Uada delivered a dark, atmospheric show at London’s Underworld, blending furious riffs and intense energy for a night black metal fans won’t forget!​⬤

Experience Spectral Wound’s unrelenting black metal storm from their recent live show at The Dome on Oct. 24th 2024 in London. A must-read for fans of visceral, frostbitten black metal.

Midnight brought their mayhem to London, leaving The New Cross Inn in ruins, or at least significantly stinkier, battered, and littered with metal pins on the floor than it was when they arrived.

Crepuscule Natura is an album that surprises with its production and dynamism. Uada deserves a nod for their meticulousness. Read more!

In the vast, black waters of the musical ocean, there exists a leviathan hailing from the depths of Stuttgart known as Bees Made Honey in the Vein Tree. Discover how their latest album Aion is the musical equivalent of dipping your spirit into the seas of eternity.

In the thrashiest corners of the metal realm, where the fires of chaos burn bright and the riffs strike like thunder, two forces of thrash metal ascend. Inhuman Nature and Ninth Realm, a force potentially stronger than Crom!, have joined forces to forge an alliance that much like Pin-Head from Hellraiser will tear your soul apart!

Mayhem crushes new skulls with the release of their music video “Malum Live 2022” as a run-up to their new live album release Daemonic Rites available in Sept. 2023. Check out Chorts rambling review of the video.

Chort takes a deep dive back to 2006 with Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult’s Hora Nocturna. If you’re into your German black metal and dig Immortal or Marduk this is one for you!

Chort takes us deep into his dungeon of black metal, erotic magazines, and the 2022 EP from Claws of Moriis, The Night Is So Lovely.

Chort the Crop Infestor reviews the latest from the Cavalera brothers, their re-releases of Sepultura’s Morbid Visions and Devastation. These are old tracks with a minty fresh take!

Chort and Chernoglav your favourite innkeepers from THE HEAVY METAL CITADEL, recently went to see rock ’n’ roll’s latest up and comers, KISS, at the O2 in London for the End of the Road Tour - the final tour EVER! Read what happened in the words of Chort’s confused cerebral cortex, and check out the hi-res photos from the gig.

BlackBraid emerges once again with a long-awaited offering, "Blackbraid II," forging an unyielding path within the realms of melodic black metal. Drawing from the foundations of his debut opus, the enigmatic force behind the sound, Sgah'gahsowáh, weaves a mesmerising tapestry of Native American-inspired black metal, entwined with sweeping melodies and unrelenting songcraft.

Greetings, fellow Citadelians! Chort, your loyal in-keeper of the Heavy Metal Citadel, embarked on a pilgrimage recently to Budapest. This city resonates with the echoes of Attila the Hun, Nazis, the Red Army, and of course, METAL and here is my tale.

IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THE SHADOW REALM, STOP READING NOW!…..These Kung Fu warriors have honed their skills at the legendary Temple Heights dojo, and they're here to deliver a fusion of New Wave of British Heavy Metal and Power Metal that will leave you breathless.

Hail, fellow metalheads! Today, we gather in the dark abyss of The Heavy Metal Citadel to discuss the latest offering from Valosta Varjoon, a black metal force hailing from the depths of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany. These heathens howl about Beers, Melancholy, and their hatred for the human race and life, so you can’t go wrong. Their latest album is a refreshing elixir for my blackened soul!

Brace yourselves, as we dissect two of the latest tracks from the upcoming album Wordless: Wordless and Voidwalker. If they are an indication for what our putrid souls are in for with the rest of the album this should be a real damn treat!

Chort reviews UK-based, nautical, solo-project Uzlaga’s latest album Longitude.

The Citadel reviews the Indonesian Melodic Black/Post-Black Band, Finsmoonth as they release their 2022 LP, Affliction. 4/5 Rating