BONE AWL / ASHDAUTAS – SPLIT LP (Klaxon)
Originally available as a split cassette under the Crepusculo Negro banner, this splendid split was revived in limited edition wax
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ASH BORER – 2009 DEMO LP (Vendetta Records)
Okay – I realise it’s only got two songs and I know it’s only 25 minutes long (nearly) but I
Read moreORDER OF ORIAS – INVERSE LP (World Terror Committee)
‘Inverse’ is the debut full-length from this previously-unknown-to-me Australian ensemble with a weird name. I’ve no idea what Order of
Read moreDOLORVOTRE – DOLORVOTRE LP (The Ajna Offensive / Crepúsculo Negro)
THIS REVIEW HAS BEEN REMOVED ON A POINT OF PRINCIPAL AS CREPUSCULO NEGRO SWINDLED ME OUT OF MONEY. I ORDERED
Read moreBLUT AUS NORD – WHAT ONCE WAS … LIBER II EP (Debemur Morti Productions)
Fuck me, these guys are in a rich vein of form. With the astonishing ‘777’ trilogy of full-length albums just
Read moreDEATHSPELL OMEGA – DROUGHT MLP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
Generally speaking, I don’t place much stock in EPs or mini-albums due to the disappointing disparity between the paltry amount
Read moreVERDUNKELN – WEDER LICHT NOCH SCHATTEN 2LP (Ván Records)
As a long-time watcher of these Germans, I was pleasantly surprised to catch their second full-length try to slip by
Read moreDEFUNTOS – RESTOS DE UMA VIDA ANTIGA (Cocainacopia)
Surely one the most-underrated Black Metal bands of all time, Defuntos have been releasing all manner of magnificence for the
Read moreYHDARL – THE ESSENCE II (Schattenkult Produktionen)
Here’s a style of Black Metal I haven’t experienced often. Belgian duo Yhdarl opt for a spontaneous-sounding, improvised brand of
Read moreINSANE VESPER – ABOMINATION OF DEATH LP (Obscure Abhorrence Productions)
So Insane Vesper’s debut full-length gets the vinyl treatment from Obscure Abhorrence and it’s immediately apparent that label head honcho
Read moreRAHU – THE QUEST FOR THE VAJRA OF SHADOWS (Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions)
Here’s a record that’s thoroughly-deserving of your attention. One of the first things to strike me about Rahu’s debut full-length,
Read moreETERNITY – PESTIFEROUS HYMNS – REV. I-I-XXXIII (World Terror Committee)
I find that my reviews are becoming shorter and shorter. In my defence, what of true value to the reader
Read moreISVIND – INTET LEVER LP (Kyrck Productions)
So Isvind finally decided to get off their arses and record a second full-length. A whopping fifteen years after “Dark
Read moreCOBALT – GIN 2LP (Profound Lore Records)
Since it first arrived three years ago, “Gin” has been one of my favourite Black Metal albums of all time.
Read moreKAEVUM – NATUR LP (Darker Than Black Records / Sabbath’s Fire Records)
This was released last year but I only discovered it a month or so back. Glad I did because ‘Natur’
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