAL-SAGOTHThe Power Cosmic
A bloated, self-indulgent odyssey that prioritises cosmic window-dressing over genuine sonic weight.
6.0
SIGHI Saw the World’s End –Hangman’s Hymn MMXXV
Sigh lean into their avant-garde throne, but the indulgence of the spectacle occasionally threatens to drown the raw black metal core.
10.0
SIGHGoh-Ka
Sigh deliver a masterclass in avant-garde black metal, weaving a terrifying tapestry of Japanese folklore and sonic extremity.
5.0
DIMMU BORGIRGrand Serpent Rising
Grand Serpent Rising offers scale without urgency, burying flashes of menace beneath an overextended and emotionally distant design.
Dimmu Borgir Complete Long-Awaited New Album
Dimmu Borgir have finished recording, mixing and mastering the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Eonian’.
6.0
EMPERORAnthems To The Welkin At Dusk
More intricate and disciplined than its predecessor, though Emperor’s increased complexity sometimes suppresses the raw emotional force.
8.0
EMPERORIn The Nightside Eclipse
A landmark of symphonic black metal: vast, hostile and atmospheric, with grandeur outweighing its occasional murk.
6.0
BAL-SAGOTHThe Chthonic Chronicles
Bal-Sagoth’s final album is a frantic symphonic labyrinth: imaginative, absurdly ornate and occasionally buried beneath its own mythology.