GRAV – OMHULDA ONDSKANS KRETSLOPP LP (Ancient Records / Afgrundsvisioner)
Unless I’m getting (handsomely) paid, I’m not inclined to write much about anything; well, ‘Omhulda Ondskans Kretslopp’ certainly doesn’t inspire
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SALE FREUX / ZÉPÜLKR – LES FABLES IMMORALES ET FUITES INPROBABLES DE CRAPEFREUX EN MONTERAT LP (Mala Famae Records)
‘Les Fables Immorales Et Fuites Improbables De Crapefreux En Morterat’ is a fine example of the unexpected gems that the
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SLIDHR – DELUGE LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
Don’t think I’ve ever heard a debut album that sounds so accomplished. ‘Deluge’ is an absolute tour de force of
Read moreWULKANAZ – HAGLANAUDIZEISAZ LP (Altare Productions)
Wulkanaz’s debut album was originally released on cassette – limited to 147 units – last November and ‘HaglaNaudizEisaz’ now re-emerges
Read moreASH BORER – BLOODLANDS EP (Gilead Media / Psychic Violence)
The only downside of Ash Borer (and I’m splitting hairs here, as this is a logistical shortcoming that’s completely out
Read moreASH BORER – COLD OF AGES 2LP (Pesanta Urfolk)
I had a friend once who loved football but didn’t have a favourite team. At first, I thought this was
Read moreOWL’S BLOOD – LUNAR EQUILIBRIUM MLP (Dead Section Records)
Featuring the driving forces behind Ostots and Sentimen Beltza, Owl’s Blood is another blazing, old-school, majestic Black Metal entity out
Read moreFUIL NA SEANCHOILLE – HUNGER (Tour De Garde)
I get a bit pissed off with tapes sometimes and find myself thinking that perhaps I’ll stop buying them. Of
Read moreBLACK CILICE – SUMMONING THE NIGHT LP (Altare Productions)
Black Cilice’s debut full-length ‘A Corpse, A Temple’ was really fantastic, so I bought the follow-up with total confidence. An
Read moreWELTER IN THY BLOOD – TODESTRIEB (Dusktone)
Know the way a knee in the balls or a smack in the jaw can be refreshing? How it can
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SARGEIST – THE REBIRTH OF A CURSED EXISTENCE (World Terror Committee)
As we wait patiently for a new Sargeist album, this stop-gap release is more than adequate to keep hunger at
Read moreWATAIN – THE WILD HUNT (Century Media Records)
The title track on Watain’s fifth full-length sounds – at best – like a hybrid of Europe and Pink Floyd.
Read moreANCIENT RECORDS – DEMO COMPILATION PART 1 LP (Ancient Records)
A couple of minutes into my first listen to this record, I was starting to suspect that it represented a
Read moreTERATISM – LA BAS MLP (Negativity Records)
Sometimes a label pulls out all the stops, presentation-wise, and elevates a release head and shoulders above the competition. (Debemur
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ANTEDILUVIAN / ADVERSARIAL – INITIATED IN IMPIETY AS MYSTERIES LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Shortly after ‘Through The Cervix Of Hawaah’, Antediluvian conspired with their compatriots Adversarial to deliver the exceptional split album that
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