RIDE FOR REVENGE – ENTER THE GAUNTLET 2LP (Bestial Burst / Northern Heritage)
It’s easy to review a Ride For Revenge LP so I will keep it short and sweet. ‘Enter The Gauntlet’
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Black Metal Reviews
URFAUST – APPARITIONS MLP (Ván Records)
Musically, Urfaust’s connection to Black Metal is probably only tenuous at best. Their sound is for the most part far
Read moreZOM – FLESH ASSIMILATION LP (Invictus Productions)
The first thing that jumps out at me regarding the vinyl incarnation of ‘Flesh Assimilation’ is the thought and creativity
Read moreNORDVREDE – CONFRONTATION LP (Darker Than Black Records)
The vinyl issue – and only edition currently available – of Nordvrede’s fifth full-length comes cased within a heavy gatefold
Read moreILL OMEN – REMNANT SPHERES OF SPIRITUAL EQUILIBRIUM EP (Nuclear War Now!)
This four-track EP (37 minutes – longer than some albums!), originally issued on cassette in early 2013, was given the
Read moreMORDAEHOTH – LIMBURGIAN PAGAN MADNESS LP (New Era Productions / Heidens Hart Records)
This is one of those cool underground releases that is – ostensibly at least – strictly for the fans. I’m
Read moreVÖEDTÆMHTËHACTÅTT / NEKROKRIST SS – I AM THE CHAOS, THE ABYSS AND THE GLOOM LP (Darker Than Black Records)
On the very same day as this, Vöedtæmhtëhactått’s collaboration with Nekrokrist SS also surfaced on vinyl. We get pretty much
Read moreVÖEDTÆMHTËHACTÅTT / MAQUAHUITL – WITHOUT VEILS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS LP (Darker Than Black Records)
On ‘Without Veils Of Righteousness’, the unpronounceable pair Vöedtæmhtëhactått and Maquahuitl each offer forth four cuts of raw, primitive and
Read moreHIC IACET – THE COSMIC TRANCE INTO THE VOID LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
I’ve been spinning Hic Iacet’s debut full-length ‘The Cosmic Trance Into The Void’ on a semi-regular basis (busy, busy, busy…)
Read moreFHOI MYORE / WYRMS – LES LIMBES POURPRES / MEHXÔHORR – LES IV DIMENSIONS COSMOGONIQUES LP (Ossuaire Records)
Regular readers will know that I’ve been keeping an eye on Fhoi Myore for quite some time, having previously given
Read moreESOTERICA – ASEITY LP (Duplicate Records)
Esoterica is one of those artists somehow preordained to forever fly beneath the radar. While some bands (more often than
Read moreDOOMBRINGER – THE GRAND SABBATH LP (Nuclear War Now!)
‘The Grand Sabbath’ has a lot going for it: for starters, Doombringer’s debut full-length boasts an interestingly-varied vocal approach (which
Read moreDEVOURING STAR – THROUGH LUNG AND HEART LP (Daemon Worship Productions)
Dissonance is very much the name of the Devouring Star game. And it would definitely be an oversight to review
Read moreNIGHTBRINGER – EGO DOMINUS TUUS 2LP (Daemon Worship Productions)
Wow!: seventy-two minutes of prime esoteric Black Metal spread across two slabs of black wax encased in a spectacular, heavy-duty
Read moreNIGHTBRINGER – EMANATION LP (Daemon Worship Productions)
Initially conceived on humble CD five years ago, ‘Emanation’ collates six rare / demo tracks from the earliest incarnation of
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