Published: March 28, 2017 

None is a Pacific Northwestern band playing black metal. That should give you a pretty good indication of what the band is starting with, at least. But it may not, in fact, give you the whole picture. While some of the book can certainly be judged by the cover this time around, it’s not the end-all, be-all for this depressive (the style, not the quality) debut.

Mixing a vibe that is distinctly Cascadian and thoroughly depressi...

Published: March 27, 2017

Cold. Bleak. Depressing as fuck. Probably the three most important elements of the self titled debut of None, hailing from the miserable Pacific Northwest. This three track EP is full of gloriously bleak moments, and Hypnotic Dirge is releasing it in April, when hopefully the wintry feelings that this invokes will be gone.

Opener ‘Cold’ is exactly that. Numb keyboard melodies lurk within a dense buzzing soundscape of snow and ic...

Published: March 18, 2017

None  are  a  band  from  the  Pacific  Northwest  that  plays  a  very  atmospheric  and  depressive form of blackmetal  and  this  is a  review  of  their  self  titled  2017  album  which  will  be  released  in  April  by Hypnotic Dirge Records.

Atmospheric  and  tragic  sounding  keyboards  start  off  the  album  along  with  some  elements  of  ambient  and they also  mix  in  with  the  more  heavy  and  depressive  gui...