OLDOWAN GASH – HUBRIS UNCHAINED LP (Drakkar Productions)
Packed with pride, passion, defiance and contempt aimed towards pitiful, weak humanity (“specks who defile the land, a wretched disease”),
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VERMISST – ZMIERZCH STALOWEJ CIEMNOŚCI LP (Signal Rex)
Bolstered by the inclusion of three outstanding bonus tracks on Side B, which bring proceedings boldly into full-length territory at
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VOID PRAYER – THE GRANDIOSE RETURN TO THE VOID LP (Black Gangrene Productions / Altare Productions)
For the countless webzines that are out there – with new ones popping up every week – purporting to promote
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STRIGES – VERUM VETERUM (Blut & Eisen Productions)
It came from nowhere and it’s wholly apt that Striges’ debut full-length should arrive like a bolt from the black
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HORNA – KUOLEMAN KIRJO (World Terror Committee)
Brandishing the black flame for more than a quarter of a century, Horna are firmly established as one of the
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FÖRGJORD – UHRIPUU LP (Werewolf Records)
Originally unveiled in 2017, Förgjord’s fourth full-length, ‘Uhripuu’ has been given the long-overdue vinyl treatment by their compatriot and in-form
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SKÁPHE – SKÁPHE³ (Iron Bonehead Productions / Mystískaos)
New Skáphe material is always to be welcomed … perhaps even more so during these unprecedented times of absolute misery
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CULTUM INTERITUM – POISON OF BEING (Godz Ov War Productions)
More bleak, nihilistic negation emanates from the underground courtesy of Polish trio Cultum Interitum, whose debut full-length, ‘Poison Of Being’,
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HABORYM – THE SUN HAS FALLEN LP (Werewolf Records)
Originally released in 2013, Haborym’s little-known sophomore full-length, ‘The Sun Has Fallen’, has been given the long-overdue vinyl treatment by
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APOCHRYPHAL REVELATION – PRIMEVAL DEVILISH WISDOM (Nuclear War Now! Productions)
If ‘Primeval Devilish Wisdom’, the sophomore full-length from Apochryphal Revelation, doesn’t bring even a faint curl to your lips then
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OMEGAVORTEX – BLACK ABOMINATION SPAWN (Invictus Productions)
A frenzied, chaotic maelstrom of paranormal Death Metal horror, ‘Black Abomination Spawn’, the debut full-length from Omegavortex, is a visceral,
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DRASTUS – VENOMS 2LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
Having made an indelible mark with last year’s wonderful sophomore full-length, ‘La Croix De Sang’, Drastus goes back in time
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ARMAGEDDA – SVINDELDJUP ÄTTESTUP LP (Nordvis Produktion)
The perpetual pain and mental torment of a summer of seemingly-endless misery and despair was interrupted – albeit temporarily –
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SAD – MISTY BREATH OF ANCIENT FORESTS (Purity Through Fire)
Eschewing the epic grandeur and warm-blooded romance of Hellenic Black Metal, SAD has always been something of an anomaly within
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AVZHIA – DARK EMPERORS LP (Werewolf Records)
Recorded way back in 1996, ‘Dark Emperors’ is a masterpiece of mercurial, medieval, Mexican Black Metal majesty. Conjuring wicked, nocturnal
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