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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BLOOD RED FOG – VAMPIR (Zazen Sounds / Deviant Records)
With ‘Vampir’, Blood Red Fog escort us on an unlikely and welcome journey back to their embryonic era, disinterring from
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CULTUM INTERITUM – VENERATION OF THE NEW DAWN (Godz Ov War Productions)
Despite the wondrous nature of debut full-length, ‘Poison Of Being’, Cultum Interitum remains very much embedded in the deepest trenches
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VALAIS – VALAIS (Signal Rex)
From the totalitarian dump that is Ireland appears without warning a fierce new force spewing a novel strain of deranged
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ANTEDILUVIAN – THE DIVINE PUNISHMENT (Nuclear War Now!)
It has been a frustratingly-long wait but eight years on from ‘λόγος’, Antediluvian have finally delivered their monstrous, depraved third
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MOON ORACLE – MUSE OF THE NIGHTSIDE (Bestial Burst / Signal Rex)
The debut Moon Oracle full-length, ‘Muse Of The Nightside’, is just what the doctor ordered in what has to date
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MURMÚRIO – WAMPYRIC KIMERA LP (ASRAR)
Listening to the second Murmúrio full-length, ‘Wampyric Kimera’, is a decidedly disorientating, discombobulating experience, befitting the times that are in
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ARCKANUM – KAMPEN 2LP (Essential Purification Records)
Arckanum existed for more than a quarter of a century up until 2018 and is firmly established as one of
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OES GALLIATH – SOUS L’ ŒIL FERMÉ DES PARADIS 2LP (Nebular Carcoma Records)
It’s almost impossible to accurately critique or assess Oes Galliath’s first and final full-length, ‘Sous L’œil Fermé Des Paradis’, without
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SATYRICON – DARK MEDIEVAL TIMES 2LP (Napalm Records)
It’s rather astonishing to think that Satyr was only 17 years old when Satyricon’s iconic debut full-length, ‘Dark Medieval Times’,
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PROCLAMATION – ADVENT OF THE BLACK OMEN LP (Nuclear War Now! Productions)
During a decade of decadence, defunct bestial Iberian warmongers Proclamation unleashed four monstrous full-lengths, all of which were re-released on
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