VORTEX OF END – ABHORRENT FERVOR (Osmose Productions)
Vortex of End have streamlined and honed their attack on fourth full-length, ‘Abhorrent Fervor’, which delivers a more refined and
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Black Metal Reviews
AZAZEL – AEGRUM SATANAS TECUM (Primitive Reaction)
The creepy nocturnal woodland calling of ‘Invocation (Hail the Ancient Ones)’ sets the scene perfectly for Azazel’s Christ-crushing third full-length,
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RITUAL DEATH – LORD OF THE TOMB LP (Terratur Possessions)
‘Lord of the Tomb’ gathers together in chronological order all previously-released Ritual Death material, beginning with the self-titled 7” EP
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SUNWHEEL – IRON AGE OF STRIFE (Militant Zone)
Short instrumental ‘Clouds of War Gather’ ominously announces the return of Sunwheel and the belligerent demonstration of defiance that is
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SORGUINAZIA – NEGATION OF DELIRIUM (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Existentially warped and spiritually dislocated, ‘Negation of Delirium’, the debut full-length from obscure, unorthodox raw Black Metal deviants Sorguinazia is
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LVCIFYRE – THE BROKEN SEAL (Dark Descent Records / Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
With swarming, virulent, ominous intent, the opening pact ‘Gods Await Us’ rages forth manically to signal the cursed return of
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MANNVEIRA – VÍTAHRINGUR (Dark Descent Records)
Desolation and darkness permeate every nihilistic note and pained shriek of Mannveira’s debut full-length, ‘Vítahringur’, which oozes oppressive discontentment across
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CAVERNE – LA FIN DE TOUS LES CHANTS (Résilience)
Deeply connected to the earth, the ancient ways and an aspect of humanity that is disappearing more and more with
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MALGÖTH – GLORY THROUGH SAVAGERY (Iron Bonehead Productions)
There are no niceties or nuances deployed to alleviate the relentless aural assault that is Malgöth’s utterly ravenous and insatiable
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BLOOD RED FOG – VAMPIR (Zazen Sounds / Deviant Records)
With ‘Vampir’, Blood Red Fog escort us on an unlikely and welcome journey back to their embryonic era, disinterring from
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CULTUM INTERITUM – VENERATION OF THE NEW DAWN (Godz Ov War Productions)
Despite the wondrous nature of debut full-length, ‘Poison Of Being’, Cultum Interitum remains very much embedded in the deepest trenches
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VALAIS – VALAIS (Signal Rex)
From the totalitarian dump that is Ireland appears without warning a fierce new force spewing a novel strain of deranged
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ANTEDILUVIAN – THE DIVINE PUNISHMENT (Nuclear War Now!)
It has been a frustratingly-long wait but eight years on from ‘λόγος’, Antediluvian have finally delivered their monstrous, depraved third
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MOON ORACLE – MUSE OF THE NIGHTSIDE (Bestial Burst / Signal Rex)
The debut Moon Oracle full-length, ‘Muse Of The Nightside’, is just what the doctor ordered in what has to date
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MURMÚRIO – WAMPYRIC KIMERA LP (ASRAR)
Listening to the second Murmúrio full-length, ‘Wampyric Kimera’, is a decidedly disorientating, discombobulating experience, befitting the times that are in
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