KAEVUM – ULTRA (Darker than Black Records)
Propagating prime Norwegian Black Metal of the truest essence, much to the chagrin of many, Kaevum passionately, poignantly, unapologetically take
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BLACK CURSE – BURNING IN CELESTIAL POISON LP (Sepulchral Voice Records)
‘Burning in Celestial Poison’ drowns the world in darkness, death and depravity. Now is not a time for fucking around
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LIFVSLEDA – EVANGELII HÄROLD LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
Pickings are so painfully thin that it’s back almost a full year we go to locate a release worthy of
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TEITANBLOOD – FROM THE VISCERAL ABYSS (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
The inimitable (many have tried, all have failed…) maniacal magnificence of Teitanblood teems with tremendous vigour and savagery through every
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MITOCHONDRION – VITRISEPTOME 2LP (Profound Lore Records)
Within the vastness of all, music stands alone in its ability to mesmerise. It’s not just the hypnotic sound of
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INVUNCHE – ATAVISMO LP (Nuclear War Now! Productions)
Pollinating an eclectic blend of styles and genres – predominantly (but not limited to) raw Black Metal, primitive punk and
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REVENGE – VIOLATION.STRIFE.ABOMINATE (Season of Mist Underground Activists)
With the pathetic and meek human race not so much at a crossroads as hurtling wilfully over the edge of
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DEATH LIKE MASS – THE LORD OF FLIES LP (Terratur Possessions)
The latter half of what had threatened to be an otherwise largely fruitless and uneventful calendar year from a Black
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APTORIAN DEMON – LIV TAR SLUTT LP (Kyrck Productions & Armour)
Orchestrator-of-agony-and-anguish Storhetsvanviddets Mester manifests suitably solemn and sombre in the black-and-white portrait adorning the back cover of Aptorian Demon’s long-awaited
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FÖRGJORD – PERKELEEN WERI (Werewolf Records)
At this transformative time of year, as the sun retreats and darkness spreads across the north, the power of Black
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WHOREDOM RIFE – DEN VREDE MAKT LP (Terratur Possessions)
Whoredom Rife keeps pushing forward powerfully, purposefully and passionately, ‘Den vrede makt’ being the irrepressible Trondheim duo’s fourth full-length album
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GJENDØD – LIVSKRAMPER LP (Osmose Productions)
After the relative calm of ‘I utakt med verden’, Gjendød returns triumphantly with fierce fifth full-length ‘Livskramper’. Can’t really say
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NUCLEARHAMMER – XAOS TENAWAS – DEMO MMXXIII LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Canadian Black / Death Metal insurgents Nuclearhammer return to the frontline after an-almost-decade-long ceasefire with ‘Xaos Tenawas – Demo MMXXIII’,
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ADVERSARIAL – SOLITUDE WITH THE ETERNAL… (Dark Descent Records)
An all-consuming ode to darkness, desolation and dread, the third Adversarial full-length ‘Solitude with the Eternal…’ arrives abrasively announcing itself
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DEAD REPTILE SHRINE – N.T.K. LP (Final Agony Records)
As Black Metal moves ever further away from its dangerous, mysterious and antihuman roots, it is perhaps more timely than
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