DEATH KARMA – THE HISTORY OF DEATH & BURIAL RITUALS PART I LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
I love the original concept behind Death Karma’s debut full-length, which looks at various occult burial rituals historically practised by
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MALÉFICES – HURLEMORT MLP (Final Agony Records)
This one is only for the insatiable completists and blind Maléfices fanatics out there, of which I am evidently not
Read moreTRUPPENSTURM / THORYBOS – APPROACHING CONFLICT LP (Ván Records)
There’s eleven tracks of decent Black / Death Metal on ‘Approaching Conflict’, with a strong war vibe and theme –
Read moreRHINOCERVS – RH-11 LP (Final Agony Records)
While ‘RH-13’ didn’t quite grab me by the balls the way I’d hoped it would, I still went back into
Read moreA.M.S.G. – THE FORBIDDEN TRANSFORMATION MLP (Profound Lore Records)
‘The Forbidden Transformation’ contains 29 minutes of music on two sides of a 12” record; the title track on Side
Read moreBLACK CILICE – MYSTERIES LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
While still as lo-fi, ghoulish and ghastly as ever, Black Cilice’s third full-length isn’t quite as ferocious and vociferous as
Read moreMARDUK – FRONTSCHWEIN LP (Century Media Records)
Twenty-five years in, Marduk unleash their 13th full-length and the fifth of the Mortuus-on-vocals era – easily the most accomplished
Read moreDARVULIA / SEKTARISM – DARVULIA / SEKTARISM LP (Nuclear War Now!)
And now for something completely different… This collaboration ventures far beyond the confines of Black Metal into territory that is
Read moreCAVERNE – DES TRÉFONDS DU HAUT BOIS LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
I was keen to hear / own a copy of ‘Des Tréfonds Du Haut Bois’ when it was initially released
Read moreFURIA – NOCEL 2LP (Pagan Records)
Furia’s fourth full-length is a belter; an hour of powerful, left-field Black Metal spread across two slabs of black wax,
Read moreNEFANDUS – REALITY CLEAVER LP (Daemon Worship Productions)
The true reality cleaver here is the embarrassing, despicable, abominable eighth and final track, ‘Scorn Of The All-Mind’, which renders
Read moreARCHGOAT – THE APOCALYPTIC TRIUMPHATOR LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
I was resigned to the likelihood that Archgoat would go through the motions for the rest of their recording careers.
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MISÞYRMING – SÖNGVAR ELDS OG ÓREIÐU LP (Fallen Empire Records / Terratur Possessions)
Misþyrming is from Iceland so comparisons with Svartidauði and Sinmara are as inevitable as they are exhausting. Somewhere along the
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OMINOUS RESURRECTION – OMNISCIENT LP (Funeral Industries)
I’m not sure ‘Omniscient’ is quite as mystical or mysterious as the label would have us all believe, but it
Read moreANAL BLASPHEMY – PERVERSIONS OF SATAN LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Unsurprisingly, ‘Perversions Of Satan’ is a sick and twisted ride. But, thankfully, there’s more to Anal Blasphemy’s third (and final,
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