DROWNING THE LIGHT – DIABOLICAL WINTER SPELLS 10″ EP (Obscure Abhorrence Productions)
Another 10” from Drowning The Light and another really great listen. Recorded over four winters, ‘Diabolical Winter Spells’ contains five
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LLUVIA – PREMONICION DE GUERRA LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Epitomising the pioneering new breed of analogue-friendly, raw Black Metal that’s bringing the sub-subgenre in an exciting new direction, one-man
Read moreCIRRHUS – CIRRHUS LP (CW Productions)
On their self-titled debut full-length record, Cirrhus delivers 34 minutes of oppressive, tortured, raw Black Metal with distinct punk leanings.
Read moreXOTHIST – XOTHIST LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Xothist’s excellent (‘A Binding’) contribution to the fantastic Svn Okklt double cassette more than whet my appetite for this thoroughly
Read moreBEHEMOTH – THE SATANIST (Nuclear Blast)
Decided to check this out as the general consensus (whatever that is) appears to be that ‘The Satanist’ represents a
Read moreSATANIZE – BLACK ROTTEN WITCHCRAFT LP (Altare Productions)
Satanize from Portugal is all about unrefined, raw, bestial Black Metal … very much in the tradition of Nuclear War
Read morePAYMON – REGNO OCCULTO (Schattenkult Produktionen)
I realise it is human nature to take every review with a pinch of salt (brilliant… amazing… awesome… esoteric… occult…
Read moreDROWNING THE LIGHT – LOST KINGDOMS OF A DARK AGE 10″ EP (Obscure Abhorrence Productions)
This 10” EP surfaced a couple of months back and contains four tracks (three songs plus an instrumental intro) with
Read moreBLUT AUS NORD – WHAT ONCE WAS … LIBER III EP (Debemur Morti Productions)
I wasn’t going to bother my buttocks writing a review of this 45rpm MLP as the inherent quality of Blut
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CULTES DES GHOULES – HÄXAN 2LP (Of Crawling Shadows)
I’m doing this a lot lately – buying vinyl reissues of older albums that I already own on CD. Taake,
Read moreARIZMENDA – WITHOUT CIRCUMFERENCE NOR CENTER (Crepúsculo Negro)
One would be forgiven for suspecting that I have a vendetta against this label – but I would contend to
Read moreVASAELETH – CRYPT BORN & TETHERED TO RUIN LP (20 Buck Spin)
Vasaeleth’s debut full-length was originally released on CD by Profound Lore in 2010, with Blood Harvest handling the initial vinyl
Read moreHERMÓÐR – VINTER (Schattenkult Produktionen)
Schattenkult Produktionen has few – if any – peers when it comes to consistently releasing quality Black Metal tapes. This
Read moreÆVANGELIST – OMEN EX SIMULACRA 2LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
On ‘Omen Ex Simulacra’, Ævangelist delivers a tsunami of nightmarish, otherworldly Death Metal that has to be experienced to be
Read moreBARAD DÛR – DUNKELHEIT LP (Darker Than Black Records)
I never got the whole Tolkien thing and never will. I think it’s bullshit. Furthermore, I think music inspired by
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