NECROBLOOD – COLLAPSE OF THE HUMAN RACE LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
If you pitched Diocletian, Revenge, Antaeus, Archgoat, ZOM and Portal into a super-Satanic blender and pulverised the contents together to
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HARVEST GULGALTHA – ALTARS OF DEVOTION LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Listening to ‘Altars Of Devotion’, it sounds almost like Harvest Gulgaltha are in my living room hammering out the tracks
Read moreAZELISASSATH – TOTAL DESECRATION OF EXISTENCE LP (Nordisk Kultur)
Azelisassath’s third full-length, ‘Total Desecration Of Existence’, is more depressive content-wise than I recall the first two offerings (‘In Total
Read moreTROLLDOM – AV GUDABLOD RÖD… LP (Nordisk Kultur)
This one is from the enigmatic Ancient Records stable although, for some reason, it’s credited as an independent release rather
Read moreBESTIAL RAIDS – MASTER SATAN’S WITCHERY LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Raucous, pummeling and heavier than a hippo’s balls, Bestial Raids are all about unsophisticated, puerile, subtle-as-a-sledgehammer, bestial, warmongering Black /
Read morePREDATORY LIGHT – PREDATORY LIGHT LP (Invictus Productions / Psychic Violence Records)
I was pretty sure I already reviewed Predatory Light’s split with Vorde but, seeing as I can’t find any trace
Read moreORDER OF DARKNESS – VREJ LP (Altare Productions)
Raw Black Metal has never been in ruder health and, with ‘Vrej’, the dying-earth-scouring Altare Productions has come up with
Read moreRHINOCERVS – RH-07 MLP (Final Agony Records)
This is the third of the much-coveted and hyped Rhinocervs tapes to get the vinyl treatment and I am pretty
Read moreLIBER NULL – I, THE SERPENT LP (Osmose Productions)
Even though it is, to all intents and purposes, shamelessly derivative and at times comes across like a poor man’s
Read moreWULKANAZ – PARALYS LP (Helter Skelter Productions)
Wulkanaz is one of those artists I can’t get enough of, so ‘Paralys’ was inevitably going to find a place
Read moreCHHINNAMASTA VAJRA-SARPA MLP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Chhinnamasta’s debut release, the one-sided MLP, “Vajra-Sarpa”, is quite a short shock – featuring just over 20 minutes of raw-ish
Read moreTURIA – DEDE KONDRE LP (Altare Productions)
With its jangling, uplifting, almost triumphant tones complemented by pained shrieks and forlorn lamentations, Turia’s second full-length, ‘Dede Kondre’, is
Read moreDEATH WORSHIP – EXTERMINATION MASS MLP (Nuclear War Now!)
Featuring seasoned, craggy, battle-hardened commanders from Revenge, Blasphemy and Conqueror, Death Worship unsurprisingly sounds a lot like Revenge, Conqueror and
Read moreASH BORER – THE IRREPASSABLE GATE 2LP (Profound Lore Records)
I was fortunate enough to see Ash Borer play live in a small barroom in Dublin last night, with just
Read moreWHITE MEDAL – LYKE WAKE LP (Darker Than Black Records / Legion Blotan Records & Distribution)
White Medal’s second full-length, ‘Lyke Wake’, is really fantastic from start to finish. George Proctor has been responsible for some
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