I don’t know how this band’s name is pronounced. Kruula, like “crueler,” sort of? Curve-vla, a femme-centered Slavic gym chain? Does it matter? Whatever the pronunciation, Minsk, Belarus’s Krvvla has evolved into a fearsome black metal beast on their latest offering, X. While the 4-piece has put in yeoman’s work releasing instrumental black metal over three EPs and several more singles, the addition of vocals to X is the keystone that makes this sound hold together. X is absolutely unrelenting. It’s sub-EP in duration, but feels very much like a full-length by virtue of its intensity. Over 27 harrowing minutes, the band unchains … Continue reading Review: Krvvla – X