RekahBekah Raw energy! Perfect for playing Wolfenstein! 🤘🏼

Ed Syder I was skating at a carpark and the drummer was skating there too. Turns out this is the band he’s in. It’s fucking great, eh? Favorite track: Like a Beast.

Piper Haqim NWOBHM inspired speed metal, great stuff to go with your morning coffee. Favorite track: Strange Companion.

bartzabel The music of Afsky not difficult but it conveys the mood very accurately. I hear here suffering and hope for the best Favorite track: Jeg bærer deres lig.

Gab Their (His?) best album. Favorite track: Jeg bærer deres lig.

lady of shalott I was drawn to the cover as this painting of the death of Chatterton has since long been one of my favourites. It turns out that the music paints a similar picture of deep agony overlaid with a blanket of dreariness.I already missed this poet I never knew, and now I miss him even more. Favorite track: Jeg bærer deres lig.

Ricardo Cristof Well, after listening to Death and Black Metal for over 35 years, it sometimes gets boring, even if bands try to innovate. But then you stumble upon an album, which immediately clicks: it fresh, but familiar. It’s emotional, intelligent and complex, but not for complexities’ sake. It flows, it works, it’s authentic.
This album is absolutely great, it’s all I want from this kind of music: cold soundscapes, raging fires, the embrace of darkness. 10/10

Obsidian One The spirit returns in one of the most important albums in recent metal history. 'Moss Covered Bones' at 8:01 — can you feel it? Krieger channels the fierce soul of his heritage, with echoes of generations of oppression and resilience, rising again through the raw, rebellious power of black metal, with stunning acoustic beauty as well. Do you see it? Do you hear it? Hail to the witch hawk and the force he brings to the scene. Favorite track: A Song of Death on Winds of Dawn.

Urso X A metal master class and true work of art. (Note: The diversity of styles in three distinct acts isn’t a flaw, it’s that way by design.)

I finally got this because I wanted something truthful and brilliant to pair with The Rime of Memory, and I inexplicably remembered that someone’s review of Blackbraid II had mentioned Panopticon. Thanks, Metallurgical Fire, I owe you! Favorite track: Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the Moon.