PROCLAMATION – ADVENT OF THE BLACK OMEN LP (Nuclear War Now! Productions)
During a decade of decadence, defunct bestial Iberian warmongers Proclamation unleashed four monstrous full-lengths, all of which were re-released on
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MONTE PENUMBRA – AS BLADES IN THE FIRMAMENT LP (End All Life Productions / Oration)
Ostensibly a Portuguese-Icelandic alliance thanks to the involvement of one Bjarni Einarsson on drums and Stephen Lockhart (drum recording /
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REBIRTH OF NEFAST / SLIDHR – EX NIHILIO LP (End All Life Productions)
Unleashed upon the pitiful masses all of 13 years ago, ‘Ex Nihilio’ brings together two of Ireland’s most important Black
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IRAE – DANGEROVZ MAGICK ZPELLS FROM THE MESZIAH OF DEATH (Signal Rex)
Something of an outlier or oddity in the vast Irae discography, ‘Dangerovz Magick Zpells From The Mesziah Of Death’ presents
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SPECTRAL WOUND – A DIABOLIC THIRST (Profound Lore Records)
On their superbly-crafted and skilfully-executed third full-length, Spectral Wound celebrate Black Metal’s most essential spirit of decadence, but they have
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ANTAEUS – DE PRINCIPII EVANGELIKUM LP (Osmose Productions)
For whatever reason, I’ve been devoting an ever-increasing amount of my rather scarce listening time to older albums in recent
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ALTARAGE – SUCCUMB (Season of Mist Underground Activists)
First off, to be clear, this is not music, neither in the conventional sense nor in any other way. What
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PESTIS CULTUS – PESTIS CULTUS LP (Signal Rex)
In the three decades that I’ve been listening to Black Metal I don’t remember experiencing a lull like the current
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DIGERDÖDEN – GENOM DÖDENS SVARTA TÖRST LP (New Era Productions)
Another creation conjured from the mind of the inimitable Swartadauthuz, Digerdöden (translated as black death) specialises in swirling, cascading atmospheric
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INFERNO – PARADEIGMA (PHOSPHENES OF APHOTIC ETERNITY) (Debemur Morti Productions)
The second coming of Inferno was initiated on their sixth studio full-length, the magnificent ‘Omniabsence Filled By His Greatness’, which
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IRAE / WØMB / ORDEM SÂTANICA – EXPURGAÇÃO DA IRA PELO VENTRE DE SATANÁS LP (Signal Rex)
Satan has triumphed and the four horsemen have ushered in a new era of darkness. In an otherwise abandoned former
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DEMONOMANTIC – THROUGH THE PATH OF HIS MAJESTY LP (Final Agony Records)
‘Through The Path Of His Majesty’ is one of two albums released by Demonomantic in 2017, hot on the heels
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AZAZEL – JESUS PERVERSIONS LP (Werewolf Records)
Even though ‘Jesus Perversions’ was recorded over a decade ago, the gloriously blasphemous Black Metal vomited forth by Azazel is
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OBROK – OBROK 2LP (Urtod Void / Medieval Prophecy Records)
This self-titled double LP from Obrok (or Оброк) gathers together the mysterious Bulgarian duo’s three obscure rehearsal tapes with a
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DEMONIC SLAUGHTER – COLD DISEASE OF REALITY LP (Hell Is Here Production)
Ungodly Polish entity Demonic Slaughter released its debut full-length, ‘Cold Disease Of Reality’, during the cursed summer of 2009, with
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