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APOGEION – ASTROLATRIA I: INITIATIO. (Northern Heritage Records)

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Gerald Robinson Northern Heritage Records, Apogeion, Astrolatria I: Initiatio.

I was tempted to observe that Northern Heritage is on a rich run of form right now but in fairness

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FUNERAL WINDS – STIGMATA MALI (Osmose Productions)

February 2, 2023November 27, 2023 Gerald Robinson Osmose Productions, Funeral Winds, Stigmata Mali

No respite from Funeral Winds. If anything, the ferocious offensive against the holy trinity is becoming more fearsome with the

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NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE – CLANDESTINE THEURGY (Hells Headbangers Records)

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Gerald Robinson Hells Headbangers Records, Clandestine Theurgy, Nocturnal Departure

Ghastly ghoulish growls and soul-shredding shrieks of the damned vie for supremacy on the scathing surface of ‘Clandestine Theurgy’, the

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MINENWERFER – FEUERWALZE (Osmose Productions)

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Gerald Robinson Osmose Productions, Minenwerfer, Feuerwalze

After four years (fittingly) of quiet on the western front, Californian warmongers Minenwerfer return with a fresh and devastating wave

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KRINGA – ALL STILLBORN FIRES, LICK MY HEART (Terratur Possessions)

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Gerald Robinson Terratur Possessions, Kringa, All Stillborn Fires Lick My Heart

Casting seven sorcerous spells from the godforsaken outpost that is the eastern realm, the inimitable, trailblazing channellers of outlandish auditory

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OBSKURITATEM – AROGANTNI NIHILIZAM 2LP (Black Gangrene Productions)

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 Gerald Robinson Black Gangrene Productions, Arogantni nihilizam, Obskuritatem

In these inane times of instant gratification and ever-diminishing attention spans, where the masses of docile human cattle are too

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NÉCROPOLE – YOGA (Northern Heritage Records)

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Gerald Robinson Nécropole, Northern Heritage Records, Yoga

I feared Amertume might drop completely off-grid (in terms of releasing new music) after laying Caverne to rest with the

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NOENUM – HERESIARCH (Northern Heritage Records)

January 3, 2023January 5, 2023 Gerald Robinson Heresiarch, Northern Heritage Records, Noenum

Noenum delivers a delirious dose of glorious, majestic, arcane Black Metal mercury on debut full-length, ‘Heresiarch’. What the Finnish duo

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HATE FOREST – INNERMOST (Osmose Productions)

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022 Gerald Robinson Hate Forest, Osmose Productions, Innermost

Hate Forest is an institution in itself and each new release from Black Metal’s most notorious history teacher constitutes an

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BLACK DEATH CULT – DIASPORA LP (Profound Lore Records)

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 Gerald Robinson Profound Lore Records, Diaspora, Black Death Cult

Black / Death Metal doesn’t get much more surreal and out there than Black Death Cult’s frankly deranged second fantastical

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MISÞYRMING – MEÐ HAMRI (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 Gerald Robinson Norma Evangelium Diaboli, Misþyrming, Með hamri

Contemplating the essence and linearity or otherwise of the glass-ceiling-breaking third Misþyrming full-length ‘Með hamri’, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr’s oft-quoted observation

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SATANIC WARMASTER / CLANDESTINE BLAZE – CLANDESTINE BLAZE / SATANIC WARMASTER LP (Northern Heritage Records)

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 Gerald Robinson Clandestine Blaze, Satanic Warmaster, Northern Heritage Records, Clandestine Blaze / Satanic Warmaster’

Twenty years ago, Mikko Aspa and Werwolf joined forces to create one of the Black Metal underground’s truly great split

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THY DARKENED SHADE / AMESTIGON / INCONCESSUS LUX LUCIS / SHAARIMOTH – SAMAELILITH: A CONJUNCTION OF THE FIREBORN 2LP (World Terror Committee)

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 Gerald Robinson World Terror Committee, Thy Darkened Shade, Shaarimoth, SamaeLilith: A Conjunction of the Fireborn, Inconcessus Lux Lucis, Amestigon

The cursed history of Black Metal is embellished with many outstanding examples of exceptional splits and the immense four-way collaboration

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DIABOLI – PAGAN GODS RISE (Darker Than Black Records)

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Gerald Robinson Diaboli, Darker Than Black Records, Pagan Gods Rise

Arriving without warning, the ninth full-length recording of cult Finnish force Diaboli marks 30 years of spreading uncompromising underground art

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FÖRGJORD – RUUMISSAARNA PT. I (Werewolf Records)

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Gerald Robinson Werewolf Records, Förgjord, Ruumissaarna Pt. I

Förgjord’s forensic exploration of the darkest aspects of humanity continues unabated on sixth full-length, ‘Ruumissaarna Pt. I’, where conceptual mastermind

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