BLACK 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
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VILKACIS – 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,
Read moreTERATISM – VIA NEGATIVA 2LP (Behold Barbarity)
Teratism’s fourth full-length was released four years ago but only recently received the double-vinyl treatment. The records come in a
Read moreINCANTATION – DIRGES OF ELYSIUM LP (Listenable Records)
It’s a landmark year for sure for Death Metal titans Incantation. The release of their tenth studio album coincides with
Read moreXASTHUR / ACID ENEMA – SPLIT LP (Essential Purification Records / Avantgarde Music)
I was a big fan of Xasthur back in the day so it was great to hear that the splits
Read moreTLILTIC TLAPOYAUAK – BLACK TWILIGHT CIRCLE COMPILATION 3LP (The Ajna Offensive)
Simply put, this is one of the most awesome new releases in my collection. It has taken me a long,
Read moreSWARÞ – OMINES PESTILENTIAE 2LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Swarþ (or Swarth) is shrouded in mystery as the band’s members are unknown; even their nationalities are kept under wraps.
Read morePARAMNESIA – PARAMNESIA LP (Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions)
A monkey could probably write this review. Paramnesia from France plays pretty much exactly the same strain of Black Metal
Read moreKRIEGSMASCHINE – ENEMY OF MAN LP (No Solace)
Listening to ‘Enemy Of Man’, I find myself wondering where does Mgła end and Kriegsmaschine begin. You see, Darkside and
Read moreFLAGELLANT – MALEDICTVM LP (World Terror Committee)
On ‘Maledictvm’, Flagellant continue pretty much where they left off three years ago with their debut LP, ‘Monuments’. What we
Read moreMAYHEM – ESOTERIC WARFARE (Season Of Mist)
After a seven-year wait, the legendary Mayhem return with their fifth full-length. Has it been worth the wait? Not really.
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