While I’m not exactly fanatical about gothic, romantic, vampyric and / or melodic Black Metal, there are a few exceptional
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Arfsynd’s monstrous second full-length, ‘Hesychia’, was at the pressing plant waiting patiently to be born into the world in 2013
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Wodulf released the ‘Wargus Esto’ demo on tape in 2003 and its running time has been bolstered to 44 minutes
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Hyrgal’s debut full-length, ‘Serpentine’, storms through the speakers impressively, for the most part, like an autumnal deluge, but is badly
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Considering the sheer volume of benign, inoffensive, non-belligerent and downright good-natured and / or commercially-orientated Black Metal floating around the
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Although Shambles from Thailand of all places have been making music for 20 years, ‘Primitive Death Trance’ is the first
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News that a new Akitsa full-length is imminent prompted me to dust off the previous releases and give them a
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In a pitiful era of fad-following, hype-deepthroating dickheads there is simply no accounting for taste. Iron Bonehead released this short
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‘Svmma Fide’ was an immense record and I’m amazed that I didn’t review it. In fact, I’m convinced I did
Read moreHaving already expressed my appreciation of Fuil Na Seanchoille’s debut full-length some five years ago, it was great to see
Read moreIt’s almost five years since I reviewed the lucky dip that was ‘Demo Compilation Part 1’ and a lot of
Read more‘Arcane Death Ritual’ was immense and, on follow-up ‘Sulphurous Temple’, Sortilegia delivers another 40 minutes of cavernous, distorted, repetitive, hypnotic
Read moreLjáin released two EPs within ten days of each other during the summer of 2016 and these are brought together
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Embrace Of Thorns’ fifth full-length is a pummelling maelstrom of Blackened Death Metal that largely eschews variety, embellishment and beautification
Read moreConsidering that it brings nothing new to the sacrificial altar (something I have no problem with, whatsoever), Malum’s second full-length
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