MEFITIC – WOES OF MORTAL DEVOTION LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Mefitic from Italy play a swirling, murky, lo-fi hybrid of Black and Death Metal. Their debut album, ‘Woes Of Mortal
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HERMÓÐR – KRIGSTID LP (Amor Fati Productions)
Even though Hermóðr‘s output on sophomore full-length, ‘Krigstid’, can only just about be described as Black Metal, with the acoustic-based
Read moreAKROTHEISM – BEHOLD THE SON OF PLAGUES LP (Odium Records / III Damnation Productions)
Some records are just destined to forever fly beneath the radar. And when the radar in question is the Black
Read moreSVARTIÐAUDI – LIVE AT THE VOODOO LOUNGE, DUBLIN (October 31st, 2015)
I was fortunate enough to attend the inaugural The Fires Of Samhain festival in the Irish capital last weekend, which
Read moreARIZMENDA – STILLBIRTH IN THE TEMPLE OF VENUS 2LP (Androgony Whore)
These records constitute an incredible labour of love from the one-man maniac that is Arizmenda. The vinyl edition of ‘Stillbirth
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OSCULUM INFAME – CONSUMING THE METATRON MLP (Battlesk’rs Productions)
As we waited patiently for the follow-up to the acclaimed ‘Dor-nu-Fauglith’, French Black Metal luminaries Osculum Infame issued a fantastic
Read moreLLUVIA – ETERNIDAD SOLEMNE LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Since heartily digesting the excellent debut full-length, ‘Premonicion De Guerra’, I’ve come to learn that Lluvia is Spanish for rain.
Read moreKULT OF TAURUS – ADVERSARIAL PATHS: THE SINISTER ESSENCE LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Kult Of Taurus’s second full-length has been issued on CD by Forever Plagued and on record by the ever-dependable Iron
Read moreLVXCÆLIS – THE WATCHERS LP (Lamech Records)
LvxCælis return with their second full-length and, even though I’m not a huge fan of the almost operatic clean vocals
Read moreRUHO – PATHWAYS THROUGH FLESH LP (Final Agony Records / Triumph Of Death)
Seven songs; 40 minutes of one-man Black Metal from Finland. Needless to say, I had high expectations for Ruho’s debut
Read moreSATURNIAN MIST – CHAOS MAGICK LP (Saturnal Records)
There’s one song on ‘Gnostikoi Ha-Shaitan’ that completely ruins Saturnian Mist’s debut full-length as a listening experience for me personally.
Read moreADVERSARIAL – DEATH, ENDLESS NOTHING AND THE BLACK KNIFE OF NIHILISM LP (Dark Descent Records)
If there’s a better record released this year than Adversarial’s crushing sophomore, ‘Death, Endless Nothing And The Black Knife Of
Read moreMOONBLOOD – FROM HELL – THE YEARS OF HERESY 1994-1999 BOXSET (Iron Bonehead Productions)
I’m sure you already know of this amazing vinyl boxset anthology from almost two years ago(!), which features three 12”
Read moreGNOSIS – THE THIRD-EYE GATE LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Gnosis hail from Florida, not Hellas; but listening to their debut full-length, ‘The Third-Eye Gate’, it would easy to make
Read moreHYPOTHERMIA – SVARTKONST LP (Agonia Records)
‘Svartkonst’ translates from Swedish to English – very loosely – as ‘Smartcunts’. I’ve always been a fan of Hypothermia and
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