TEITANBLOOD – ACCURSED SKIN MLP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli / The Ajna Offensive)
‘Accursed Skin’ is a 26-minute-long, 45rpm MLP featuring one new song – the title track – paired with ‘Sanctified Dysecdysis’,
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UŠKUMGALLU – ROTTEN LIMBS IN DREAMS OF BLOOD LP (Vrasubatlat)
Uškumgallu’s debut full-length, ‘Rotten Limbs In Dreams Of Blood’, is a twisted, depraved slab of sinister, primitive Black / Death
Read moreORATION MMXVII – HÚRRA, REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND (February 16-18, 2017)
Eighteen bands took to the stage at Húrra in Reykjavík over the course of three dark nights in February, 2017
Read moreYSENGRIN / SARTEGOS – RESVRREZIONESPIRITVAL LP (I, Voidhanger Records)
Sincerely hope I spelt that correctly. Ysengrin is now halfway through a quadrilogy of split releases, which to date have
Read moreVOID MEDITATION CULT – UTTER THE TONGUE OF THE DEAD LP (Hells Headbangers Records)
Fulfilling the abundant promise hinted at by ‘Sulfurous Prayers Of Blight And Darkness’, Void Meditation Cult’s debut full-length is a
Read moreKRYPTS – REMNANTS OF EXPANSION LP (Dark Descent Records)
It may be only 34 minutes long (five tracks) but Krypts’ second full-length sure packs one hell of a sledgehammer
Read moreCALEDONIAN DARKNESS PART II (The Classic Grand, Glasgow – October 21/22, 2016)
So the greatest show on earth was brought to Scotland over the weekend and what an entertaining couple of days
Read moreQRIXKUOR – THREE DEVILS DANCE MLP (Invictus Productions)
I’ve decided in the week running up to Caledonian Darkness II to generally only listen to bands who are playing
Read moreAUM – OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
I’d never heard tell of AUM until a few weeks ago but checked out a few songs on the IBP
Read morePHOBOCOSM – BRINGER OF DROUGHT LP (Dark Descent Records)
Phobocosm’s second full-length, ‘Bringer Of Drought’, sees them drop gear somewhat to emit four harrowing, ominous slabs totaling 35 minutes.
Read moreBLACK DEVOTION – CEREMONIAL RITUALS OF DEMONIC CHAOS LP (Astral Nightmare Productions)
Black Devotion’s debut full-length, ‘Ceremonial Rituals Of Demonic Chaos’, is one that’s been flying well below the radar for about
Read moreHOWLS OF EBB – CURSUS IMPASSE: THE PENDLOMIC VOWS LP (Nuclear War Now! Productions)
Sometimes the easiest reviews to write are also the most difficult ones. ‘Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows’ is a staggering
Read moreELLORSITH / MANNVEIRA – ELLORSITH / MANNVEIRA MLP (Dark Descent Records)
Fantastic stuff here courtesy of two proper underground acts – Ellorsith from Canada and Mannveira from Iceland. The former offer
Read moreTEMPLE NIGHTSIDE – THE HECATOMB LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
There’s a brilliant collective of Australian artists toiling away in the darkest depths of the underground making some of the
Read moreINFERNAL CURSE – APOCALIPSIS LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Infernal Curse’s second full-length, ‘Apocalipsis’, surfaced on vinyl earlier this year and it’s a heady brew indeed, laden with pummeling,
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