BESTIA ARCANA – HOLÓKAUSTON LP (Dark Descent Records)
Bestia Arcana returned with another swirling, chaotic maelstrom of intangible, indecipherable, ferocious pitch black malevolence; four epic statements heralding an
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KNOKKELKLANG – JEG BEGRAVER LP (Terratur Possessions)
Knokkelklang’s debut full-length is a delightful listen. At once unnerving and unsettling, ‘Jeg Begraver’ is reassuring and life-affirming in its
Read moreORGY OF CARRION – BLOOD WASHED AWAY THE GRAVE PURITY LP (Skjold)
Notwithstanding the frankly tiresome and dubious shenanigans of a label that seems hellbent on frustrating the fuck out of genuine
Read moreALTAR OF PERVERSION – INTRA NAOS 3LP (The Ajna Offensive / Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
The average running time of the six tracks on Altar Of Perversion’s second full-length – and first in 17 years
Read moreCULTUS PROFANO – SACRAMENTUM OBSCURUS LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
Before the masses began jockeying injudiciously for acceptance and acclaim on social media and the realities of our existences became
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JASSA – INCARNATION OF THE HIGHER GNOSIS LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Due to my ever-diminishing vocabulary and inadequate intellect, I have no idea whatsoever what an incarnation of the higher gnosis
Read moreSUMMON – PARAZV IL ZILITTV LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Summon’s debut album, ‘Parazv Il Zilittv’, is a pitch-black, disturbing ode to death and demise, a swirling, deranged cacophony of
Read moreTAAKE – KONG VINTER 2LP (Dark Essence Records / Svartekunst Produksjoner)
Hoest has been creating great old-style Norwegian Black Metal under the Taake banner for more than two decades and last
Read moreALMYRKVI – UMBRA LP (Ván Records)
‘Umbra’ showcases the incredible talents of two of the most exceptional musicians in Black Metal right now – band mastermind
Read moreHERESIARCH – DEATH ORDINANCE LP (Dark Descent Records)
Do we really need another Diocletian? Another Witchrist? More chaotic, barbaric brutality from New Zealand? Is there room for such
Read moreNATTFOG – MUSTAN AURINGON RIITTI LP (Hammer Of Hate)
Although Nattfog’s debut full-length is more than six years old, it’s only in the past six months that ‘Mustan Auringon
Read moreDEMONOMANTIC – GRAIL OF DEFORMED EVILNESS LP (Final Agony Records)
I find it almost remarkable that Swartadauþuz – he of Bekëth Nexëhmü, Mystik and Azelisassath – can not alone switch
Read moreKAPALA – INFEST CESSPOOL MLP (Dunkelheit Produktionen)
I decided to display a picture of the etching on Side B because I have little or no time for
Read moreHUMAN SERPENT – FOR I, THE MISANTHROPIST LP (Ogmios Underground)
Greek duo Human Serpent’s second full-length, ‘For I, The Misanthropist’, delivers 36 minutes of thoroughly enjoyable Black Metal – nine
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SARKRISTA – SUMMONERS OF THE SERPENTS WRATH LP (Purity Through Fire)
As well as being apostropheless, ‘Summoners Of The Serpents Wrath’ is a glorious and majestic 50-minute homily to the horned
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