VALAC – BURNING DAWN OF VENGEANCE LP (Black Gangrene Productions / Banner of Blood)
Channelling the singular vision of one individual and executed with class and feeling, Valac’s second full-length offering, ‘Burning Dawn of
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PESTILENGTH – BASOM GRYPHOS (Nuclear Winter Records)
From the very same territory that gave birth to the obliterating might of Altarage roars forth another irresistible anonymous force,
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LAMP OF MURMUUR – SUBMISSION AND SLAVERY (Black Gangrene Productions)
The seemingly-exponential proliferation of raw and noisy Black Metal in recent times has been such that there are almost as
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“I HAVE SIMPLY DIVED INTO THE ABYSS AND I AM ASCENDING THE THRESHOLDS UNTIL I REACH THE FINAL GATE” – GLOMOR (PALE MIST)
Embedded and consecrated in the rugged, untamed wilderness of the UK Black Metal underground, Pale Mist ascends to new heights
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“I WILL NOT BETRAY MY LIFE, MY CHOICES, MY PATH … I WILL SEE DEATH BEFORE SUBMISSION” – FINIAN PATRAIC (IFERNACH)
In the dying embers of a tyrannical, hysterical calendar year that saw a fresh wave of church burnings erupt gloriously
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RIDE FOR REVENGE – FEED THE INFAMY (Bestial Burst)
Ride For Revenge is one of a very select number of Black Metal bands to have successfully forged a sound
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“THIS CYCLIC PATTERN OF BIRTH, DECAY, DEATH, REBIRTH IS VERY INSPIRING TO ME” – B.R.F. (BLOOD RED FOG)
Rising from the grave with murderous intent, ‘Vampir’ is an ancient Blood Red Fog recording featuring two substantial, bloodcurdling offerings
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IFERNACH – CAPITULATION OF ALL LIFE (Tour De Garde)
The best Black Metal is imbued with an ability to seemingly transcend aeons, intangible and timeless in its essence, traversing
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FUNERAL WINDS – GRUZELEMENTEN (New Era Productions)
‘Gruzelementen’ is the sound of uncompromising, unapologetic underground Black Metal fury. For 30 years, Funeral Winds has remained loyal to
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FUNERAL MIST – DEIFORM (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
With neither warning nor fanfare, Funeral Mist’s consistently-brilliant discography is boldly bolstered by the unannounced arrival of fourth full-length, ‘Deiform’,
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FLAGG – COSMIC CHAOS MANIFEST (Purity Through Fire)
Featuring the combined powers of Tyrant of Malum on vocals and the eponymous Flagg, who plays bass in cult horde
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WARLOGHE – THREE ANGLED VOID (Northern Heritage Records)
There’s an obvious reason (beyond laziness) why adjectives like primitive and raw are commonly recycled to describe the best Black
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PALE MIST – THROUGH THE LABYRINTH AND INTO CONNECTIVITY (Werewolf Promotion)
Pale Mist’s third full-length, ‘Through the Labyrinth and into Connectivity’, has been masterfully crafted in the deepest depths of the
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CONCRETE WINDS – NERVE BUTCHERER (Sepulchral Voice Records)
Only dedicated devotees of the darkest arts would dare try to pack as much frenetic violence into 27 minutes as
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ARCHGOAT – WORSHIP THE ETERNAL DARKNESS (Debemur Morti Productions)
Perversion, decadence and auditory molestation abound across the 42-minute duration of ‘Worship The Eternal Darkness’ as Satan’s inimitable servants Archgoat
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