SODALITY – GOTHIC LP (Dauthus 1899)
It goes without saying that any recording featuring the instantly-recognisable, utterly depraved and evil-as-all-fuck vocals of Mark of the Devil
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SAINTE MARIE DES LOUPS – FUNÉRAILLES DE FEU LP (Amor Fati Productions / Extraconscious Records)
Every so often a record comes along that you just don’t want to stop listening to. There are others waiting
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VENUS STAR – CALLING ALL LOKAS LP (Terratur Possessions)
It’s quite difficult (for me, at least) to elaborate much beyond pointing out that Venus Star’s fifth full-length recording, ‘Calling
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WHITE MEDAL – ELMET LP (Altare Productions)
The illegitimate offspring of prolific Yorkshire Heathen Black Metal progenitor George Proctor, White Medal has been cultivating some truly crude
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SUFFERING HOUR – THE CYCLIC RECKONING (Profound Lore Records)
On their ominous, multi-textured and tantalisingly-intangible sophomore full-length, ‘The Cyclic Reckoning’, Suffering Hour have crafted an immense offering of destructive
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WAGNER ÖDEGÅRD – OM KOSMOS OCH DE TOLV JÄRTEKN LP (Altare Productions)
Via a multitude of parallel channels, the prolific artist behind Wagner Ödegard has been responsible for crafting a rich and
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FÖRGJORD / NEKROKRIST SS – FÖRGJORD / NEKROKRIST SS LP (Hammer of Hate Records)
This exceptional alliance of distinguished Finnish hordes begins and ends with emotive, tortured collaborations involving both brigades (Jättäkää Minut Korpeille
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UPON THE ALTAR – ABSID AB ORDINE LUMINIS (Putrid Cult)
Billowing forth from Lesser Poland with a blistering blitzkrieg of Black / Death Metal, Upon The Altar issue a devastating
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AKITSA – SANG NORDIQUE 2LP (Hospital Productions)
Initially presented to the unsuspecting, ignorant masses in 2002, Akitsa’s sophomore full-length offering of intolerant, separatist Nordic Black Metal from
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ORDEM SÂTANICA / ADYTUM – ORDEM SÂTANICA / ADYTUM LP (Satanik Requiem / Signal Rex)
In the truest tradition of uncompromising, raw, underground Black Metal comes this superb split between noisy Portuguese veterans Ordem Satânica
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HATE FOREST – HOUR OF THE CENTAUR (Osmose Productions)
Just like that, when least expected, Hate Forest returns from the dead. After 16 years of silence, I assumed this
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GJENDØD – ANGREP (Hellthrasher Productions)
Single- and bloody-minded Norwegian duo Gjendød have spewed forth a veritable slew of releases over the past four years, third
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VOTHANA – CHÍNH SÁCH VŨ LỰC TÀN BẠO 2LP (Final Agony Records / Darker Than Black Records)
Originally self-released on cassette 15 years ago, with the addendum ‘Demo III’, Vothana’s 48-minute meisterwerk of radical, non-conformist Black Metal,
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COLD EARTH – YOUR MISERY, MY TRIUMPH LP (Sol Records)
Comprising four-fifths of Thorybos (all of whom are also active in numerous other Sol Records cabals) , Cold Earth was
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MYSTRUIN – CALCINATION (Lamech Records)
Building on the promise demonstrated on their debut full-length, ‘Gånget Äro Ljuset’, six years hitherto, mystical Swedish quintet Mystruin deliver
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