Review List

Black Ivory Tower‘s reviews are divided into 2 categories: first, we have the ‘proper’ lengthy reviews that the website is known for, in which the album’s aesthetic, theme and history are thoroughly explored. Then, we have the more light-hearted reviews featured in the weekly Don’t Enter segment. The reviews that belong into the latter category are normally around 300 words long and consist of just one paragraph. In the other category, anything goes.

Most recent reviews

Peste Noire – La Chaise-Dyable | France, 2015

Published on June 4, 2015 by Maximus

Obsequiae – Aria Of Vernal Tombs | United States, 2015

Published on May 22, 2015 by MDL

Paysage d’Hiver – Paysage d’hiver | Switzerland, 1999

Published on May 3, 2015 by A. Espinosa

Alphabetic list

Akitsa – Au crépuscule de l’espérance (Degtyarov, 09/03/2013)
Ashes – Hrēow + INTERVIEW (MDL, 01/05/2015)
Autarcie – Horizons funestes / Époque révolue (MDL, 13/03/2015)
Bilskirnir – Wotan Redivivus (Poswicht, 24/08/2013)
Cóndor – Nadia (Degtyarov, 24/01/2015)

Deafheaven – Sunbather (Degtyarov, 28/02/2015)
Drudkh – Krov u nashykh krynytsyakh (Degtyarov, 21/02/2015)
Drudkh – Borozna obirvalasya (Degtyarov, 26/04/2015)
Dub Buk – Rus ponad use! (Degtyarov, 22/11/2013)
Forteresse – Métal noir québécois (Dubhthach, 10/04/2015)

Frozen Shadows – Dans les bras des immortels (Maximus, 12/04/2015)
Fú Xī – In the Quiet Road (Poswicht, 11/03/2013)
Gauntlet’s Sword – Theosophy (Degtyarov, 30/07/2011)
Halgadom – Heimstatt (Degtyarov, 18/05/2013)
Heldentum – Waffenweihe (Degtyarov, 23/07/2011)

Kamaedzitca – Bezmolvnie slova tvoy (Degtyarov, 05/04/2014)
Kamaedzitca – xQzTN 3087 (Degtyarov, 05/03/2015)
Kawir – Dei Kabeiroi (Degtyarov, 06/02/2012)
Kawir – Isotheos (Degtyarov, 19/01/2013)
Klaus Schulze – X (Antonio Espinosa, 07/03/2015)

Lesnoy Tanets / Knyazhaya Pustyn / Isaz – Spletenye (Degtyarov, 06/02/2015)
Liturgy – The Ark Work (Degtyarov, 18/03/2015)
Nokturnal Mortum – Golos stali (Maximus, 30/04/2013)
Obsequiae – Aria Of Vernal Tombs (MDL, 22/05/2015)
Pagan Hellfire – On The Path To Triumph (Degtyarov, 11/08/2013)

Paysage d’Hiver – Paysage d’hiver (Antonio Espinosa, 03/05/2015)
Peste Noire – Folkfuck folie (Degtyarov, 19/01/2012)
Peste Noire – L’Ordure à l’état Pur (Degtyarov, 26/07/2011)
Peste Noire – La Chaise-Dyable (Maximus, 04/06/2015)
Peste Noire – Peste Noire (Degtyarov, 30/06/2013)

Rome – Flowers From Exile / A Passage To Rhodesia (Maximus, 14/02/2015)
Sivyj Yar – Kak prezhde playli zori (Degtyarov, 19/07/2013)
Sühnopfer – Nos sombres chapelles (Degtyarov, 22/11/2011)
Sühnopfer – Offertoire (Degtyarov, 29/01/2015)
Triste Sir – Royaume perdu (Degtyarov, 15/08/2011)

Urfaust – Apparitions (MDL, 06/03/2015)
Velvet Cacoon – Atropine (MDL, 11/04/2014)
Zemial – I Am the Dark (Degtyarov, 23/07/2011)
Zhaoze – Yond (Degtyarov, 14/03/2015)

Don’t Enter! (short reviews)

#19 – Tour de Rance (Stage 1): Brouillard, Arbre, Drakonhail, Sale Freux (07/08/2015)
#18 – We’ve Lost Control: Mortifera, Lifelover, Hate Forest (19/06/2015)
#17 – Anti-Urban: Autarcie/BMH, Akitsa/Ash Pool, Drudkh/Winterfylleth (12/06/2015)
#16 – Demos & Demons: Gohr al Krohn, Zemial (30/05/2015)
#15 – Crisp Beer & Fresh Music: Isa, Paganland, Zhaoze (16/05/2015)
#14 – Poland Yes: Veles, Szron, Honor / Graveland (08/05/2015)
#13 – Lo-Fi Fo Fum: Lascowiec, Faarthkrag (02/05/2015)
#12 – Grand Medieval Times: Satyricon, Obsequiae, Aorlhac (24/04/2015)
#11 – Drudkh: take a wild guess (17/04/2015)
#10 – Vive le Québec: Grimoire, Gris (09/04/2015)
#9 – Black, Gold, White: Risha, Labarum, Volkolak (03/04/2015)
#8 – Zombie Appocalypse: Combative Alignment, Assymetry (27/03/2015)
#7 – Black Rainbows: Raison d’être, Satanhartalt, Moskva-Kassiopeya (20/03/2015)
#6 – We Are Going To The Gym: Pagan Hellfire, Molat, Dub Buk (12/03/2015)
#5 – From Enchanted Swamps: Kamaedzitca, Horyń, Stary Olsa (27/02/2015)
#4 – Norway, Bloody Norway: Mayhem, Vemod, The Kovenant (20/02/2015)
#3 – God Wears Picaldi: Germanen Blut, Kraschau, Priestermord, K.I.Z. (14/02/2015)
#2 – No Woman, No Tears: Ealdulf, Ululate / Heartless / Martyrdom, Caïna (06/02/2015)
#1 – Folk First Edition: Krynitza, Falkenstein, Lönndom (30/01/2015)

Magazine-exclusive reviews

Alio Die / Wolfskin – Hora tibi serenas / Campos de matança (MDL, issue #1)
In Gowan Ring – Hazel steps through a weathered home (Dubhthach, issue #2)
Isa – Otchod na zakate (Degtyarov, issue #2)
Kamaedzitca – Duch vojna (Degtyarov, issue #1)
Peste Noire – Peste Noire (Maximus, issue #1)

Russkiy Styag – Stalniye orly (Degtyarov, issue #1)
Silva y Villalba – Toda una vida (Antonio Espinosa, issue #2)
Sturmpercht – Geister im Waldgebirg (MDL, issue #2)
Yanka Dyagileva – Styd i sram (Degtyarov, issue #2)
Zhaoze – 1911 (Degtyarov, issue #1)