Leaving their metal roots behind, Emptiness return with Vide. A gently haunting soundtrack to the ills of modern life. Read More
Category: Reviews
Intercepting Pattern – The Encounter
Newcomers Intercepting Pattern try their hand at the masterclass of songwriting. The Encounter is a 30-minute jazz metal experience. Read More
Conjuror – Spiritus Levàte
The true Conjuror has risen! From the american wilderness three warriors emerge to proclaim: It is done. A triad of anthems levitate the spirit. Spiritus Levàte is the new EP by the trio of Troll, Set, and Lurk under the Conjuror name. Read More
Bongbongbeerwizards – Albong
L. returns to the Vortex with another guest review. Take a sneak peek at the new Albong EP by german doom trio Bongbongbeerwizards. Read More
Pyrosis – Pyrosis
Another premiere for the Vortex. This time it’s a guest article written by musician and friend of the Vortex L. of Brache and beculted. With his review of pyrosis, L. takes us on an immersive journey into uncharted territory. Read More
Sweven – The Eternal Resonance
Robert Andersson of ex-Morbus Chron returns with Sweven. Named after the album that started it all, the band make their debut with The Eternal Resonance. Read More
Lychgate – Also sprach Futura
Science-fiction meets avantgarde on Also sprach Futura. On their first ever EP, british Lychgate conjure a grim vision of the future of mankind. Read More
Porta Nigra – Schöpfungswut
Schöpfungswut is the title of the third album by german duo Porta Nigra. It marks a departure in their sound from avantgarde and martial dark metal to a more traditional and cinematic brand of black metal. Read More
Wishfield – Wishfield
If you’ve been following Noise Vortex for a while you will know that I endorse all kinds of creative takes on established styles. Over the course of this decade, black metal has seen a particular amount of exciting experimentation. Bands like Deafheaven, Lantlôs and Alcest left a mark on the scene by defining the blackgaze sound. On their self-titled debut, american Wishfield draw from these bands as they put their own spin on blackgaze with dream pop vocals and outstanding fretless guitarplay. Read More
Idle Hands – Mana
Sometimes a band comes out with an album that begs the question “why has no one done this before?”. Idle Hands prompt this question with their infectious debut album Mana as they fuse epic heavy metal with cold gothic rock. Admittedly, gothic influences in heavy metal aren’t groundbreaking, but Mana’s quality and integrity in uniting these two certainly is. Read More