Blackbraid — Blackbraid III
85/100: Sgah'gahsowáh's atmospheric, Native American black metal keeps fascinating.
8.5/10 August 25, 2026
Der Weg Einer Freiheit — Innern
85/100: the German atmospheric-black-metal outfit reach a rare intensity.
8.5/10 August 25, 2026
Winterfylleth — The Unyielding Season
83/100: the English weave atmospheric black metal steeped in landscape and history.
8/10 August 25, 2026
Saor — Amidst the Ruins
83/100: Andy Marshall's Caledonian metal, between atmospheric black and Scottish folklore.
8/10 August 25, 2026
Abigail Williams — A Void Within Existence
80/100: Ken Sorceron's American atmospheric black metal continues its evolution.
8/10 August 11, 2026
Cwfen — Sorrows
80/100: a melodic, melancholic black metal that wins over critics.
8/10 August 10, 2026
White Ward — False Light
When the saxophone haunts black metal: 85/100 for a Ukrainian record of nocturnal beauty.
8.5/10 June 20, 2026
Panopticon — The Rime of Memory
A lone American's great winter work: 85/100 for a glacial, devastating meditation.
8.5/10 June 20, 2026
Wayfarer — American Gospel
Black metal turned crepuscular western: 84/100 for a fresco on the myth of the American West.
8.5/10 June 19, 2026