CULT OF FIRE – मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
‘मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान’ or ‘Ascetic Meditation Of Death’ is a truly spectacular slab of transcendental, esoteric, occult, spiritual Black
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AYTNACHR – HATEFUL BLACK BEING LP (Final Agony Records)
Harrowing, intense, tortured, tormented and strained are adjectives I would use to describe Aytnachr’s debut full-length, the aptly-christened ‘Hateful Black
Read moreMORDAVIA – MORTAL (self-released)
Out of Melbourne, Australia comes this obscure one-man project fronted by an entity who has rather cheerfully chosen to call
Read moreTOMHET – SAMBLADE SOTKVÆDEN 2MC (Altare Productions)
Truth be known, I’m not the world’s biggest fan of the cassette format but tapes are a staple diet of
Read moreVOLAHN / TUKAARIA – SPLIT (Crepúsculo Negro / Rhinocervs)
This tape is a total insult and I have returned from semi-retirement to express my disgust. How two labels can
Read moreSVART CROWN – PROFANE LP (Listenable Records)
Although the label has unquestionably unleashed some fantastic Death Metal – most notably from Immolation and Incantation – I wouldn’t
Read moreI SHALT BECOME – LOUISIANA VOODOO (Inspired Hate Records)
While I (think I) enjoyed the first two or three full-lengths released by I Shalt Become (if memory serves me
Read moreSARKOM – DOOMSDAY ELITE (Dark Essence Records)
Solid. That’s the word that best describes Sarkom’s third full-length venture, ‘Doomsday Elite’. Without ever being spectacular or mandatory, this
Read moreNEKROKRIST SS – DER TODESKING LP (Primitive Reaction)
This is one of those albums that could be easily dismissed by persons who don’t truly love and appreciate Black
Read moreETERNUM – VEIL OF ANCIENT DARKNESS LP (Dark Adversary Productions / Darker Than Black Records)
This is pretty much the only record I’ve been listening to for the past week or so. There are two
Read moreILDJARN / HATE FOREST – THOSE ONCE MIGHTY FALLEN 2LP (Osmose Productions)
This split album comes as a welcome surprise. Both these acts have ceased to be, so the excavation of lost
Read moreINCURSUS – ADAESTUO MLP (Forever Plagued Records)
‘Adaestuo’ is only 21 minutes long but it still manages to convey emphatically just how exceptional an entity Incursus is.
Read moreNECROMASS – CALIX. UTERO. BABALON LP (Funeral Industries)
‘Calix. Utero. Babalon’ arrives a whopping 17 years after cult horde Necromass’ previous full-length, ‘Abyss Calls Life’ – but this
Read morePROSANCTUS INFERI – NOCTAMBULOUS JAWS WITHIN SEMPITERNAL NIGHT LP (Nuclear War Now!)
I purchased ‘Noctambulous Jaws Within Sempiternal Night’ with a confidence bordering on arrogance. Having read some great things about Prosanctus
Read moreCHRISTICIDE – UPHEAVAL OF THE SOUL LP (Of Crawling Shadows)
Here is proof that initial impressions are not always correct / reliable. My first thought regarding Christicide was ‘what a
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