SAPTHURAN – TO THE EDGE OF LAND (God Is Myth Records)
Five years have passed since I originally wrote this review. Enjoy the resurrection: Boasting five manifestations of raw USBM nestling
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KHORS – RETURN TO ABANDONED (Paragon Records)
What we have here is melodic pagan Black Metal with some astral leanings. Prog metal, maybe. I’m sure it’s not
Read moreTHRALL – AWAY FROM THE HAUNTS OF MEN (Total Holocaust Records)
‘Away From The Haunts Of Men’ is a very good Black Metal album from a band with a crap name.
Read moreCOBALT – EATER OF BIRDS (Profound Lore Records)
All I knew about Cobalt before clapping ears on ‘Eater Of Birds’ way back in 2007 was that the Colorado
Read moreDRAUGURZ / WOODSMARCH – SPLIT CD (Einsatzkommando Productions)
I discovered Draugurz while listening to his superb ‘A Yell From The Past’ collection. The magick on that release was
Read moreESSENZ – KVIITIIVZ – Beschwörung des Unaussprechlichen (Amor Fati Productions)
‘KVIITIIVZ – Beschwörung des Unaussprechlichen’ is the debut full-length from Essenz, a truly obscure German Black Metal triumvirate who peddle
Read moreBROCKEN MOON – HOFFNUNGSLOS (Northern Silence Productions)
Even before this release, I was a fan of Brocken Moon; I believe history has judged them rather harshly. They
Read moreARCKANUM – SVIGA LAE (Regain Records)
After a decade of almost total silence, Arckanum returned to the studio in 2008 and unleashed the excellent ‘Antikosmos’, followed
Read moreURFAUST – DER FREIWILLIGE BETTLER LP (Ván Records)
Urfaust emits some of the most unusual Black Metal out there and nowhere has this ever been more apparent than
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SARGEIST – LET THE DEVIL IN LP (World Terror Committee)
With members of Horna and Behexen on board, Sargeist is clearly something very special indeed. The follow-up to 2005’s magnificent
Read moreVARGNATT – NUR EIN TRAUM LP (Lycaner Records)
‘Nur Ein Traum’ is one of two demos leaked into the underground by unknown German horde Vargnatt in 2007 (the
Read moreSENTIMEN BELTZA – OLABEZARKO BASOEN BAKARDADEA (Bubonic Productions / Thor’s Hammer Productions)
As an Irish Republican at heart, I’ve always had a soft spot for the Basque region. So, naturally, when a
Read moreWINTERBLUT – VON DEN PFLICHTEN SCHONES ZU VERNICHTEN 2LP (Nuclear War Now)
A lot of one-man Black Metal bands impress me more than words can say; Winterblut is such a phenomenon. The
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CLANDESTINE BLAZE – FALLING MONUMENTS (Northern Heritage Records)
Black Metal by the people for the people and of the people. All the way from Lahti, Finland, Clandestine Blaze
Read moreGOATMOON / DEAD REPTILE SHRINE – WINTERFOREST LP (Bestial Burst)
I bought this all-Finnish collaboration because I’ve been impressed by Dead Reptile Shrine’s previous work, but it’s Goatmoon who steal
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