AZAZEL – AEGRUM SATANAS TECUM (Primitive Reaction)
The creepy nocturnal woodland calling of ‘Invocation (Hail the Ancient Ones)’ sets the scene perfectly for Azazel’s Christ-crushing third full-length,
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Author: Gerald Robinson
RITUAL DEATH – LORD OF THE TOMB LP (Terratur Possessions)
‘Lord of the Tomb’ gathers together in chronological order all previously-released Ritual Death material, beginning with the self-titled 7” EP
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SUNWHEEL – IRON AGE OF STRIFE (Militant Zone)
Short instrumental ‘Clouds of War Gather’ ominously announces the return of Sunwheel and the belligerent demonstration of defiance that is
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SORGUINAZIA – NEGATION OF DELIRIUM (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Existentially warped and spiritually dislocated, ‘Negation of Delirium’, the debut full-length from obscure, unorthodox raw Black Metal deviants Sorguinazia is
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“WE’VE FOCUSSED MORE ON ASPECTS OF BLACK METAL THAT WE APPRECIATE AND THAT PROBABLY COMES THROUGH IN OUR FINAL PRODUCT” – ILLUGI (MANNVEIRA)
On their long-awaited debut full-length, Mannveira have embarked on an introspective and deeply personal journey to the heart of darkness
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QRIXKUOR – POISON PALINOPSIA (Dark Descent Records / Invictus Productions)
A statement that surely nobody could disagree with: Qrixkuor’s debut full-length has been more than worth the wait. In many
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“CAVERNE WAS ALWAYS A TRAVELOGUE, THE ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY DRUDGING THE MIRE OF FORLORN, ESCHEATED LANDS” – AMERTUME
Ushering Caverne reverentially and gloriously to its final resting place, ‘La Fin de Tous les Chants’ represents a suitably poignant,
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SOMBRE FIGURES – STREAMS OF DECAY (Deviant Records)
Death, darkness and decadence seep through every malignant, putrid pore of foul Finnish duo Sombre Figures’ bluntly morose, haunting debut
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LVCIFYRE – THE BROKEN SEAL (Dark Descent Records / Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
With swarming, virulent, ominous intent, the opening pact ‘Gods Await Us’ rages forth manically to signal the cursed return of
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MANNVEIRA – VÍTAHRINGUR (Dark Descent Records)
Desolation and darkness permeate every nihilistic note and pained shriek of Mannveira’s debut full-length, ‘Vítahringur’, which oozes oppressive discontentment across
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CAVERNE – LA FIN DE TOUS LES CHANTS (Résilience)
Deeply connected to the earth, the ancient ways and an aspect of humanity that is disappearing more and more with
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“THE ENERGY OF BOTH VOCALISTS COMBINED IS WHAT SENDS IT OVER THE TOP” – ZS (MALGÖTH)
The personification of primal sonic debauchery, Malgöth’s devastating debut full-length abomination, ‘Glory Through Savagery’, is destined to be detonated by
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“THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF DECADES OF INDIGNITY, SOCIAL CONDITIONING, MORAL DEGRADATION AND UPROOTEDNESS FROM THE GREATNESS OF OUR FIGHTING ANCESTORS” – WOLCENSMEN
We are living, nay existing, through unprecedented times. Never before in the history of humanity has so much changed so
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MALGÖTH – GLORY THROUGH SAVAGERY (Iron Bonehead Productions)
There are no niceties or nuances deployed to alleviate the relentless aural assault that is Malgöth’s utterly ravenous and insatiable
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“BETTER TO LEAVE THIS WORLD AS AN EXPERIENCED PERSON, A STRONG ENTITY, AND NOT LIKE A WORM WHO WAS FULL OF DOUBTS AND FEARS DURING LIFE” – CULTUM INTERITUM
As humanity endures a painful and protracted rebirth, the second Cultum Interitum full-length, ‘Veneration Of The New Dawn’, is as
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