MYSTRUIN – GÅNGET ÄRO LJUSET LP (Amor Fati Productions)
The vinyl edition of Mystruin’s debut full-length ‘Gånget Äro Ljuset’ looks resplendent and the enclosed booklet with artwork and lyrics
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BEKËTH NEXËHMÜ – DE SVARTA RITERNA LP (Mysticism Productions)
On the back of the record sleeve it is stressed that Bekëth Nexëhmü’s 2013 demo ‘De Svarta Riterna’ is not
Read moreBALMOG – TESTIMONY OF THE ABOMINABLE LP (Bloody Productions)
On their stellar debut full-length, ‘Testimony Of The Abominable’, which first saw the light of day on CD two summers
Read moreHÅLVÄG – HÅLVÄG (Darker Than Black Records)
Hålväg’s self-titled debut full-length arrived amid neither fanfare nor hype last summer and I decided that I was going to
Read moreBLACK CILICE – OLD CURSES 2LP (Dead Section Records)
Collating all of Black Cilice’s painfully-limited demo releases onto two slabs of black wax, ‘Old Curses’ delivers a staggering 21
Read moreVILKACIS – THE FEVER OF WAR EP (Dead Section Records)
This is a 12” edition of the 33-minute long Vilkacis debut EP originally released by Psychic Violence Records on cassette
Read moreBILSKIRNIR – WOTAN REDIVIVUS LP (Darker Than Black Records)
My long-suffering regular reader (hey, Phil!) will no doubt have detected a (welcome?) slowdown in activity in recent weeks and
Read moreVETALA – THE LORD OF ETERNITY LP (Altare Productions)
Sickeningly, there is an increasing number of so-called Black Metal bands who seem to place more emphasis on being the
Read moreORLOK – BLACK FUNERAL HOLOCAUST LP (Final Agony Records)
Somewhere along the way, the true meaning of Black Metal has been lost. It was never about who can sell
Read moreNUCLEARHAMMER – SERPENTINE HERMETIC LUCIFER 2LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Canadian clusterfuckers Nuclearhammer share a member with Adversarial and their logo was drawn by the guitarist / vocalist from Antediluvian,
Read moreTERATISM – VIA NEGATIVA 2LP (Behold Barbarity)
Teratism’s fourth full-length was released four years ago but only recently received the double-vinyl treatment. The records come in a
Read moreXASTHUR / ACID ENEMA – SPLIT LP (Essential Purification Records / Avantgarde Music)
I was a big fan of Xasthur back in the day so it was great to hear that the splits
Read moreTLILTIC TLAPOYAUAK – BLACK TWILIGHT CIRCLE COMPILATION 3LP (The Ajna Offensive)
Simply put, this is one of the most awesome new releases in my collection. It has taken me a long,
Read moreSWARÞ – OMINES PESTILENTIAE 2LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Swarþ (or Swarth) is shrouded in mystery as the band’s members are unknown; even their nationalities are kept under wraps.
Read morePARAMNESIA – PARAMNESIA LP (Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions)
A monkey could probably write this review. Paramnesia from France plays pretty much exactly the same strain of Black Metal
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