Review from Dutch Metal Maniac

December 12, 2017
From: Dutch Metal Maniac
Published: December 11, 2017
None is a band playing a mix of atmospheric black metal and depressive black metal. This band exists since 2015 and last April they released their self-titled debut album. The tracklist only contains three tracks. However, with the tracks having a length varying between eight and twelve minutes, this album still has a total length of half an hour. 

When you start listening to this album, close your eyes and imagine you are on a gigantic, vast, plain ice field. Suddenly evil strikes and you start to feel desperate whether you'll find the way back to the civilized world or not. None delivers a great soundtrack to this desperate experience with this phenomenal debut. The music None brings is extremely heavy mixed with some atmospheric, ambient-like parts. Besides the haunting ghost-sounds the shrieking vocals are very terrifying and intense. This album brings you in some sort of trance. The combination of the slower, intense, atmospheric parts and the faster parts is balanced in a very good way. At the end of opener Cold and at the start of closing track Suffer you will even hear some acoustic instruments, which gives it a bit of a folky, pagan touch. 

What will be your destiny? Will you ever find your way back to civilization or is your fate doomed to that gigantic ice field? 

None delivers a perfect album with this self-titled debut. Considering the fact that this is their debut, I am curious to know how they will surpass this with their next releases. 

Reviewed by: Tim van Velthuysen

 

Review from Friedhof Magazine

August 8, 2017
From: Friedhof Magazine
Published: August 3, 2017

¿Qué es None? None es una banda que nace en 2015 en Portland, Oregon y cuya historia y formación son desconocidas por completo. Acaban de debutar con su primer trabajo de larga duración, el cual es homónimo y contiene treinta minutos repartidos en tres pistas, “Cold”, “Wither” y “Suffer”, que además están conectadas entre sí formando una sola.

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Review from Friedhof Magazine

August 8, 2017
From: Friedhof Magazine
Published: August 3, 2017

¿Qué es None? None es una banda que nace en 2015 en Portland, Oregon y cuya historia y formación son desconocidas por completo. Acaban de debutar con su primer trabajo de larga duración, el cual es homónimo y contiene treinta minutos repartidos en tres pistas, “Cold”, “Wither” y “Suffer”, que además están conectadas entre sí formando una sola.

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Review from Metal Temple

July 27, 2017
From: Metal Temple
Published: July 27, 2017

There are Black Metal bands who are obscure, and choose to stay out of the spotlight with their names and identities unknown, and then there are Black Metal bands who are ever more obscure. This appears to be the case with NONE, the Portland, Oregon band who have released their eponymous debut here. On some level this can be poetic, as it means that just the music matters over everything else, and we’ve been through the overly conscious...

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Review from The Metal Observer

July 12, 2017
From: The Metal Observer
Published: July 7, 2017

While the name None does not lend itself to be easily searchable, there is no better moniker for this Portland based black metal project. There is little information out there for this band, beyond their formation being in 2015, and this self titled album being the debut offering. Regardless of what may or may not be known about this project though, one thing is simple, Hypnotic Dirge Records have hit the mark on putting out this alb...

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Review from Aristocrazia Webzine

June 6, 2017
From: Aristocrazia Webzine
Published: June 4, 2017

Sappiamo praticamente nulla dei None, duo accasatosi sotto l'etichetta canadese Hypnotic Dirge Records e proveniente dalla zona del Pacific Northwest, i cui natali sembrano avvenuti nell'area di Portland. Da poco hanno rilasciato il primo album eponimo, una combinazione di black metal atmosferico che affonda le radici sia nel panorama depressive sia in quello cascadiano, facendo emergere nel corso dell'ascolto tratti riconducibili ...

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Review from The Headbanging Moose

May 31, 2017
From: The Headbanging Moose
Published: May 31, 2017

Chilling and despondent music from the Pacific Northwest is what you’ll hear on the impressive self-titled debut album by Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal entity NONE, a dark, full-bodied album comprised of three freakish and distinct arias interconnected by the howling winds of winter that will certainly appeal to fans of the Atmospheric Black Metal and DSBM (Depressive Suicidal Black Metal) crafted by groups such as Shining,...

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Review from Metallifer Blog

May 12, 2017
From: Metallifer Blog
Published: May 11, 2017
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None est un duo d’Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal originaire de Portlad, Oregon (US) et actif depuis 2015. Le duo n’a pas de nom mais l’un s’occupe de la musique et l’autre du chant. L’album se compose de 3 titres pour une durée totale d’une demi-heure environs. Le cd se présente sous forme de digipack à six volets à l’esthétique sobre et glaciale. L’album a été masterisé par Cäassimolär. 

Cold ouvre les da...

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Review from Noizz Webzine

May 11, 2017
From: Noizz webzine
Published: May 11, 2017

El sello canadiense Hypnotic Dirge Records nos presenta el álbum debut de esta banda estadounidense que responde al nombre de NONE, un trabajo homónimo cuya cubierta muestra un paisaje helado y solitario que nos da una idea de lo que vamos a encontrar a lo largo de los tres cortes que lo componen. Una presentación cuidada que en su formato físico viene en un digipack de seis paneles en cuyo interior tenemos la otra cara de la moneda c...

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Review from Lords of Metal

May 2, 2017
From: Lords of Metal
Published: May 1, 2017

Here we have the self-titled debut album by the American outfit None. None plays atmospheric/depressive black metal. Three longs songs full of dismay, desolation and melancholy make up ‘None’. Stylistically they seem inspired by acts like Shining, Wolves In The Throne Room, Woods Of Desolation and Austere. There is a clear depressive atmosphere present and the band often delves into doom territories. These sidesteps beyond the realm o...

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 Released: April 11, 2017
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Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal

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