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“TRUE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH DOES NOT COME FROM GOD, BUT FROM ONESELF” – H.V (BLOOD CHALICE)

August 13, 2022August 13, 2022 Gerald Robinson The Blasphemous Psalms of Cannibalism, Blood Chalice interview

The barbaric battery of death-infused brutality blasting forth from Blood Chalice’s sophomore full-length, ‘The Blasphemous Psalms of Cannibalism’, singles the

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Black Metal Reviews 

DEATHSPELL OMEGA – THE LONG DEFEAT LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Gerald Robinson Deathspell Omega, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, The Long Defeat

The third era of Deathspell Omega commences with ‘The Long Defeat’, which contains a curveball or ten and is a

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Black Metal Reviews Death Metal Reviews 

BLOOD CHALICE – THE BLASPHEMOUS PSALMS OF CANNIBALISM (Werewolf Records)

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Gerald Robinson Werewolf Records, The Blasphemous Psalms of Cannibalism, Blood Chalice

Packed to the bursting brim with copious overflows of ferocious, uncompromising Black / Death, Blood Chalice’s second full-length, ‘The Blasphemous

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Black Metal Reviews 

MARE – EBONY TOWER LP (Terratur Possessions)

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 Gerald Robinson Terratur Possessions, Mare, Ebony Tower

There is a reason why – despite decidedly limited studio activity during their nigh-on-20-years of existence – Mare is one

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Black Metal Reviews 

NEGATIVE PLANE – THE PACT (Invictus Productions / The Ajna Offensive)

May 22, 2022May 22, 2022 Gerald Robinson Negative Plane, The Ajna Offensive, Invictus Productions, The Pact

How many contemporary Black Metal acts are there who have successfully forged their own distinctive sound whist remaining relevant (i.e.,

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Black Metal Reviews 

MORTUUS – DIABLERIE (World Terror Committee)

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Gerald Robinson World Terror Committee, Mortuus, Diablerie

The way Black Metal has been stagnating, frustrating and infuriating in recent times, it was almost with a sense of

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Interviews 

“I HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN A RESURGENCE OF INDIGENOUS FOLKS RECONNECTING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE OLD WAYS” – HUEY ITZTEKWANOTL O))) (TZOMPANTLI)

May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 Gerald Robinson Tlazcaltiliztli, Tzompantli, Tzompantli interview, Huey Itztekwanotl o))) interview, Huey Itztekwanotl o)))

Honouring, celebrating and invoking the might, majesty and oftentimes brutality of the Mesoamerican people, Tzompantli’s intoxicating breed of distinctive death

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Death Metal Reviews 

TZOMPANTLI – TLAZCALTILIZTLI (20 Buck Spin)

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Gerald Robinson 20 Buck Spin, Tlazcaltiliztli, Tzompantli

Bleeding tradition, heritage, pride and authenticity, Mesoamerican / pre-Hispanic funeral death doom envoys Tzompantli have delivered a unique and engaging

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Black Metal Reviews Death Metal Reviews 

BOG BODY – CRYONIC CREVASSE CULT (Profound Lore Records)

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 Gerald Robinson Profound Lore Records, Bog Body, Cryonic Crevasse Cult

The uncannily skilful deployment of bass, drums and vocals alone lends Bog Body’s music a disturbing, organic sense of decay

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Black Metal Reviews 

HELL MILITIA – HOLLOW VOID (Season of Mist Underground Activists)

April 15, 2022August 3, 2022 Gerald Robinson Hell Militia, Season of Mist Underground Activists, Hollow Void

Despite a significant overhaul in personnel and a silence that lasted a decade, Hell Militia returns with a fourth full-length

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Black Metal Reviews 

DEMONIC TEMPLE – THROUGH THE STARS AND INTO THE ABYSS (Putrid Cult / Dark Horizon Records)

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 Gerald Robinson Putrid Cult, Through the Stars into the Abyss, Demonic Temple, Dark Horizon Records

After the suitably ominous cosmic terror of the brief but unsettling intro that is ‘Nox’, the third Demonic Temple full-length

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Black Metal Reviews Death Metal Reviews 

MALTHUSIAN / SUFFERING HOUR – TIME’S WITHERING SHADOW (Invictus Productions)

March 21, 2022March 22, 2022 Gerald Robinson Invictus Productions, Suffering Hour, Malthusian, Time’s Withering Shadow

Opening atrocity ‘Dissolution of Consciousness’ is a suitably seething maelstrom of chaos and carnage from Ireland’s heaving heavyweights of unrestrained

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Black Metal Reviews 

DARVAZA – ASCENDING INTO PERDITION LP (Terratur Possessions)

March 20, 2022March 20, 2022 Gerald Robinson Terratur Possessions, Darvaza, Ascending Into Perdition

Already a proven staple of the Black Metal underground on the strength of their incendiary live performances and stellar mini

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Black Metal Reviews 

AKERBELTZ – MERCILESS (BlackSeed Productions)

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Gerald Robinson BlackSeed Productions, Merciless, Akerbeltz

Longstanding Catalonian one-man act Akerbeltz hit a career high with sixth full-length, ‘Satànic’, which was released in 2017, and now,

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Black Metal Reviews Death Metal Reviews 

DAKHMA – BLESSINGS OF AMURDAD (Eisenwald)

February 27, 2022 Gerald Robinson Dakhma, Eisenwald, Blessings of Amurdad

In these characterless, vanilla times of repetitive, weak, monotonous cultural tedium, it has become painfully difficult to find artists of

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