SATANIC WARMASTER – STRENGTH AND HONOUR LP (Northern Heritage)
Northern Heritage is in the process of reissuing some of the harder-to-get albums from its back catalogue. Amongst these is
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ORDINANCE – RELINQUISHMENT 2LP (Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions)
It would be fair to say that Ordinance is not your everyday Black Metal duo (whatever that might be). When
Read moreMORTUUS – GRAPE OF THE VINE LP (The Ajna Offensive)
Abandon all hope ye who enter here. Not that Black Metal fanatics have much hope to begin with. If you
Read moreNASHEIM – SOLENS VEMOD LP (Northern Silence Productions)
Nasheim’s take on Black Metal is sorrowful, majestic, clean, polished, and über-melodic. If you’re seeking raw and grim, lo-fi aggression,
Read moreWULKANAZ – KAOSNÅJD LP (Altare Productions)
The initial twang of disappointment encountered upon learning that ‘Kaosnåjd’ wasn’t in fact a new full-length proper dissipated as soon
Read moreA.M.S.G. – ANTI-COSMIC TYRANNY LP (Graceless Recordings)
This is the ultimate edition of A.M.S.G.’s debut full-length, packaged within not one but two covers and boasting a fabulous
Read moreMALSAINT – ANTI ISLAMIST PROSELYTISM LP (Hass Weg Productions)
On one hand, ‘Anti Islamist Proselytism’ is just another Black Metal record; solid but unremarkable in many ways. It’s largely
Read moreBLUT AUS NORD / P.H.O.B.O.S. – TRIUNITY LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
This all-French collaboration is hardly surprising seeing as P.H.O.B.O.S. released his debut album, ‘Tectonics’ on the now-defunct Appease Me Records
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SARGEIST – FEEDING THE CRAWLING SHADOWS LP (World Terror Committee)
Despite not quite falling in love with ‘Let The Devil In’, I never lost faith in Sargeist and that faith
Read moreAZELISASSATH – EVIL MANIFESTATIONS AGAINST MANKIND LP (Darker Than Black Records)
Some albums arrive like a bolt from the fucking blue. Without neither warning, fanfare nor hype; like a bad dream.
Read moreHÄDANFÄRD – AVOGHETENS BESVÄRTADE ÅKALLELSER LP (Mysticism Productions)
Hädanfärd’s ‘Avoghetens Besvärtade Åkallelser’ is the third of the trio of records released simultaneously by Mysticism Productions recently and it
Read moreFUNEREUS – ……RETURN OF THE OLD GOAT (Forever Plagued Records)
Not sure what the six dots are all about, but ‘……Return Of The Old Goat’ comprises seven cuts of blazing,
Read moreMOLOCH / KRIEG – SPLIT LP (Aphelion Productions)
This vinyl-only (I know, they always say this…) release is an interesting proposition as it features exclusive, brand-new material from
Read moreGRUDOM – FJØLKYNGI LP (Mysticism Productions)
Grudom is a very obscure and low-key (even by Black Metal standards) entity from Denmark and I’m not sure whether
Read moreILL OMEN – ENTHRONING THE BONDS OF ABHORRENCE 2LP (Nuclear War Now!)
‘Enthroning The Bonds Of Abhorrence’ is a crushing experience. Haunting, ethereal Black Metal imbued with the desperate pathos and hopeless
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