HUMAN 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
Read moreTHANTIFAXATH – VOID MASQUERADING AS MATTER MLP (Dark Descent Records)
I think it would be accurate to suggest that Thantifaxath is not your everyday Black Metal band. The anonymous Canadian
Read moreXAOS OBLIVION – RITUALS FROM THE COLD GRAVE LP (Lower Silesian Stronghold / Heidenwut Productions)
In the true spirit of obscure underground Black Metal, Xaos Oblivion has operated for a decade under the cover of
Read moreTCHORNOBOG – TCHORNOBOG 2LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Tchornobog’s self-titled debut full-length is an extraordinary work of art that really comes to life in the glorious double-vinyl format.
Read moreKALMANKANTAJA – VIIMEINEN VIRSI LP (Purity Through Fire / Hammerbund)
Epic, sad, melodic and full of longing, ‘Viimeinen Virsi’ is one of four full-lengths that were released by Kalmankantaja during
Read moreAKERCOCKE – RENAISSANCE IN EXTREMIS 2LP (Peaceville Records)
Akercocke have some terrific albums but ‘Renaissance In Extremis’ isn’t one of them. Why any band wants to merge Death
Read moreDARKTHRONE – ARCTIC THUNDER LP (Peaceville Records)
It’s staggering to think that ‘Arctic Thunder’ is Darkthrone’s 17th full-length. Even though by no means my favourite, this band
Read moreAOSOTH – V: THE INSIDE SCRIPTURES LP (Agonia Records)
Aosoth’s fifth and final strike is a monstrous slab of murky Black Metal disdainfully forced through a decidedly Death Metal
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HORNA – ENVAATNAGS EFLOS SOLF ESGANTAAVNE 2LP (Blut & Eisen Productions)
Horna’s 2004 full-length, ‘Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne’, truly epitomises everything that’s so exceptional about these Finnish stalwarts, encapsulating the bleak
Read moreBLATTARIA – BLATTARIA LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Blattaria is the scientific name for cockroach and a routine perusal of the lyrics included on the insert of this
Read moreARCKANUM – DEN FÖRSTFÖDDE LP (Folter Records)
Arckanum is dead. After delivering truly unique, visionary, chaos-gnostic Black Metal of the very highest calibre over a mere quarter
Read moreORDER OF DARKNESS – UNTITLED LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
This first surfaced in 2016 on a cassette limited to just 50 units and was disinterred in December by IBP
Read moreCHAMBRE FROIDE – ROUGES CHAPELLES LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Amid the clamour for the latest and rarest releases from Skjold and Final Agony and GoatowaRex and Ancient Records and
Read moreVAAL – GEESTEN VAN DE VERLORENEN LP (New Era Productions)
Here’s half an hour of premier, primitive, hateful Black Metal from the Netherlands. ‘Geesten Van De Verlorenen’ is a shrill,
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