MGŁA – WITH HEARTS TOWARD NONE LP (Northern Heritage)
While the quality quotient was consistently high, I found that previous Mgła releases were always very short – and therefore
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Black Metal Reviews
GGUW – GEGEN GRAVITATION UND WILLENSFREIHEIT EP (self-released)
While I’m normally not mad gone on reviewing EPs, I’m quite happy to make an exception for ‘Gegen Gravitation und
Read moreNATTFOG – MUSTAN AURINGON RIITTI (Hammer of Hate)
Every now and then an album comes along that is just undeniably brilliant. An album that is so easy to
Read moreANKOU AWAITS – CROG BUIDHE (The Path Less Traveled Records)
Ankou Awaits’ debut full-length ‘Lebor Gabala Erenn’ reached me like a foul stench of fetid air and – a mere
Read moreINTROVERSION – LIDLOS EP (self-released)
I really enjoyed Introversion’s 2011 demo ‘Müde’, so I was grateful when the band kindly posted me a copy of
Read moreSECRETS OF THE MOON – SEVEN BELLS (Lupus Lounge)
Sadly, Secrets of the Moon’s best days appear to be behind them. ‘Seven Bells’ kicks off encouragingly enough with the
Read moreDØDSENGEL – IMPERATOR (Terratur Possessions / Barghest)
It’s a great honour for this website to exclusively reveal that Dødsengel are about to release an astonishing new double
Read moreAMNIS NIHILI – CHRISTOLOGICAL ESCALATION EP (Avantgarde Music)
Normally, I don’t bother with EPs. But these aren’t normal times. And ‘Christological Escalation’ certainly isn’t your everyday release. I
Read moreDRUDKH – ETERNAL TURN OF THE WHEEL (Season of Mist)
Hard to believe this is already Drudkh’s ninth full-length. While for some the law of diminishing returns seems to have
Read moreLUNAR AURORA – HOAGASCHT (Cold Dimensions)
Five years have passed since Lunar Aurora produced one of the greatest Black Metal albums of all time – the
Read moreSEKTEMTUM – AUT CAESAR, AUT NIHIL (Osmose Productions)
Sektemtum is the new band of Meyhna’ch, who you may know from his work with Gestapo 666, the magnificent Hell
Read moreREVERORUM IB MALACHT – URKAOS 2LP + CD (The Ajna Offensive)
I don’t think it’s possible to go any deeper into the underground than this. ‘Urkaos’ is the definitive work of
Read moreINFERIUS TORMENT – CEREMONY OF GODSLAYING (World Terror Committee)
Inferius Torment. Wonder what that means. How can one be tormented inferiusly, with or withoutout an o? I digress; forgive
Read moreNEFARIOUS – THE UNIVERSAL WRATH (Cold Dimensions)
With a trio of exciting new releases on the way, this label is pretty hot right now. Hungarian horde Nefarious
Read moreNASTROND – TOTESLAUT LP (Galgenstrang Productions)
There’s an all-too-apparent dearth of quality new releases coming out these days. Perhaps it’s just a lull in hostilities or
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