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PYTHAGOREAN CIRCLE (Grècia) presenta nou àlbum: "Ancestral Wisdom" #PythagoreanCircle #PaganBlackMetal #Setembre2026 #Grècia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

VALLACHIA (Polònia) presenta nou Split: "Stara" #Vallachia #PaganBlackMetal #Agost2026 #Polònia #NouSplit #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

I can't believe it...
I accidentally found it at a local records store and still sealed !

KEKAL, an Indonesian Black Metal that I admire since the late 1990's and I'm still hunting their discography !

#Indonesia #BlackMetal #PaganBlackMetal #CompactDisc #MusicCollection #Analog

Recensioni ✍️

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🔗 A Hed an Noz, a Noz, a Noz 6️⃣.5️⃣
🏠 2026 (Antiq)
#️⃣ Paganblackmetal

Un disco black metal dalla forte impronta pagan-folk, per un viaggio attraverso le leggende bretoni

a cura di Paolo Chemnitz

#Ondarock #MusicianSky #MusicSky #Music

Hanternoz

THARAPHITA (Estònia) presenta nou àlbum: "Öise taevaga üheks" #Tharaphita #PaganBlackMetal #Juliol2026 #Estònia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

ANAKHAI presenta nou àlbum: "Eçim Apam" #Anakhai #PaganBlackMetal #Juliol2026 #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

Today's music:

Vermilia - Karsikko

https://youtu.be/pOQXhMHrNO8

#metal #BlackMetal #PaganBlackMetal #finland #music #np #NowPlaying #MastoMusic

Serpent Lord – The Once Forgotten Ways of Old Review

After reviewing Crotaline in April and Dimmu Borgir’s Grand Serpent Rising earlier this month, 2026 is shaping up…
#NewsBeep #News #Music #2.5 #2026 #AliceInChains #AmericanMetal #BlackMetal #CA #Canada #Crotaline #DimmuBorgir #Eisenwald #EisenwaldRecords #Entertainment #GrandSerpentRising #May26 #Mayhem #PaganBlackMetal #Rauhnåcht #review #reviews #SerpentLord #TheOnceForgottenWaysofOld #Uada
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/767268/

Serpent Lord – The Once Forgotten Ways of Old Review

After reviewing Crotaline in April and Dimmu Borgir’s Grand Serpent Rising earlier this month, 2026 is shaping up…
#NewsBeep #News #Music #2.5 #2026 #AliceInChains #AmericanMetal #BlackMetal #Crotaline #DimmuBorgir #Eisenwald #EisenwaldRecords #Entertainment #GrandSerpentRising #May26 #Mayhem #PaganBlackMetal #Rauhnåcht #review #Reviews #SerpentLord #TheOnceForgottenWaysofOld #Uada #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/663034/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1055763/ Serpent Lord – The Once Forgotten Ways of Old Review #25 #2026 #AliceInChains #AmericanMetal #BlackMetal #Crotaline #DimmuBorgir #Eisenwald #EisenwaldRecords #Entertainment #GrandSerpentRising #May26 #mayhem #music #PaganBlackMetal #Rauhnåcht #Review #Reviews #SerpentLord #TheOnceForgottenWaysOfOld #Uada #UK #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/ie/558528/ Serpent Lord – The Once Forgotten Ways of Old Review #25 #2026 #AliceInChains #AmericanMetal #BlackMetal #Crotaline #DimmuBorgir #Éire #Eisenwald #EisenwaldRecords #Entertainment #GrandSerpentRising #IE #Ireland #May26 #mayhem #Music #PaganBlackMetal #Rauhnåcht #Review #Reviews #SerpentLord #TheOnceForgottenWaysOfOld #uada

After reviewing Crotaline1 in April and Dimmu Borgir’s Grand Serpent Rising earlier this month, 2026 is shaping up as the Year of the Snake—at least for me. Now at the end of May, Battleground, Washington’s Serpent Lord emerges from a protracted brumation to deliver a dose of venom fermenting for over twenty years. After recording a split and two demos between 2003 and 2004, one-man band Jake Superchi (Uada, Ceremonial Castings) shelved the project for a couple decades. Now Superchi has resurrected his defunct sobriquet to record The Once Forgotten Ways of Old, Serpent Lord’s long-gestating debut LP. After an extended incubation period, does Serpent Lord rejuvenate the Ways of Old, or should the act have remained Forgotten?

Like Uada, Serpent Lord falls under the broader umbrella of black metal. Rather than expansive meloblack, though, Serpent Lord basks in the light of pagan gods, eliciting forlorn calls to umbral deities scoured from memory by the winds of time. Rhythmic grooves and hypnotic guitar refrains lay the foundation for The Once Forgotten Ways of Old, imbuing the album with enough ritualistic zest that you may catch faint whiffs of incense and petrichor while listening. Three of the album’s six songs push past the eight-minute mark, and it’s these moments where Serpent Lord best embodies heathen incantations. In particular, “Aries Ram” and the title track conjure visions of enigmatic and arcane rites, evoking mystical practices that lurch and brood in the dark.

On The Once Forgotten Ways of Old, Serpent Lord summons inspirations and reshapes them into a well-developed and distinct character. Most immediately, Serpent Lord reminds me of Rauhnåcht without the folk instrumentation, particularly when the slower, plaintive guitar leads slither above swirling riffs and unyielding drums (“A Pagan’s Spell,” “Enter Serpentagram”). Superchi’s vocals cover an array of deliveries, ranging from frenetic, blackened barking and rasping (“Constrictor”) to droning harangue, where the latter strikes similarities to Mayhem’s Attila Csihar’s cleaner stylings (“The Once Forgotten Ways of Old”). The sermonizing works well, but the harsher vocals occasionally blur with the cascading guitars in the mix, obscuring Superchi’s voice and packing too much sound into too narrow a band. The harsh deliveries work better when there’s room to breathe, like the back half of “Forever on the Grounds of Battle” (which features guitar work recalling Alice in Chains’ “Whale & Wasp” midway through). Regardless, the star performances belong to the guitars and drums, which pack a potent, two-pronged punch as they wend and weave through The Once Forgotten Ways of Old.

For all that Serpent Lord achieves, The Once Forgotten Ways of Old proves a slippery and elusive beast. Despite the many things done well, I struggle to remember most of it once the music fades from my speakers, and the snippets that stick drive me back to the inspirations more than the Ways of Old. Serpent Lord nails the aesthetic of pagan black metal, and The Once Forgotten Ways of Old is a record I feel like should resonate more than it does. What ultimately undercuts Serpent Lord’s success is the lack of fulfilling climaxes.2 Superchi does a fabulous job of orchestrating tension through the give and take of guitars and drums, yet few moments capitalize on that buildup. This songwriting oversight is most telling at the ends of tracks, as four of the album’s six songs close with a fade. Concluding a song this way isn’t one of my pet peeves, and I typically don’t notice them, but their abundance here stands out and suggests the opportunity to finish with a bang every now and again.

The Once Forgotten Ways of Old convinces me that Serpent Lord seethes with potential, but will need to shed its current approach to actualize it. I spent a lot of time traversing The Once Forgotten Ways of Old, and while I enjoyed them, I recognize the album doesn’t offer enough for me to return once the proverbial ink dries on this review. Even so, a few minor tweaks would rid this danger noodle of musical impotence, and I look forward to listening to Serpent Lord’s next worship service if and when it comes.

Rating: Mixed
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Eisenwald Records
Website: Bandcamp
Releases Worldwide: May 29th, 2026

AZELS MOUNTAIN (Polònia) presenta nou àlbum: "Echa krwi" #AzelsMountain #PaganBlackMetal #Juny2026 #Polònia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

SERPENT LORD (Estats Units) presenta nou àlbum: "The Once Forgotten Ways of Old" #SerpentLord #PaganBlackMetal #Maig2026 #EstatsUnits #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

NOITUMA (Finlàndia) presenta nou àlbum: "Yhdeksän sairautta" #Noituma #Folk #PaganBlackMetal #Maig2026 #Finlàndia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

HORN (Alemanya) presenta nou single: "Am Abgrund steht der Junker" #Horn #PaganBlackMetal #Maig2026 #Alemanya #NouSingle #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

NOCTURNAL REVERIES (Finlàndia) presenta nou àlbum: "Song of the Forest" #NocturnalReveries #PaganBlackMetal #Maig2026 #Finlàndia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

NEXCOYOTL (Mèxic) presenta nou àlbum: "Tókhaheya Oyáte" #Nexcoyotl #PaganBlackMetal #Març2026 #Mèxic #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

https://www.europesays.com/uk/845092/ Via Doloris – Guerre et Paix Review #1349 #1914 #2026 #35 #AnaalNathrakh #AtmosphericBlackMetal #BlackMetal #BlutAusNord #Entertainment #Fluisteraars #GuerreEtPaix #Havukruunu #Mar26 #music #NorwegianMetal #PaganBlackMetal #Review #Reviews #Satyricon #SeasonOfMist #UK #UnitedKingdom #ViaDoloris

Sometimes a record practically introduces itself with a shrug. Take Via Doloris and their debut Guerre et Paix. The band name? A shortened nod to the Via Dolorosa. The death of Jesus and some “suffering-as-identity” vibes that we’ve seen a thousand times in black metal. The album title? Literally War and Peace in French. The cover art? You’ve seen it. You have seen it—some grayscale, vaguely haunted expanse that could just as easily front a dozen other releases clogging up the “give in to your anger” section. None of this is a crime on its own, but stack all these choices together, and they start pinging that lizard-brain reviewer alarm: this looks like a mid-tier black metal album before a single note even plays. Then there’s the promo copy, dutifully promising “a passage through pain in search of meaning, and the distant, flickering promise of rebirth.” Is this thing good, or is it just another entry in the ever-expanding catalog of metal-by-numbers?

Via Doloris is the solo project of guitarist Gildas le Pape, who spent several years performing live with Satyricon, and Guerre et Paix marks his debut under the moniker. The sound is a comfortable middle ground between more straightforward, blast-driven, 2nd-wave riffing and more expansive, atmospheric impulses, with le Pape’s melody-forward riffs driving the compositions. His guitar work never veers too far off the blackened path, but he imbues each riff with a sneaky melodicity and deploys a fair amount of variety in his 6-stringed attack. There are notes of Havukruunu-esque pagan black melodies (“Communion”), swirling Blut Aus Nord icy arpeggios (“Omniprésents”), and searing, Anaal Nathkrakh-flavored bouts of black metal destruction (“For The Glory”). Throughout it all, le Pape’s knack for catchy, multi-faceted blackened riff-craft shines through. The parts are at once hypnotic and aggressive, and often deepened through intricate guitar layers, allowing songs to flow seamlessly between movements. I’ve found the entrancing outro to “Ultime Tourment” or the Fluisteraars-like motif of “Visdommens Vei 1” stuck in my head for weeks during the review, a testament to the strength of the guitar parts on display and to their immersive effect.

The songs on Guerre et Paix largely sit in the 6–7 minute range, and while Via Doloris doesn’t always wring every possible peak out of that runtime, le Pape makes it feel purposeful more often than not. A track like “Un Franc Soleil” is built around an engaging central riff that subtly evolves as the song progresses, even if it stops just shy of a full-blown crescendo. This approach carries across the record: rather than leaning on dramatic shifts, le Pape favors gradual layering and textural changes, letting songs breathe and unfold at their own pace. The songwriting tends to stick to a core tempo and feel, with variation coming from added guitar layers, drum patterns, or ambient elements rather than structural overhauls. While this can create a meditative consistency that makes certain parts and songs blend together, it ultimately works in the album’s favor, giving Guerre et Paix a cohesive, immersive flow that reinforces the strength of its ideas over the course of a full listen.

This is all buoyed by a seriously sharp production job. Guerre et Paix sounds immaculate. Produced by le Pape and mixed with Nicolai Codling, it opts for clarity over the genre’s usual haze with crystalline guitars front and center, cutting cleanly through even the densest passages. They’re icy but precise, with every layered phrase coming through intact instead of dissolving into mush. Frost (Satyricon, 1349) turns in a characteristically stellar session performance, and the mix gives him room to flex. The drums have a warm, natural quality to them that showcases a varied performance. It allows the more subdued sections to breathe while still filling the mix during more intense, blast-heavy moments. It all comes together to elevate the album’s most dynamic touches, letting details like the choral swell in “Omniprésents” or the melancholic closing progression of “Communion” land exactly as they should.

As it turns out, Guerre et Paix lands comfortably above the genre’s overcrowded middle tier. Via Doloris has delivered an immersive and nuanced atmospheric black metal record, carried by memorable, melodic guitar work that unfolds beautifully over contemplative songs. It sounds amazing and marks le Pape as a promising voice within the space. This is way better than the somewhat generic packaging would suggest.



Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 10 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Season of Mist
Websites: viadoloris.bandcamp.com | instagram.com/via.doloris
Releases Worldwide: March 20th, 2026

HORN (Alemanya) presenta nou single: "Apokalyps 1618" #Horn #PaganBlackMetal #Març2026 #Alemanya #NouSingle #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

PYTHAGOREAN CIRCLE (Grècia) presenta nou EP: "5 Years of Ancestral Wisdom" #PythagoreanCircle #PaganBlackMetal #Març2026 #Grècia #NouEp #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

PAGAN FOREST (Polònia) presenta nou àlbum: "Lud" #PaganForest #PaganBlackMetal #Febrer2026 #Polònia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

WINTER RITES OF THE MOUNTAIN LAND (Grècia) presenta nou àlbum: "Κυν-λακ-αχ" #WinterRitesOfTheMountainLand #PaganBlackMetal #Gener2026 #Grècia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

SECRETUM RITUS (Finlàndia) presenta nou EP: "Ritus de Maleficum" #SecretumRitus #PaganBlackMetal #Gener2026 #Finlàndia #NouEp #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

ДЕТИ ВОЛОТА (Rússia) presenta nou àlbum: "Кровь за кровь" #ДетиВолота #PaganBlackMetal #Desembre2025 #Rússia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

PYTHAGOREAN CIRCLE (Grècia) presenta nou àlbum: "Old Heathen Ways" #PythagoreanCircle #PaganBlackMetal #Desembre2025 #Grècia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

PANDORA'S BOX (Brasil) presenta nou EP: "The Beauty of a River" #PandoraSBox #PaganBlackMetal #Desembre2025 #Brasil #NouEp #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

ILDARUNI (Armènia) presenta nou àlbum: "Divinum Sanguinem" #Ildaruni #PaganBlackMetal #AtmosphericBlackMetal #Novembre2025 #Armènia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

HEIMDALLS WACHT (Alemanya) presenta nou recopilatori: "Rostiges Ruhrmetall - The Saruman Archives" #HeimdallsWacht #PaganBlackMetal #Octubre2025 #Alemanya #NouRecopilatori #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

DARK SEAL (Repu?blica Txeca) presenta nou àlbum: "Arrivals" #DarkSeal #PaganBlackMetal #Octubre2025 #Repu?blicaTxeca #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

ANTABOGA (Malàisia) presenta nou EP: "Ritual Setan : 9 Tahun Pancawara" #Antaboga #PaganBlackMetal #Setembre2025 #Malàisia #NouEp #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

HYRDE (Regne Unit) presenta nou àlbum: "Bretwalda ᛒᚱᛖᛏᚹᚪᛚᛞᚪ" #Hyrde #PaganBlackMetal #Setembre2025 #RegneUnit #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

RAUHNÅCHT (Àustria) presenta nou àlbum: "Zwischenwelten" #Rauhnåcht #PaganBlackMetal #Agost2025 #Àustria #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

#Memes #Meme #Metal #BlackMetal #NuMetal #AmbientBlackMetal #AtmosphericBlackMetal #OldSchoolBlackMetal ##DepressiveSuicidalBlackMetal #DSBM #SpaceBlackMetal #CosmicBlackMetal #PaganBlackMetal #VikingBlackMetal #RedAndAnarchistBlackMetal #RABM #Norsecore #UnblackMetal #StonerBlackMetal

BELENOS (França) presenta nou àlbum: "Egor" #Belenos #PaganBlackMetal #Juny2025 #França #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

HORN (Alemanya) presenta nou single: "Ergot" #Horn #PaganBlackMetal #Maig2025 #Alemanya #NouSingle #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

ALDAARON (França) presenta nou àlbum: "Par-delà les cimes" #Aldaaron #PaganBlackMetal #Abril2025 #França #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

Khors - Letters To The Future Self

https://khors1.bandcamp.com/album/letters-to-the-future-self

#atmosphericBlackMetal #blackMetal #metal #atmosphericMetal #paganBlackMetal #post-metal #ukrainianBlackMetal #ukrainianMetal #ukrainianMusic #ukraine

Tonight tonight...

Vermilia 'Vakat'
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6YPY1qrfLD8

Disclaimer: I hope the link is clean. I could not find the song in songlink and it gave error in 4 different invidious instances 😓

#PaganBlackMetal #blackmetal

For @HailsandAles' #BlackMetalMonday:

#Arkona/#Аркона: Prometeus

https://song.link/kzkxn3ncm0vkw

#PaganBlackMetal

FFO #GenitalShame #Misþyrming #Trelldom

De esta guisa cuento yo las horas pa'l #summerbreeze2024 🤘

Kampfar "Fandens trall"
https://song.link/i/1749693200

#BlackMetalMonday (by @HailsandAles)

#paganblackmetal #blackmetal

No panda paint, no ridiculous studded leather gear, just black metal from the bleak, cold wastelands of...Manchester - for @HailsandAles' #BlackMetalMonday:

#Winterfylleth: Dishonour Enthroned

https://song.link/dhzz5jhf5jh0c

#AtmosphericBlackMetal #PaganBlackMetal

FFO #ArdentNova #Saor #WolvesInTheThroneRoom

12:35AM
Closing my night with pleasant music to listen via digital files by now.
Of course, that music is #Kekal, an interesting #BlackMetal band from #Indonesia, I really like so much. Their music is part of my goal to grow my collection up this year!
#PaganBlackMetal #Bandcamp

MINIDISC SESSIONS 💽
Artist: KEKAL [Indonesia]
Title: Primal Spirits Of The Immortal
Genre: Black Metal / Pagan Black Metal
Release: early indie demos in digital edition 1995, Indonesia.
#Indonesia #Kekal #BlackMetal #PaganBlackMetal #AvantGarde #ProgressiveMetal
#MiniDisc #ATRAC

I'm listening to Multiple Truths by Melechesh

https://songwhip.com/Melechesh/Multiple-Truths

If the previous link doesn't work, try the next one:
https://songwhip.com/convert?url=https://open.spotify.com/track/2oX8I1qcmGfIyo4mQSczfe&sourceAction=pasteUrl

https://metalpython.pythonanywhere.com/searchandtoot

#nowplaying #blackmetal #blackmetalmonday #folkmetal #israelimetal #orientalmetal #paganblackmetal

And I am saying this cause today Spotify, as if it had known that today it's #BlackMetalMonday, put this beauty on my ears first thing in the morning.

Waldgeflüster "Unter bronzenen Kronen"
https://songwhip.com/waldgefluster/unter-bronzenen-kronen

#BlackMetal #PaganBlackMetal

cc @HailsandAles

I am very sad after the controversy generated by a band I shared a couple of weeks ago.

I love #BlackMetal and even more in its variant #PaganBlackMetal - However, I was not aware of the connection that the German scene of this style has with extreme right ideas and movement.

Now whenever I hear something of this style in German language, I hurry to google to double check their background.

It's annoying (and rather stressing). ☹️

Do you trust Spotify's Ads? If you use it (for free, as I do) you might have encountered repellent things like Fyllis (sorrynotsorry) or weird bands that you can't be sure if there's someone behind them or they are some weird AI thing.

However, last week I was so reckless to dare to click on an Ad. And I found this:

Varg "Immer Treu"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB5asEhV1JI

#PaganBlackMetal #FolkMetal #MittwochMetalMix // cc @Kitty

Ha, this is funny... I wanted to participate in the #BlackMetalMonday by @HailsandAles and, as my knowledge in the matter is rather short, I went to rateyourmusic and checked on #PaganBlackMetal. RYM would then list the best 10 albums according to the users reviews. I clicked in the first name that picked my attention and... bang! They are from #Aachen! 😮

Nagelfar "Bildnis der Apokalypse"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGk8XrKHNx4

I have never thought I would find beauty, real and pure beauty, into something with growls and blast beats. But then I found Vermilia. Her music is my current obsession, and her last album "Ruska" is beautiful!

Vermilia "Tuonen Joki"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW6Bs7iUlRc

#BlackMetalMonday (by @HailsandAles)

#BlackMetal #PaganBlackMetal #FolkMetal

Help me to choose an album to listen tomorrow:

[A] Behemoth - I Loved You at Your Darkest
#BlackMetal #DeathMetal #MelodicBlackMetal

[B] Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand
#FolkMetal #BlackMetal #PaganBlackMetal

[C] Dream Theater - Octavarium
#ProgressiveMetal #ProgressiveRock

[D] Ereb Altor - By Honour
#VikingMetal #EpicDoomMetal #DoomMetal

#polls #poll #help

#NowPlaying Kampfar 🇳🇴
#PaganBlackMetal
https://open.spotify.com/artist/35nZyw3d7OIbhGeqBEPIYQ?si=z-H94B36Te6SsHEiXMb1sg

Day 22

4th on my top 25 albums list is Marter by Firtan

One of those albums where it was love at first listen. This is German pagan black metal with exquisite riffs and poetic lyrics conjurer a gorgeous atmosphere that kept me coming back.

#AdamsAlbumAdvent #AOTY #AOTYAdvent #blackmetal #paganmetal #PaganBlackMetal