SORTILEGIA – ARCANE DEATH RITUAL 2LP (Ván Records)
Bereft of all sense of spirit and soul, the modern consumer wants ten million songs crammed onto a nanostick the
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ENCOFFINATION – III: HEAR ME, O’ DEATH (SING THOU WRETCHED CHOIRS) 2LP (Selfmadegod Records)
The third full-length from Encoffination is – as one would expect – crushing, oppressive, desolate and harrowing beyond almost all
Read morePRECARIA – PRECARIA EX HUMANITAS (Desavenencia)
Here is the true sound of the underground. My, how the original spirit of Black Metal has been diluted and
Read moreKULT OFENZIVY – NAUKY RŮZNIC LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
This is Kult Ofenzivy’s third full-length and none of said albums reach the 30-minute mark. In fact, like its predecessor
Read moreANKOU AWAITS – OBEROUR AR MARO (self-released)
Against all odds, the indefatigable Thomas Eversole is back with his fourth full-length in as many years. It’s hard not
Read moreCANTUS BESTIAE – CANTUS BESTIAE 2LP (GoatowaRex / Projekt’Ill Productions)
Cantus Bestiae is a cult horde from France and ‘Cantus Bestiae’ boldly collates pretty much all their previously-recorded material from
Read moreSACRIFICIA MORTUORUM / ORTHANC – SACRIFICIA MORTUORUM / ORTHANC 2LP (Hass Weg Productions)
This is essentially a double album rather than a split LP. Each band more or less offers a full-length’s worth
Read moreRHINOCERVS – RH-13 LP (Final Agony Records)
There’s some impressive raucous and fierce Black Metal contained on ‘RH-13’ but I’m not sure it quite lives up to
Read moreRATTENFÄNGER – EPISTOLAE OBSCURORUM VIRORUM LP (Ván Records)
Rattenfänger is a Ukrainian band featuring assorted members of local Black Metal hordes Drudkh, Blood Of Kingu, Atrofaes, Hate Forest
Read moreDROWNED – IDOLA SPECUS LP (Sepulchral Voice Records)
Drowned is such a cool band. One of them used to be in the mighty Necros Christos and another one
Read moreETERNUM – THE DEVOURING DESCENT 2LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Even though ‘The Devouring Descent’ is probably my least favoured of Eternum’s three full-lengths to date, it is still a
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SARKRISTA – THE ACHERONIAN WORSHIP LP (Purity Through Fire)
Sarkrista’s debut album first emerged on CD early in 2013 but ‘The Acheronian Worship’ only received its vinyl makeover a
Read moreNECROHOLOCAUST – HOLOCAUSTIC GOAT METAL LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Necroholocaust have been knocking (priests) around for over a decade but have only recently got down to recording their debut
Read moreGRAIL – THE MORNING OF DISILLUSIONMENT LP (Sol Records)
Originally released on CD three years ago, ‘The Morning Of Disillusionment’ is a demo (whatever that means any more) from
Read moreOFERMOD – THAUMIEL LP (I Hate Records)
What a sickener! The hideous clean vocals kick in on ‘Calling of Setnacht: Twofold Triunity’ and continue unabated on the
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