BLACKDEATH – ALSO SPRACH DAS CHAOS LP (End All Life Productions)
Astoundingly, tenth full-length ‘Also Sprach Das Chaos’ showcases Blackdeath sounding as fresh and essential as they have at any time
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CLANDESTINE BLAZE – SECRETS OF LACERATION LP (Northern Heritage Records)
Without ever straying far from the path he first ventured down on ‘Fire Burns In Our Hearts’ all of 22
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NIGRUM TENEBRIS – I AM THE SERPENT (Sol Records)
Traversing a barren, abandoned landscape, Nigrum Tenebris delivers a bleak and desolate blast of negative, adversarial Black Metal on abhorrent
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AUTOKRATOR – PERSECUTION (Krucyator Productions)
Autokrator’s harrowing and horrific fourth full-length presents 34 minutes of suffocating Death / Black Metal (with scant traces of doom
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SERPENTRANCE – AKRA TAPEINOSIS (Godz Ov War Productions)
Of darkest decadence and sordid, subterranean decay, Russian abyss dwellers Serpentrance have conjured an otherworldly, oppressive and malodorous debut full-length
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VORTEX OF END – ABHORRENT FERVOR (Osmose Productions)
Vortex of End have streamlined and honed their attack on third full-length, ‘Abhorrent Fervor’, which delivers a more refined and
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AZAZEL – AEGRUM SATANAS TECUM (Primitive Reaction)
The creepy nocturnal woodland calling of ‘Invocation (Hail the Ancient Ones)’ sets the scene perfectly for Azazel’s Christ-crushing third full-length,
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RITUAL DEATH – LORD OF THE TOMB LP (Terratur Possessions)
‘Lord of the Tomb’ gathers together in chronological order all previously-released Ritual Death material, beginning with the self-titled 7” EP
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SUNWHEEL – IRON AGE OF STRIFE (Militant Zone)
Short instrumental ‘Clouds of War Gather’ ominously announces the return of Sunwheel and the belligerent demonstration of defiance that is
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SORGUINAZIA – NEGATION OF DELIRIUM (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Existentially warped and spiritually dislocated, ‘Negation of Delirium’, the debut full-length from obscure, unorthodox raw Black Metal deviants Sorguinazia is
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SOMBRE FIGURES – STREAMS OF DECAY (Deviant Records)
Death, darkness and decadence seep through every malignant, putrid pore of foul Finnish duo Sombre Figures’ bluntly morose, haunting debut
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LVCIFYRE – THE BROKEN SEAL (Dark Descent Records / Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
With swarming, virulent, ominous intent, the opening pact ‘Gods Await Us’ rages forth manically to signal the cursed return of
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MANNVEIRA – VÍTAHRINGUR (Dark Descent Records)
Desolation and darkness permeate every nihilistic note and pained shriek of Mannveira’s debut full-length, ‘Vítahringur’, which oozes oppressive discontentment across
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CAVERNE – LA FIN DE TOUS LES CHANTS (Résilience)
Deeply connected to the earth, the ancient ways and an aspect of humanity that is disappearing more and more with
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MALGÖTH – GLORY THROUGH SAVAGERY (Iron Bonehead Productions)
There are no niceties or nuances deployed to alleviate the relentless aural assault that is Malgöth’s utterly ravenous and insatiable
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