Autumn, Leaves, Scars - "The Story Of A Life"

Depressive post-ish black metal and sort of blackened shoegaze influenced gothic rock. Or something. Some nice melodies and everything is played & put together well. If any of those buzz words get ya hot under the collar, you'll enjoy this.

Autumn, Leaves, Scars - "The Story Of A Life"

- DCKR

Ekpyrosis - Firmament​/​Reise

super atmospheric depressive stuff.
love that riff on the first track.
hott damn.


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La Ville des Rêves - "Demo"

Single track demo from La Ville des Rêves out of Sioux Falls, SD, of all places, with some really wonderful shoegaze influenced post black metal. Swirling and sailing guitars of lush atmosphere and melancholic mood. Great musicality on this one, whereas so many artists attempting this sound go overboard in places or entirely miss the point. Epic, emotional, deep, dark - with just a hint of silver lining.

La Ville des Rêves - "Demo"

- DCKR

Altarnihil - "Terminal"

Depressive & lo-fi raw black metal from Iowa, Altarnihil deliver their demo "Terminal". Unpolished & ghoulish, sinister & sadistic. If you like it rough around the edges and eery as fuck, Altarnihil deliver with these 4 tracks.

Altarnihil - "Terminal"

- DCKR

Fanapth - "Untitled"

Phoenix based black metal outfit Fanapth with an untitled release, originally available on a super limited run of 40 cassettes now available for free download. I'm going to see these guys with the incredible Sutekh Hexen next month, so being on that bill should give you an idea of how legit this band is. Proper depressive black metal simultaneously bordering on melodic and noisy.

Fanapth - "Untitled"

- DCKR

Denier - "Thieves"

Super cult depressiv black metal, right here. Lo-fi and murky, sea of black vibed business. Three tracks worth by the mysterious entity calling itself Denier, side project of Layr. Available on CD or free download from the slick 11th Key label. Plenty of other sick material for free available through their site, as well.

Denier - "Thieves"

- DCKR

Vinter - "My Path To Depression"

Solid depressive black metal demo from Mexico. Say what you want about depressive black metal; like any genre of music, there's something to be found in it that I enjoy. This one from Vinter is something from the depressive black metal genre that I found and enjoy. Proper melody and atmosphere from slightly fuzzed guitars that sound like they were mic'd on a 9 volt battery powered amp, lo-fi drums (might even be from a cheap drum machine, I don't know for certain), extended and expansive cave like growls and groans for vocals. It's all there for the right making of a depressive black metal demo worth your time to listen to. Limited to only 33 hand numbered CDRs, you're not gonna get your claws on a physical copy of this.

Vinter - "My Path To Depression"

- DCKR