Here is a batch of new reviews from the U.S black metal,Metal label "Black Plague Rec." If your looking for some excellent black meta,death or doom metal.then check out this great label.
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Dark Flight--Closure cd {Black Plague Records}
Bulgaria's Dark Flight play a very good style of blackend doom metal.The music starts off with mid paced razor sharp guitar chords but the guitars do slow to a more slower doom pace.The drummer is really good with the kit playing slow,heavy drums but does speed up to a more mid-paced style on a few tracks.Dark Flight surprised me by having synths used in the band but their not bad at all adding another layer of atmosphere to the songs.This is a very good blackend doom band that hopefully will release some new music soon.
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Fatal Castration--Perishan Grinder cd {Black Plague Rec.}
Fatal Castration comes out of the Phillipines playing a good style of brutal death metal the trio knows how to play the brutality without getting lost in the shuffle of the scene.Fast as lightning guitars that are played with a lot of talent and experience.The drumming is really done very well with some blast beats and some mid-paced drums to slow the pace down.The only complaint I have is the pig-squealed type of vocal's {I have always hated this style of vocals} I mean deep growls or even guttural vocals would have fit the music better.But the band can write some good music so if your into brutal death metal defintly check this cd out soon.
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Lycanthropy--Totenkranze cd {Black Plague Rec.}
Lycanthropy come out of the Russian/Ukraine black metal scene the band plays violent,fast black metal .the guitars are extremely fast with some mid-paced tempo's to keep the music interesting.The vocalist does a great job with some vicious black metal screams and even some death growls in a few sections.This is a really good band and release so if you can find this cd I would highly recommend picking this up today.
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Nazghor--Through Darkness And Hell cd {Black Plague Rec.}
This is how Swedish black metal should sound combing the mid-nineties Swedish sound with Nazghor own style.The guitars are extremely well played with a lot of power and talent going from fast to a more mid-paced sound in the same song.The drummer is equally as good with some very well played drumming patterns.The vocalist does a great job with shrieks and some whispery vocals in a few songs.This is one of the best black metal bands I've heard in quite awhile.
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Slow--Unsleep cd {Black Plague Rec.}
Sow is a crushing funeral doom band as you proably guessed the music is extremely slow.The guitars are done very well with some crushing doom riffs and even some great acoustic guitars entertwined.Personally I like some funeral doom but not a lot so if you are a fan of slow,funeral doom or know someone who is you might enjoy this band
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VIII--Dracon cd {Black Plague Rec.}
This is the debut cd from Italy's VIII and what a great debut cd this is playing mid-paced black metal with some slower atmospheric sections In a few of the songs.The vocals are growls with some gruff type of vocals and of course some great screams The drums are mid-paced for the most part with a few a songs that speed up with some faster drumming and guitars.If your a fan of mid-paced black metal then this is a good release for everyone to check out.
