BEHEXEN – RITUALE SATANUM LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
Considering the sheer volume of benign, inoffensive, non-belligerent and downright good-natured and / or commercially-orientated Black Metal floating around the
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SHAMBLES – PRIMITIVE DEATH TRANCE MLP (Blood Harvest)
Although Shambles from Thailand of all places have been making music for 20 years, ‘Primitive Death Trance’ is the first
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AKITSA – GOÉTIE 2LP (Hospital Productions)
News that a new Akitsa full-length is imminent prompted me to dust off the previous releases and give them a
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ADVERSARIAL / PAROXSIHZEM – WARPIT OF COILING ATROCITIES LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
In a pitiful era of fad-following, hype-deepthroating dickheads there is simply no accounting for taste. Iron Bonehead released this short
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BALMOG – VACVVM LP (BlackSeed Productions)
‘Svmma Fide’ was an immense record and I’m amazed that I didn’t review it. In fact, I’m convinced I did
Read moreFUIL NA SEANCHOILLE – HUNGER LP (Me Saco Un Ojo Records)
Having already expressed my appreciation of Fuil Na Seanchoille’s debut full-length some five years ago, it was great to see
Read moreANCIENT RECORDS – DEMO COMPILATION PART II 2LP (Purity Through Fire)
It’s almost five years since I reviewed the lucky dip that was ‘Demo Compilation Part 1’ and a lot of
Read moreSORTILEGIA – SULPHUROUS TEMPLE LP (Ván Records)
‘Arcane Death Ritual’ was immense and, on follow-up ‘Sulphurous Temple’, Sortilegia delivers another 40 minutes of cavernous, distorted, repetitive, hypnotic
Read moreLJÁIN – ENDASÁLMAR OG KLOFNAR TUNGUR LP (Signal Rex)
Ljáin released two EPs within ten days of each other during the summer of 2016 and these are brought together
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EMBRACE OF THORNS – SCORN AESTHETICS LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Embrace Of Thorns’ fifth full-length is a pummelling maelstrom of Blackened Death Metal that largely eschews variety, embellishment and beautification
Read moreMALUM – NIGHT OF THE LUCIFERIAN LIGHT LP (Helter Skelter Productions)
Considering that it brings nothing new to the sacrificial altar (something I have no problem with, whatsoever), Malum’s second full-length
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SLIDHR – THE FUTILE FIRES OF MAN LP (Ván Records)
Slidhr’s complete surrender to / celebration of the all-consuming darkness is even more pronounced than hitherto on sophomore full-length, ‘The
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MYLINGAR – DÖDA DRÖMMAR LP (Amor Fati Productions / Vigor Deconstruct)
Mylingar is a destructive Swedish force delivering punishing, suffocating, chaotic Black / Death carnage in the vein of Portal, Altarage,
Read moreFUNERAL MIST – HEKATOMB LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
And so it came to pass that completely out of the blue Funeral Mist’s third full-length, ‘Hekatomb’, was upon us,
Read morePERVERTED CEREMONY – SABBAT OF BEHEZAËL LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Paying glorious homage to the olden days of yore, Perverted Ceremony’s debut LP presents 41 minutes of unapologetically raw and
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