HÄDANFÄRD – AVOGHETENS BESVÄRTADE ÅKALLELSER LP (Mysticism Productions)
Hädanfärd’s ‘Avoghetens Besvärtade Åkallelser’ is the third of the trio of records released simultaneously by Mysticism Productions recently and it
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FUNEREUS – ……RETURN OF THE OLD GOAT (Forever Plagued Records)
Not sure what the six dots are all about, but ‘……Return Of The Old Goat’ comprises seven cuts of blazing,
Read moreMOLOCH / KRIEG – SPLIT LP (Aphelion Productions)
This vinyl-only (I know, they always say this…) release is an interesting proposition as it features exclusive, brand-new material from
Read moreGRUDOM – FJØLKYNGI LP (Mysticism Productions)
Grudom is a very obscure and low-key (even by Black Metal standards) entity from Denmark and I’m not sure whether
Read moreILL OMEN – ENTHRONING THE BONDS OF ABHORRENCE 2LP (Nuclear War Now!)
‘Enthroning The Bonds Of Abhorrence’ is a crushing experience. Haunting, ethereal Black Metal imbued with the desperate pathos and hopeless
Read moreMYSTRUIN – GÅNGET ÄRO LJUSET LP (Amor Fati Productions)
The vinyl edition of Mystruin’s debut full-length ‘Gånget Äro Ljuset’ looks resplendent and the enclosed booklet with artwork and lyrics
Read moreBEKËTH NEXËHMÜ – DE SVARTA RITERNA LP (Mysticism Productions)
On the back of the record sleeve it is stressed that Bekëth Nexëhmü’s 2013 demo ‘De Svarta Riterna’ is not
Read moreBALMOG – TESTIMONY OF THE ABOMINABLE LP (Bloody Productions)
On their stellar debut full-length, ‘Testimony Of The Abominable’, which first saw the light of day on CD two summers
Read moreHÅLVÄG – HÅLVÄG (Darker Than Black Records)
Hålväg’s self-titled debut full-length arrived amid neither fanfare nor hype last summer and I decided that I was going to
Read moreBLACK CILICE – OLD CURSES 2LP (Dead Section Records)
Collating all of Black Cilice’s painfully-limited demo releases onto two slabs of black wax, ‘Old Curses’ delivers a staggering 21
Read moreVILKACIS – THE FEVER OF WAR EP (Dead Section Records)
This is a 12” edition of the 33-minute long Vilkacis debut EP originally released by Psychic Violence Records on cassette
Read moreBILSKIRNIR – WOTAN REDIVIVUS LP (Darker Than Black Records)
My long-suffering regular reader (hey, Phil!) will no doubt have detected a (welcome?) slowdown in activity in recent weeks and
Read moreVETALA – THE LORD OF ETERNITY LP (Altare Productions)
Sickeningly, there is an increasing number of so-called Black Metal bands who seem to place more emphasis on being the
Read moreORLOK – BLACK FUNERAL HOLOCAUST LP (Final Agony Records)
Somewhere along the way, the true meaning of Black Metal has been lost. It was never about who can sell
Read moreNUCLEARHAMMER – SERPENTINE HERMETIC LUCIFER 2LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Canadian clusterfuckers Nuclearhammer share a member with Adversarial and their logo was drawn by the guitarist / vocalist from Antediluvian,
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