HRIZG – ANTHEMS TO DECREPITUDE (Moribund Records)
Here’s one that’ll take you back in time. ‘Anthems To Decrepitude’ reminds me of the days when Black Metal was
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THOTH – ZAMGLENIE (Lower Silesian Stronghold)
We all know (and love?) Graveland, but Thoth – a depressive Black Metal triumvirate including one Rob Darken amongst its
Read moreBLOOD OF KINGU – SUN IN THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION LP (Back On Black)
Ambient apéritif ‘Herald Of The Aeon Of Darkness’ ushers the album in with nary a sign of the chaos to
Read moreBLUT AUS NORD – 777 – SECT(S) (Debemur Morti Productions)
When one of your favourite bands of all time hooks up with your favourite label, it’s time to start pinching
Read moreSIGNUM: KARG – CHORE AUS DEM SCHLUND DER ZEIT (Fog Of The Apocalypse)
‘Chöre Aus Dem Schlund Der Zeit’ is a decent debut album from German entity Signum: Karg. Comprising four tracks of
Read moreNECROS CHRISTOS – DOOM OF THE OCCULT (Sepulchral Voice Records)
Consistency is a world gone mad: there were 23 tracks on Necros Christos’ excellent debut full-length ‘Triune Impurity Rites’ and
Read moreGRIMLAIR – SELF-INFLICTED STATE (Rigorism Productions)
‘Self-Inflicted State’ is everything an underground Black Metal CD should be. It’s creepy, eerie, adventurous and still raw, seething and
Read moreCIRCLE OF OUROBORUS / DROWNING THE LIGHT – MOONFLARES LP (Obscure Abhorrence Productions)
Don’t know what’s got into the water in New South Wales but Drowning The Light seem to have gone into
Read moreSAPTHURAN – TO THE EDGE OF LAND (God Is Myth Records)
Five years have passed since I originally wrote this review. Enjoy the resurrection: Boasting five manifestations of raw USBM nestling
Read moreKHORS – RETURN TO ABANDONED (Paragon Records)
What we have here is melodic pagan Black Metal with some astral leanings. Prog metal, maybe. I’m sure it’s not
Read moreTHRALL – AWAY FROM THE HAUNTS OF MEN (Total Holocaust Records)
‘Away From The Haunts Of Men’ is a very good Black Metal album from a band with a crap name.
Read moreCOBALT – EATER OF BIRDS (Profound Lore Records)
All I knew about Cobalt before clapping ears on ‘Eater Of Birds’ way back in 2007 was that the Colorado
Read moreDRAUGURZ / WOODSMARCH – SPLIT CD (Einsatzkommando Productions)
I discovered Draugurz while listening to his superb ‘A Yell From The Past’ collection. The magick on that release was
Read moreESSENZ – KVIITIIVZ – Beschwörung des Unaussprechlichen (Amor Fati Productions)
‘KVIITIIVZ – Beschwörung des Unaussprechlichen’ is the debut full-length from Essenz, a truly obscure German Black Metal triumvirate who peddle
Read moreBROCKEN MOON – HOFFNUNGSLOS (Northern Silence Productions)
Even before this release, I was a fan of Brocken Moon; I believe history has judged them rather harshly. They
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