Swallowed In Black

SVARTSYN – REQUIEM (Carnal Records)

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Gerald Robinson Svartsyn, Requiem, Carnal Records

With nary a glimmer of light nor salvation, Svartsyn’s harrowing and unholy tenth full-length, ‘Requiem’, unceremoniously flings open the floodgates

Black Metal Reviews

ONDSKAPT – GRIMOIRE ORDO DEVUS (Osmose Productions)

November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 Gerald Robinson Osmose Productions, Grimoire Ordo Devus, Ondskapt

A wicked, malevolent prelude introduces the fourth Ondskapt curse before ‘Semita Sinistram’ guides us contemptuously towards the left-hand path and

Black Metal Reviews

OMINOUS RESURRECTION – JUDGEMENT LP (Terratur Possessions)

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Gerald Robinson Terratur Possessions, Ominous Resurrection, Judgement

Having enjoyed Ominous Resurrection’s 2014 debut full-length, ‘Omniscient’, albeit without quite being blown away, I had sort of forgotten about

Interviews

“MAY EVERYONE LIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN WILL AND DESIRES” – TYRANT (MALUM)

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Gerald Robinson Purity Through Fire, Malum, Malum interview

As blasphemous Finnish sect Malum prepare to flagellate the flesh of the shamed fraudster once more with six new spells

Death Metal Reviews

SERAPHIC ENTOMBMENT – QUELLED (Morbid Chapel Records)

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Gerald Robinson Quelled, Morbid Chapel Records, Seraphic Entombment

A dose of decay and decadence reverberating through the speakers leaving a stench of death and disease lingering in the

Black Metal Reviews

AKHLYS – MELINOË (Debemur Morti Productions)

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 Gerald Robinson Debemur Morti Productions, Melinoë, Akhlys

The disorientating, debilitating nightmare resumes five years on as Akhlys returns with third full-length ‘Melinoë’, a terrifyingly lucid and lurid

Black Metal Reviews

SATANIZE – BAPHOMET ALTAR WORSHIP (Helter Skelter Productions)

November 14, 2020 Gerald Robinson Satanize, Helter Skelter Productions, Baphomet Altar Worship

They may have migrated onto a new label but precious little else has changed in the Satanize camp. Sonically, the

Black Metal Reviews

INTHYFLESH – CRAWL BENEATH OUR SHADOW LP (Drakkar Productions)

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Gerald Robinson InThyFlesh, Drakkar Productions, Crawl Beneath Our Shadow

Beginning with the venomous, contemptuous ‘Worship Darkness Rising’, Inthyflesh pour scorn and ridicule on religion (“all meaningless creeds”) and celebrate

Black Metal Reviews

THY FUNERAL – THE END OF LIFE (Subterranean Aftersounds / Total Därkness Propaganda)

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Gerald Robinson Subterranean Aftersounds, Total Därkness Propaganda, Thy Funeral, The End Of Life

This long-since defunct Hungarian one-man entity is about as obscure and underground as they come. Recorded some 15 years ago,

Black Metal Reviews

PAGAN HELLFIRE – AT THE RESTING DEPTHS ETERNAL LP (Tour De Garde)

November 7, 2020 Gerald Robinson Tour De Garde, At The Resting Depths Eternal

A couple of years have passed already since Pagan Hellfire’s majestic sixth and most-recent full-length, ‘At The Resting Depths Eternal’,

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