September, 2014 - Swallowed In Black

HÄDANFÄRD – AVOGHETENS BESVÄRTADE ÅKALLELSER LP (Mysticism Productions)

Hädanfärd’s ‘Avoghetens Besvärtade Åkallelser’ is the third of the trio of records released simultaneously by Mysticism Productions recently and it

Not sure what the six dots are all about, but ‘……Return Of The Old Goat’ comprises seven cuts of blazing,

This vinyl-only (I know, they always say this…) release is an interesting proposition as it features exclusive, brand-new material from

Grudom is a very obscure and low-key (even by Black Metal standards) entity from Denmark and I’m not sure whether

‘Enthroning The Bonds Of Abhorrence’ is a crushing experience. Haunting, ethereal Black Metal imbued with the desperate pathos and hopeless

The vinyl edition of Mystruin’s debut full-length ‘Gånget Äro Ljuset’ looks resplendent and the enclosed booklet with artwork and lyrics

On the back of the record sleeve it is stressed that Bekëth Nexëhmü’s 2013 demo ‘De Svarta Riterna’ is not

On their stellar debut full-length, ‘Testimony Of The Abominable’, which first saw the light of day on CD two summers

Hålväg’s self-titled debut full-length arrived amid neither fanfare nor hype last summer and I decided that I was going to

Collating all of Black Cilice’s painfully-limited demo releases onto two slabs of black wax, ‘Old Curses’ delivers a staggering 21