Published: January 31, 2014

2013 saw a new age for black metal. The age of accessibility and mainstream coverage. Yes, as most black metal fans will point out, ‘hipster’ black metal happened long before Deafheaven dropped Sunbather, but 2013 really saw it take off, with huge appeal worldwide, a following on the trendiest of music boards and support from the trendiest of publications. 2013, coincidentally, was the year I got into black metal, but I ...

Published: November 29, 2013

No Stars, Only Full Dark ... I take that to mean that from here on in, Windbruch's not messing about doodling with experimental effects and ambience ... this is going to be full-on depressive melodic black metal, intense and aggressive, yet with moments of reflection and subtlety. On first listen, this is what we get: a raw and sometimes angry music, ragged and sharp in tone with a full bass backing, shaped into ...