EMBRACE OF THORNS – SCORN AESTHETICS LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Embrace Of Thorns’ fifth full-length is a pummelling maelstrom of Blackened Death Metal that largely eschews variety, embellishment and beautification
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GRAVE UPHEAVAL – (UNTITLED) 2LP (Nuclear War Now!)
More cavernous, atonal, speaker-unfriendly rumbling emanations from the bottomless pit of damnation are the order of the day on Grave
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MYLINGAR – DÖDA DRÖMMAR LP (Amor Fati Productions / Vigor Deconstruct)
Mylingar is a destructive Swedish force delivering punishing, suffocating, chaotic Black / Death carnage in the vein of Portal, Altarage,
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JASSA – INCARNATION OF THE HIGHER GNOSIS LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Due to my ever-diminishing vocabulary and inadequate intellect, I have no idea whatsoever what an incarnation of the higher gnosis
Read moreSUMMON – PARAZV IL ZILITTV LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Summon’s debut album, ‘Parazv Il Zilittv’, is a pitch-black, disturbing ode to death and demise, a swirling, deranged cacophony of
Read moreSHAARIMOTH – TEMPLE OF THE ADVERSARIAL FIRE LP (World Terror Committee)
A full dozen years on from their debut, Shaarimoth released sophomore full-length, ‘Temple Of The Adversarial Fire’, in 2017. The
Read moreHERESIARCH – DEATH ORDINANCE LP (Dark Descent Records)
Do we really need another Diocletian? Another Witchrist? More chaotic, barbaric brutality from New Zealand? Is there room for such
Read moreDEMONOMANTIC – GRAIL OF DEFORMED EVILNESS LP (Final Agony Records)
I find it almost remarkable that Swartadauþuz – he of Bekëth Nexëhmü, Mystik and Azelisassath – can not alone switch
Read moreKAPALA – INFEST CESSPOOL MLP (Dunkelheit Produktionen)
I decided to display a picture of the etching on Side B because I have little or no time for
Read moreUNDERGANG – MISANTROPOLOGI LP (Me Saco Un Ojo Records)
‘Misantropologi’ is the fourth rancid full-length from spiteful Danish trio Undergang and it’s a monstrous full-length that’s received countless rotations
Read moreTCHORNOBOG – TCHORNOBOG 2LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Tchornobog’s self-titled debut full-length is an extraordinary work of art that really comes to life in the glorious double-vinyl format.
Read moreAKERCOCKE – RENAISSANCE IN EXTREMIS 2LP (Peaceville Records)
Akercocke have some terrific albums but ‘Renaissance In Extremis’ isn’t one of them. Why any band wants to merge Death
Read moreAOSOTH – V: THE INSIDE SCRIPTURES LP (Agonia Records)
Aosoth’s fifth and final strike is a monstrous slab of murky Black Metal disdainfully forced through a decidedly Death Metal
Read moreDEIQUISITOR – DOWNFALL OF THE APOSTATES LP (Night Shroud Records)
Boasting ties with Blodfest and Ogdru Jahad – two acts I passed comment on in what seems like a previous
Read moreSEMPITERNAL DUSK / ENCOFFINATION – A MONUMENT TO THE ABYSS OF DEATH LP (End Theory Records / Parasitic Records)
On ‘A Monument To The Abyss Of Death’ each band spews forth one epic dirge of supreme underground Death Metal,
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