WHITE DEATH – WHITE DEATH LP (Werewolf Records)
For the most part, this is extremely nasty stuff. Vritrahn’s vocals are particularly venomous and the album is blistering and
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MIZMOR – YODH 2LP (Gilead Media)
Weighing in a minute and a half beyond the hour mark, Mizmor’s sprawling second full-length, ‘Yodh’, is a crushing, monstrous
Read moreJASSA – LIGHTS IN THE HOWLING WILDERNESS LP (Fallen Empire Records / Amor Fati Productions)
If, like me, you bemoan the tragic, premature demise of Hate Forest then you could do worse than checking out
Read moreYSENGRIN / SARTEGOS – RESVRREZIONESPIRITVAL LP (I, Voidhanger Records)
Sincerely hope I spelt that correctly. Ysengrin is now halfway through a quadrilogy of split releases, which to date have
Read moreVOID MEDITATION CULT – UTTER THE TONGUE OF THE DEAD LP (Hells Headbangers Records)
Fulfilling the abundant promise hinted at by ‘Sulfurous Prayers Of Blight And Darkness’, Void Meditation Cult’s debut full-length is a
Read moreRECLUSE – STILLBIRTH IN BETHLEHEM LP (Darker Than Black Records)
This is astonishingly great. Nasty, dirty, disorientating music complemented by twisted, possessed vocals that could have been recorded in an
Read moreNAHTRUNAR – EXISTENZ LP (Altare Productions / Arcane Angels)
‘Existenz’ arrived from Portugal in a timely fashion and I removed it from the mailer, sniffed it and then reached
Read moreKRYPTS – REMNANTS OF EXPANSION LP (Dark Descent Records)
It may be only 34 minutes long (five tracks) but Krypts’ second full-length sure packs one hell of a sledgehammer
Read moreMOON – MELEK TAUS 2LP (Skjold)
‘Melek Taus’ collates a slew of demos and EPs recorded by antipodean wraiths Moon during the course of 2008. It
Read moreLVTHN – ERADICATION OF NESCIENCE LP (Fallen Empire Records / Amor Fati Productions)
Here’s one of those unashamedly retrogressive Black Metal records that just delivers exactly what a Black Metal record should deliver.
Read moreNAHTRUNAR – SYMBOLISMUS 2LP (Altare Productions / Arcane Angels)
One of the many things I like about this release is that the fourth side of the records isn’t blank,
Read moreNAÐRA – ALLIR VEGIR TIL GLÖTUNAR LP (Fallen Empire Records)
It’s been almost a year already since I acquired Naðra’s debut full-length, ‘Allir Vegir Til Glötunar’, but I’ve been listening
Read moreURFAUST – EMPTY SPACE MEDITATION LP (Ván Records)
I’m finding that I have to be in the right mood to enjoy Urfaust these days. And I’m not sure
Read moreGESPENST – FORFALD LP (Duplicate Records)
‘Forfald’ is one of those that brings nothing new to the Black Metal altar and therefore its merits or lack
Read moreFORBIDDEN CITADEL OF SPIRITS – COLLECTION I 2LP (Skjold)
During ten years of existence, Forbidden Citadel Of Spirits has yet to unleash a full-length. Probably never will. Instead, in
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