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HARVEST GULGALTHA – ANCIENT WOODS (Godz ov War Productions)

October 27, 2022October 28, 2022 Gerald Robinson Godz ov War Productions, Harvest Gulgaltha, Ancient Woods

Fittingly, it is with neither hype nor fanfare that Harvest Gulgaltha re-emerges from the deepest recesses of the underground armed

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RITUAL DEATH – RITUAL DEATH (Regain Records)

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 Gerald Robinson Regain Records, Ritual Death

Nidrosian necromancy and Satanic servitude abound on Ritual Death’s (appropriately) self-titled full-length, which delivers 32 minutes of Black Metal Terror

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GRAND BELIAL’S KEY – KOHANIC CHARMERS LP (Weltenfeind)

September 24, 2022October 1, 2022 Gerald Robinson Grand Belial's Key, Kohanic Charmers, Weltenfeind

Typically brilliantly monikered, ‘Prayer Shawl of the First Born Donkey’ provides a suitably supreme opening to the first Grand Belial’s

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HETROERTZEN – PHOSPHORUS VOL I (Listenable Records)

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Gerald Robinson Hetroertzen, Listenable Records, Phosphorus Vol I

The crypt reopens and the vampires of Hetroertzen re-merge with a profane decade of new perversions, feasting upon the fruit

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FUNERAL HARVEST – REDEMPTIO (Signal Rex)

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 Gerald Robinson Signal Rex, Redemptio, Funeral Harvest

The inimitable Wraath lends his decidedly-demonic voice to ‘Fire Sermon’, ‘Principum et Finis’ and ‘The Crimson Night Tide’, and his

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NOCTURNAL SORCERY – THE HOLY LAW IN TOTAL RUIN (Kvlt)

August 29, 2022August 30, 2022 Gerald Robinson KVLT, The Holy Law in Total Ruin, Nocturnal Sorcery

The ever-fertile and -filthy Finnish soil yields another foul blackened crop in the form of ‘The Holy Law in Total

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CULTES DES GHOULES – HENBANE 2LP (Hells Headbangers)

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 Gerald Robinson Cultes Des Ghoules, Henbane, Hells Headbangers, Henbane ...or Sonic Compendium of the Black Arts

The relentless march of time can be either cruel or kind to music. In the case of Cultes Des Ghoules’

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DEATHSPELL OMEGA – THE LONG DEFEAT LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Gerald Robinson Deathspell Omega, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, The Long Defeat

The third era of Deathspell Omega commences with ‘The Long Defeat’, which contains a curveball or ten and is a

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BLOOD CHALICE – THE BLASPHEMOUS PSALMS OF CANNIBALISM (Werewolf Records)

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Gerald Robinson Werewolf Records, The Blasphemous Psalms of Cannibalism, Blood Chalice

Packed to the bursting brim with copious overflows of ferocious, uncompromising Black / Death, Blood Chalice’s second full-length, ‘The Blasphemous

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MARE – EBONY TOWER LP (Terratur Possessions)

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 Gerald Robinson Terratur Possessions, Mare, Ebony Tower

There is a reason why – despite decidedly limited studio activity during their nigh-on-20-years of existence – Mare is one

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NEGATIVE PLANE – THE PACT… (Invictus Productions / The Ajna Offensive)

May 22, 2022August 29, 2022 Gerald Robinson Negative Plane, The Ajna Offensive, Invictus Productions, The Pact

How many contemporary Black Metal acts are there who have successfully forged their own distinctive sound whist remaining relevant (i.e.,

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MORTUUS – DIABLERIE (World Terror Committee)

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Gerald Robinson World Terror Committee, Mortuus, Diablerie

The way Black Metal has been stagnating, frustrating and infuriating in recent times, it was almost with a sense of

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BOG BODY – CRYONIC CREVASSE CULT (Profound Lore Records)

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 Gerald Robinson Profound Lore Records, Bog Body, Cryonic Crevasse Cult

The uncannily skilful deployment of bass, drums and vocals alone lends Bog Body’s music a disturbing, organic sense of decay

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HELL MILITIA – HOLLOW VOID (Season of Mist Underground Activists)

April 15, 2022August 3, 2022 Gerald Robinson Hell Militia, Season of Mist Underground Activists, Hollow Void

Despite a significant overhaul in personnel and a silence that lasted a decade, Hell Militia returns with a fourth full-length

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DEMONIC TEMPLE – THROUGH THE STARS AND INTO THE ABYSS (Putrid Cult / Dark Horizon Records)

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 Gerald Robinson Putrid Cult, Through the Stars into the Abyss, Demonic Temple, Dark Horizon Records

After the suitably ominous cosmic terror of the brief but unsettling intro that is ‘Nox’, the third Demonic Temple full-length

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