Dayal Patterson
Latest articles by Dayal Patterson

Posthum: The Black Northern Ritual
By Dayal Patterson published
Nordic black metallers add a few notes in the margins

Vreid set off on a unique, commemorative tour
By Dayal Patterson published
Folk/black visionaries celebrate their shared roots with Windir and Ulcus

Winterfylleth: The Divination Of Antiquity
By Dayal Patterson published
UK black metal leaders veer towards the light

United: Changing Attitudes Toward Homophobia In Metal
By Dayal Patterson published
As much as we’d like to think the metal church is a place for all to worship, homophobia sadly exists. We chat to Cynic’s Paul Masvidal about how attitudes are changing.

New Filth, New Fury: Devilment Are Coming...
By Dayal Patterson published
Dani Filth's Devilment ready their demonic debut.

The Principles Of Pandemonium: 1349's Black Metal Odyssey
By Dayal Patterson published
Despite the curveball of 2009’s Revelations Of The Black Flame, 1349 are back to stake their place as Norwegian black metal’s standard bearers.

Khold: Til Endes
By Dayal Patterson published
Curiously corpsepainted metallers get back into their groove

Sanctuary: The Year The Sun Died
By Dayal Patterson published
More revolution than evolution for Seattle cult heroes’ return

EXCLUSIVE: In The Studio With Devilment
By Dayal Patterson published
What a Filthy studio...

Eastern Front: Descent Into Genocide
By Dayal Patterson published
War-ready Brit black metallers rally some more troops

Blood Of Kingu: Dark Star On The Right Horn Of The Crescent Moon
By Dayal Patterson published
Rewarding but near-impenetrable opus from Team Ukraine

Dark Roots: Earth's Sonic Journey
By Dayal Patterson published
From drone metal pioneers to esoteric folk renegades, Earth’s journey in sound has been a long and fascinating one. Right now, all they want to do is rock...

Bloody Hammers on horror stories and folk tales
By Dayal Patterson published
Introducing the horror-loving psych rockers

Patria: Individualism
By Dayal Patterson published
Uncharacteristically second wave black metal sounds from Brazil

Infestus: The Reflecting Void
By Dayal Patterson published
A cold but complex rewriting of the solo black metal rulebook

Down Payment Blues
By Dayal Patterson published
The new Down EP, IV Part 2, is being exclusively streamed on the Metal Hammer website. This feature, from issue 240, looks back at the previous EP, IV Part 1

Agalloch: The Serpent & The Sphere
By Dayal Patterson published
Convincing return for genre-hopping Americans

From Beneath Billows: MOnolith
By Dayal Patterson published
Ambitious Norwegians forget to add emotion to their atmosphere

Ewigkeit: Back To Beyond
By Dayal Patterson published
Meads Of Asphodel founder returns to his roots

Murmur: Murmur
By Dayal Patterson published
The Windy City unleashes a twisting, genre-defying assault

Avichi: Catharsis Absolute
By Dayal Patterson published
One-man US black metal outfit seeks out the middle path
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