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Liturgy is a dark steel group from Brooklyn, NY, made up of Hunt Hendrix, Greg Fox, Tyler Dusenbury, and Bernard Gann. Impressed by the extreme blastbeats, cyclical electric guitar riffs, and howling vocals, 20 Buck Spin agreed upon Liturgy because of their first record, Renihilation, in ’09 2009. Afterwards, the …

New York’s Dark Anvil were created in 2007 by previous users of then-recently defunct hardcore activists Get rid of Your Idols: vocalist/bassist P (Paul Delaney), guitarist G (Gary Bennett), and drummer/vocalist R (Raeph Glicken). Right now soaring the shroud-like flag of classic Scandinavian black metallic — N.Con.C. design! — the …

Although he’s employed several sidemen over time, Nachtmystium is actually the task of Chicago native Blake Judd (aka Azentrius), who began saving demos in 1998. The music group was also house to users of Nile, Goatwhore, Dimmu Borgir, Usurper, Essential Remains to be, Forest of Impaled, Novembers Doom, and several …

Composed of dual vocalist/guitarists Rick Dahlin and Nathan Weaver, plus drummer Aaron Weaver (Nathan’s brother), Olympia, Washington’s Wolves within the Throne Space offer in dour black color metal epics influenced by lengthy, bleak winters, pagan legends, and Scandinavian rings like Darkthrone, Windir, and Enslaved. Honing their dark art with two …

Acquiring inspiration from a number of the founding voices of dark steel, Louisville, Kentucky-based musician Austin Lunn produced one-man task Panopticon in 2007. Early albums implemented in the footsteps of rings like Darkthrone or Emperor, providing lo-fi creation and blistering dark steel guitars, with lyrics and liner records that brimmed …