Archive for April 13, 2023

Feel like I’m missing something here. Goatmoon appears to be revered by those who peer behind the “NSBM” veil, but I’m not getting blown off my seat by this debut. Yes, it’s disgusting, hideously produced black metal, with an underlying streak of melody beneath the frosted grime – but there’s plenty of that out there. Not to detract from these songs, but I expected more.

Total Death is one of those “middle period” albums from Darkthrone that I have always historically overlooked. However, this has always been a pretty silly thing to do, as it is a fairly decent slab of black metal. It’s not too different from the earlier stuff, but not as raw or uncompromising. The major difference here is that the songs are written by vocalist Nocturnal Culto or guest writers from the wider musical world, rather…