Balor

Don't forget the original - Nosferatu, either. I really liked the whole atmosphere and imagery of that one.

"Deathcrush" - Mayhem "Stargazer" -Windswept

"Autumn Aurora" is easily the best of their full-length albums, in my mind - thought I liked "Blood in Our Wells" quite a bit as well. I think that they express their desire to explore the sound of early Drudkh in their other project Windswept. I wonder if they will abandon the project in favor of other ones in the near future. It would be a shame, though, as no other band was able to capture the romantic picture of a rural past as well as they could.

As much as I love Drudkh, I cannot help but be a little disappointed with their latest album. I still enjoyed it greatly. but to me it lacked the power of their earlier material. It feels like the culmination of their movement away from ambient and atmospheric black metal to a more straightforward sound.

"Verminous Uprising" - Reek of the Unzen Gas Fumes Der Stürmer / Wehrhammer split Goatmoon / Xenophobic Ejaculation split

"Flesh Consumed in the Battlefield" - Goatpenis

"Удар Милосердия / Coup de Grâce" - M8l8th "Infest Cesspool" - Kapala "Apex Satanist" - Nyogthaeblisz

"Black Metal Warfare" - Blasphamagoatachrist

It is certainly not his best material, but sort of interesting. He has a youtube channel now where he posts snippets of songs and riffs.

How does it compare with Xasthur's newer material?

"Among the Ruins" - Norrhem

"Wotanjugend" - M8l8th / Nezhegol "Nacht" - Paysage d'Hiver

"Mémoire Païenne" - Sombre Chemin / Peste Noire

As I think about it more, it sort of reminds me of Diapsiquir (who they did a split with a while back). Maybe Peste Noire is thinking about going in a similar direction with their own music.

I think that the album itself will probably be better, as there will be a bit more context for the songs. I hope they work in some more of their acoustic material as well.