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SODALITY – BENEDICTION PART 1 LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 Gerald Robinson Norma Evangelium Diaboli, Sodality, Benediction Part 1

The inimitably-evil enunciation of Mark of the Devil dovetails demonically with the macabre musicianship of T. Kaos to startling, inspirational

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DØDSENGEL – BAB AL ON 2LP (Debemur Morti Productions)

March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 Gerald Robinson Dødsengel, Debemur Morti Productions, Bab Al On

Rewind ten-fourteen years to Dødsengel’s glorious formative years, when the self-proclaimed Norwegian angel of death arrived with murderous intent into

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APOGEION – ASTROLATRIA I: INITIATIO. (Northern Heritage Records)

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Gerald Robinson Northern Heritage Records, Apogeion, Astrolatria I: Initiatio.

I was tempted to observe that Northern Heritage is on a rich run of form right now but in fairness

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SCÁTH NA DÉITHE – VIRULENT PROVIDENCE (Vendetta Records)

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Gerald Robinson Vendetta Records, Scáth na Déithe, Virulent Providence

Ancient Ireland’s harrowing and traumatic history – one of unimaginable hardship and suffering – is laid bare in a rich

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VERMINOUS SERPENT – THE MALIGN COVENANT (Amor Fati Productions)

February 5, 2023 Gerald Robinson Amor Fati Productions, The Malign Covenant, Verminous Serpent

An unlikely convergence yields unpredictable and remarkable results on ‘The Malign Covenant’ – 41 minutes of occult doom-infused black necromancy

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FUNERAL WINDS – STIGMATA MALI (Osmose Productions)

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Gerald Robinson Osmose Productions, Funeral Winds, Stigmata Mali

No respite from Funeral Winds. If anything, the ferocious offensive against the holy trinity is becoming more fearsome with the

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NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE – CLANDESTINE THEURGY (Hells Headbangers Records)

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Gerald Robinson Hells Headbangers Records, Clandestine Theurgy, Nocturnal Departure

Ghastly ghoulish growls and soul-shredding shrieks of the damned vie for supremacy on the scathing surface of ‘Clandestine Theurgy’, the

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MINENWERFER – FEUERWALZE (Osmose Productions)

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Gerald Robinson Osmose Productions, Minenwerfer, Feuerwalze

After four years (fittingly) of quiet on the western front, Californian warmongers Minenwerfer return with a fresh and devastating wave

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KRINGA – ALL STILLBORN FIRES, LICK MY HEART (Terratur Possessions)

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Gerald Robinson Terratur Possessions, Kringa, All Stillborn Fires Lick My Heart

Casting seven sorcerous spells from the godforsaken outpost that is the eastern realm, the inimitable, trailblazing channellers of outlandish auditory

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OBSKURITATEM – AROGANTNI NIHILIZAM 2LP (Black Gangrene Productions)

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 Gerald Robinson Black Gangrene Productions, Arogantni nihilizam, Obskuritatem

In these inane times of instant gratification and ever-diminishing attention spans, where the masses of docile human cattle are too

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NÉCROPOLE – YOGA (Northern Heritage Records)

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Gerald Robinson Nécropole, Northern Heritage Records, Yoga

I feared Amertume might drop completely off-grid (in terms of releasing new music) after laying Caverne to rest with the

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NOENUM – HERESIARCH (Northern Heritage Records)

January 3, 2023January 5, 2023 Gerald Robinson Heresiarch, Northern Heritage Records, Noenum

Noenum delivers a delirious dose of glorious, majestic, arcane Black Metal mercury on debut full-length, ‘Heresiarch’. What the Finnish duo

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HATE FOREST – INNERMOST (Osmose Productions)

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022 Gerald Robinson Hate Forest, Osmose Productions, Innermost

Hate Forest is an institution in itself and each new release from Black Metal’s most notorious history teacher constitutes an

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BLACK DEATH CULT – DIASPORA LP (Profound Lore Records)

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 Gerald Robinson Profound Lore Records, Diaspora, Black Death Cult

Black / Death Metal doesn’t get much more surreal and out there than Black Death Cult’s frankly deranged second fantastical

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MISÞYRMING – MEÐ HAMRI (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 Gerald Robinson Norma Evangelium Diaboli, Misþyrming, Með hamri

Contemplating the essence and linearity or otherwise of the glass-ceiling-breaking third Misþyrming full-length ‘Með hamri’, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr’s oft-quoted observation

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