MISÞYRMING – MEÐ HAMRI (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
Contemplating the essence and linearity or otherwise of the glass-ceiling-breaking third Misþyrming full-length ‘Með hamri’, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr’s oft-quoted observation
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Black Metal Reviews
SATANIC WARMASTER / CLANDESTINE BLAZE – CLANDESTINE BLAZE / SATANIC WARMASTER LP (Northern Heritage Records)
Twenty years ago, Mikko Aspa and Werwolf joined forces to create one of the Black Metal underground’s truly great split
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THY DARKENED SHADE / AMESTIGON / INCONCESSUS LUX LUCIS / SHAARIMOTH – SAMAELILITH: A CONJUNCTION OF THE FIREBORN 2LP (World Terror Committee)
The cursed history of Black Metal is embellished with many outstanding examples of exceptional splits and the immense four-way collaboration
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DIABOLI – PAGAN GODS RISE (Darker Than Black Records)
Arriving without warning, the ninth full-length recording of cult Finnish force Diaboli marks 30 years of spreading uncompromising underground art
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FÖRGJORD – RUUMISSAARNA PT. I (Werewolf Records)
Förgjord’s forensic exploration of the darkest aspects of humanity continues unabated on sixth full-length, ‘Ruumissaarna Pt. I’, where conceptual mastermind
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RUINS OF NIMRUD – FORGOTTEN REALMS PART I LP (ASRAR)
Dwelling very much in the land of noisy, raw Black Metal, ‘Forgotten Realms Part I’ is technically a demo, apparently,
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HARVEST GULGALTHA – ANCIENT WOODS (Godz ov War Productions)
Fittingly, it is with neither hype nor fanfare that Harvest Gulgaltha re-emerges from the deepest recesses of the underground armed
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RITUAL DEATH – RITUAL DEATH (Regain Records)
Nidrosian necromancy and Satanic servitude abound on Ritual Death’s (appropriately) self-titled full-length, which delivers 32 minutes of Black Metal Terror
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HETROERTZEN – PHOSPHORUS VOL I (Listenable Records)
The crypt reopens and the vampires of Hetroertzen re-merge with a profane decade of new perversions, feasting upon the fruit
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FUNERAL HARVEST – REDEMPTIO (Signal Rex)
The inimitable Wraath lends his decidedly-demonic voice to ‘Fire Sermon’, ‘Principum et Finis’ and ‘The Crimson Night Tide’, and his
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NOCTURNAL SORCERY – THE HOLY LAW IN TOTAL RUIN (Kvlt)
The ever-fertile and -filthy Finnish soil yields another foul blackened crop in the form of ‘The Holy Law in Total
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CULTES DES GHOULES – HENBANE 2LP (Hells Headbangers)
The relentless march of time can be either cruel or kind to music. In the case of Cultes Des Ghoules’
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DEATHSPELL OMEGA – THE LONG DEFEAT LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
The third era of Deathspell Omega commences with ‘The Long Defeat’, which contains a curveball or ten and is a
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BLOOD CHALICE – THE BLASPHEMOUS PSALMS OF CANNIBALISM (Werewolf Records)
Packed to the bursting brim with copious overflows of ferocious, uncompromising Black / Death, Blood Chalice’s second full-length, ‘The Blasphemous
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MARE – EBONY TOWER LP (Terratur Possessions)
There is a reason why – despite decidedly limited studio activity during their nigh-on-20-years of existence – Mare is one
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