DRAUGURZ / WOODSMARCH – SPLIT CD (Einsatzkommando Productions)
I discovered Draugurz while listening to his superb ‘A Yell From The Past’ collection. The magick on that release was
Read moreESSENZ – KVIITIIVZ – Beschwörung des Unaussprechlichen (Amor Fati Productions)
‘KVIITIIVZ – Beschwörung des Unaussprechlichen’ is the debut full-length from Essenz, a truly obscure German Black Metal triumvirate who peddle
Read moreBROCKEN MOON – HOFFNUNGSLOS (Northern Silence Productions)
Even before this release, I was a fan of Brocken Moon; I believe history has judged them rather harshly. They
Read moreARCKANUM – SVIGA LAE (Regain Records)
After a decade of almost total silence, Arckanum returned to the studio in 2008 and unleashed the excellent ‘Antikosmos’, followed
Read moreURFAUST – DER FREIWILLIGE BETTLER LP (Ván Records)
Urfaust emits some of the most unusual Black Metal out there and nowhere has this ever been more apparent than
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SARGEIST – LET THE DEVIL IN LP (World Terror Committee)
With members of Horna and Behexen on board, Sargeist is clearly something very special indeed. The follow-up to 2005’s magnificent
Read moreVARGNATT – NUR EIN TRAUM LP (Lycaner Records)
‘Nur Ein Traum’ is one of two demos leaked into the underground by unknown German horde Vargnatt in 2007 (the
Read moreSENTIMEN BELTZA – OLABEZARKO BASOEN BAKARDADEA (Bubonic Productions / Thor’s Hammer Productions)
As an Irish Republican at heart, I’ve always had a soft spot for the Basque region. So, naturally, when a
Read moreWINTERBLUT – VON DEN PFLICHTEN SCHONES ZU VERNICHTEN 2LP (Nuclear War Now)
A lot of one-man Black Metal bands impress me more than words can say; Winterblut is such a phenomenon. The
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CLANDESTINE BLAZE – FALLING MONUMENTS (Northern Heritage Records)
Black Metal by the people for the people and of the people. All the way from Lahti, Finland, Clandestine Blaze
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