GOATMOON – VARJOT (Werewolf Records)
This one is pretty disappointing. Having been blown away by the Finns’ stellar contributions to recent split releases in collaboration
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AZAZEL / GOATMOON – SPLIT LP (Werewolf Records)
I knew this all-Finnish collaboration was going to be something special so I just had to buy it. The main
Read moreARGANORK – DUSIOS (Ancestrale Production)
Arganork is the Black Metal face of schizophrenic French extreme metal merchant Satyriasis Demonius von Nettesheim, also of Death Metal
Read moreOV HOLLOWNESS – DRAWN TO DESCEND (Hypnotic Dirge Records)
The first song on this album, ‘Old And Colder’, did nothing for me at all but thankfully ‘Drawn To Descend’
Read moreNUNFUCKRITUAL – IN BONDAGE TO THE SERPENT (Debemur Morti Productions)
The 74th release on French label Debemur Morti Productions is going to be very, very special indeed. “In Bondage To
Read moreSENTIMEN BELTZA – BIZITZA OSOAN ZEHAR SORTU DEN ETSIPENAREN ONDORIOAK (Bubonic / Gorpubelatze)
If a better album has been released this year, then I’ve yet to hear it. As well as being quite
Read moreLYTHANY / VULTO – RITUAL DE PRIVACAO (Discipline)
This was released nearly two years ago, but it’s timeless. I’ve had it a while but decided to give it
Read moreFLAGELLANT – MONUMENTS LP (World Terror Committee)
First thing I must say about this vinyl release is that the presentation is utterly superb. The record looks and
Read moreENDSTILLE – INFEKTION 1813 LP (Season Of Mist)
Not a band I’ve followed with great interest, to be honest. Was always put off by the imagery; I’m not
Read moreBLACK ALTAR – DEATH FANATICISM LP (Antichristian Front Records)
Black Altar is probably the most criminally-underrated Black Metal artist around. The Polish entity has barely put a hoof wrong
Read moreGRAVSORG – VISIONS OF DEPRESSION (Nykta)
This is a really dull album. I mean that in a good way. Danes Gravsorg play an excruciatingly dreary form
Read moreDEATHSPELL OMEGA – DIABOLUS ABSCONDITUS / MASS GRAVE AESTHETICS LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
There’s nothing new on this release, music-wise, but “Diabolus Absconditus / Mass Grave Aesthetics” is well worth purchasing if you
Read moreAKASHAH – BARBAROUS (Cold Northern Blood)
Akashah is a one-man pagan Black Metal entity from Illinois in the USA, fronted by Thuriaz, who unleashed his debut
Read moreMORBID ANGEL – ILLUD DIVINUM INSANUS (Season Of Mist)
It’s soul-destroying when a band as seminal and genre-defining as Morbid Angel descends to such a shameful low. “Illud Divinum
Read moreSVARTRIT – I (Bubonic Productions)
Swedish entity Svartrit is something of an anomaly, even by Black Metal standards, having released their first three full-lengths of
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