ARNAUT PAVLE – ARNAUT PAVLE (Vlad Tapes)
Just what the world needs: another Black Metal band out of Finland. I’m not even being facetious here: I genuinely
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TOTENBURG / MENNESKERHAT – WAFFENBRÜDER LP (Nebelfee Klangwerke)
This is the vinyl version of a split album originally released in 2006. The record also includes a bonus 7”
Read moreMUSTA SURMA / BLOODHAMMER / ANNIHILATUS – CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE LP (Northern Heritage)
This split brings together three fantastic hordes from the Finnish underground. Apparently, it took the best part of a decade
Read moreANTINOMIAN – NIHILUM INFANDUM LP (N:C:U)
From the ashes of Subvertio Deus arises a fascinating new entity: Antinomian. Judging by the band’s moniker and the heavily
Read moreVINTERRIKET – ENTLEGEN (Heimatfolk)
Musically, Vinterriket’s association with Black Metal is tenuous at best. Non-existent, in reality. I would rather die the most painful
Read moreBAPTISM – AS THE DARKNESS ENTERS LP (Northern Heritage)
Baptism’s fourth full-length leaves me with mixed / indifferent emotions: I do enjoy parts of it but there are also
Read moreVORUM – POISONED VOID LP (Woodcut Records)
Some underground Death Metal here from Finland. Vorum opts for a no-frills, old school sort of approach mostly and they
Read moreVLAP TEPES / BELKETRE – MARCH TO THE BLACK HOLOCAUST 2LP (Drakkar Productions)
It’s been quite some time since I looked forward to acquiring an album as much as this one. Featuring two
Read moreDROWNING THE LIGHT – OCEANS OF ETERNITY (Dark Adversary Productions)
Generally speaking, Drowning The Light do not release bad albums. So it’s no surprise that their twelfth full-length – which
Read moreDARKEST GROVE – COMING OF 2012 (Forever Plagued Records)
I bought this because it was cheap and also because it has been released by a reputable label, whose quality
Read moreMONS VENERIS – VICIT SATHANAS PATER… EUM SEQUAMUR (Antihumanism)
Even though Portuguese one-man act Mons Veneris [formed: 2005] has almost 30 offerings to its name, ‘Vicit Sathanas Pater… Eum
Read moreSATANIZE / ETERNA PENUMBRA – ANTI-INTRUDERS / OLVIDO LP (Discipline)
There are a lot of good things about this split LP, which pairs two fine bands from the Iberian underground.
Read moreV/A – SVN OKKLT 2xCS (Fallen Empire Records)
Seriously, it doesn’t get much more underground than this partnership between the Svn Okklt blog and Fallen Empire Records –
Read moreIRAE – TO THOSE WHO STAND… EVIL PREVAILS (Infinite Darkness Productions)
Black Metal is a simple business, really. No need to over-complicate things. Some artists are able to churn out release
Read moreSVIKT / KIRKEBRANN – BETRAYAL & BLASPHEMY LP (Blut & Eisen Productions)
Two relatively-unknown Norwegian hordes – who share a member in the form of Hrafn – join forces on this vinyl-only
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