BARGHEST – ALTARS OF ROT (Independent)
Hatred, contempt and misanthropy reign supreme on ‘Altars Of Rot’, the third full-length from infuriated US quartet Barghest. Black Metal
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ABATUAR – MORTANDAD (Dunkelheit Produktionen)
Telling tall, terrible tales of necromantic rituals, death reverence and frenzied bloodletting, Abatuar’s sophomore full-length presents almost half an hour
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MALICIOUS – DERANGED HEXES (Invictus Productions)
‘Deranged Hexes’, the debut full-length from Malicious, is a short, sharp shock of barbaric, uncompromising Black / Death Metal, eight
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IDOLATRIA – TETRABESTIARCHY (Signal Rex)
There’s no mistaking the inherent evil and diabolical darkness that permeate the 33 malevolent minutes constituting ‘Tetrabestiarchy’, the sophomore full-length
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ONIRIK – THE FIRE CULT BEYOND ETERNITY (I, Voidhanger Records)
Five years on from ‘Casket Dream Veneration’, Onirik’s fifth full-length, ‘The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity’, is excavated from the vaults
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SPIRIT POSSESSION – SPIRIT POSSESSION (Profound Lore Records)
Marrying the alchemic wizardry of Krallice with the experimental bent of Negative Plane and the blackened roll of Darkthrone, Spirit
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IMPURE – SATAN’S ECLIPSE LP (Chaos Records)
Comprising fiends assuming the glorious pseudonyms Horned Father of Desecreation (vocals, drums) and Satyrannical Lord of Assault (handling guitar and
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HRÆ – ÞAR SEM SKEPNUR REIKA (Goathorned Productions)
The sole vision of prolific Icelandic multi-instrumentalist I. (AKA Þ.I. of Guðveiki and Þórður of Endalok – two wonderful entities
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BLACK CURSE – ENDLESS WOUND LP (Sepulchral Voice Records)
Black Curse’s debut full-length is an unmercifully violent onslaught of punishing extremity, where chaos and utter savagery are accompanied by
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CULTUS PROFANO – ACCURSED POSSESSION (Debemur Morti Productions)
A truly evil and diabolical atmosphere prevails throughout Cultus Profano’s sinister sophomore full-length, ‘Accursed Possession’, which summons forth from the
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ORDINANCE – IN PURGE THERE IS NO REMISSION (The Sinister Flame)
Without warning, unconventional Finnish duo Ordinance return with the follow-up to their truly eclectic 2014 debut full-length, ‘Relinquishment’, which was
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HERESIARCH / ANTEDILUVIAN – DEFLESHING THE SERPENT INFINITY (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Fleeting it may be but this terrifying alliance between one of New Zealand’s most devastating death cults and Canada’s premier
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KOMMODUS – KOMMODUS (Independent)
Blade sharpened, attack honed over the course of four significant demos, inimitable Australian raw Black Metal propagator Kommodus strikes with
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NOVAE MILITIAE – TOPHETH (Goathorned Productions)
Three years on from their exceptional debut full-length, ‘Gash’khalah’, the anonymous fiends behind uncompromising ultra-orthodox French Black Metal force Novae
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ALMYRKVI / THE RUINS OF BEVERAST – ALMYRKVI / THE RUINS OF BEVERAST LP (Ván Records)
Two uncannily compatible forces of nature come together on this magnificent collaboration to deliver an immense, fully immersive experience accentuating
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