ARCHGOAT – THE LIGHT-DEVOURING DARKNESS PLP (Debemur Morti Productions)
The kids of today. They want all their music piled onto a sleek hard drive, primed for mass consumption. They
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BATTLE DAGORATH – ANCIENT WRAITH (Cold Dimensions)
I was really intrigued when this Californian horde surfaced on Cold Dimensions, an essentially German Black Metal label in every
Read moreBARGHEST – BARGHEST LP (Gilead Media)
One of the first things I always wonder when I discover a new Black Metal band is where they come
Read moreINQUISITOR – THE QUANTUM THEORY OF ID (Forgotten Path)
Avant-garde Black Metal? What is that anyway? I’m not sure. And I don’t want to know. The concept makes me
Read moreVARGANOCTE – ALS DIE NACHT ANBRACH (Thor’s Hammer Productions)
Here’s one for the underground Black Metal maniacs out there! This cassette was unleashed earlier this year and it looks
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CRAFT – Void (Carnal Records) 555/666 EXORDIUM – In Wrath Principle LP (Northern Heritage) 555/666 KADOTUS – Vaienneet Temppelit (Werewolf
Read moreFALSE – UNTITLED EP (Gilead Media / Howling Mine)
Gilead Media is on a red-hot streak at the moment so no surprise to discover they have unearthed another black-encrusted
Read moreASH BORER – ASH BORER LP (Pesanta Urfolk)
I was a bit slow on the uptake with Ash Borer, only discovering them rather belatedly through their exceptional split
Read moreGOATMOON – VARJOT (Werewolf Records)
This one is pretty disappointing. Having been blown away by the Finns’ stellar contributions to recent split releases in collaboration
Read moreAZAZEL / GOATMOON – SPLIT LP (Werewolf Records)
I knew this all-Finnish collaboration was going to be something special so I just had to buy it. The main
Read moreARGANORK – DUSIOS (Ancestrale Production)
Arganork is the Black Metal face of schizophrenic French extreme metal merchant Satyriasis Demonius von Nettesheim, also of Death Metal
Read moreOV HOLLOWNESS – DRAWN TO DESCEND (Hypnotic Dirge Records)
The first song on this album, ‘Old And Colder’, did nothing for me at all but thankfully ‘Drawn To Descend’
Read moreNUNFUCKRITUAL – IN BONDAGE TO THE SERPENT (Debemur Morti Productions)
The 74th release on French label Debemur Morti Productions is going to be very, very special indeed. “In Bondage To
Read moreSENTIMEN BELTZA – BIZITZA OSOAN ZEHAR SORTU DEN ETSIPENAREN ONDORIOAK (Bubonic / Gorpubelatze)
If a better album has been released this year, then I’ve yet to hear it. As well as being quite
Read moreLYTHANY / VULTO – RITUAL DE PRIVACAO (Discipline)
This was released nearly two years ago, but it’s timeless. I’ve had it a while but decided to give it
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