COMMENT: Are records and CDs becoming prohibitively expensive?
Can anybody really afford to buy records and CDs any more? I’m not sure I can. It has become an
Read moreMYSTAGOG – …OF OLD (Neverheard Distro)
This album is perfectly-titled as it summons the feeling of ancient Black Metal in a manner that is guaranteed to
Read moreBLUT AUS NORD – 777 – THE DESANCTIFICATION LP (Debemur Morti Records)
‘The Desanctification’ is the second part of Blut Aus Nord’s ongoing 777 trilogy of albums. It’s also their ninth full-length
Read moreSEAR BLISS – ETERNAL RECURRENCE (Candlelight Records)
‘Eternal Recurrence’ (god forbid) is the seventh full-length from dubious Hungarian band Sear Bliss, coming a whopping five years after
Read moreARS MACABRA / COSMIC EKPYROSIS – NIL SINE DEO (Grom Records)
This split CD brings together two underground Black Metal hordes to which I had no previous exposure, so for that
Read moreDEAD REPTILE SHRINE – THE SUN OF CIRCLES AND WOOD 2LP (Weird Forest)
It’s hard to know where to start when reviewing a release of this magnitude. While S. Devamitra’s work as Dead
Read moreTHE RUINS OF BEVERAST – ENCHANTED BY GRAVEMOULD MLP (Ván Records)
‘Enchanted By Gravemould’ assembles some odds and ends from assorted periods in TROB’s extraordinary career to form a mini-album that
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RIDE FOR REVENGE – UNDER THE EYE LP (KVLT)
The third full-length release from Ride For Revenge is yet another captivating odyssey. This band can do no wrong and
Read moreBLACK CILICE – A CORPSE, A TEMPLE LP (Discipline)
Previous exposure to Black Cilice was zero so this represented a journey into the (relatively) unknown. Hardly a leap of
Read moreFLAGELLUM DEI – ORDER OF THE OBSCURE (Pestilence Records)
I’ve never been to Portugal but I believe it to be a sunny territory – you wouldn’t think so from
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