VORTEX OF END – ABHORRENT FERVOR (Osmose Productions)
Vortex of End have streamlined and honed their attack on fourth full-length, ‘Abhorrent Fervor’, which delivers a more refined and
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AZAZEL – AEGRUM SATANAS TECUM (Primitive Reaction)
The creepy nocturnal woodland calling of ‘Invocation (Hail the Ancient Ones)’ sets the scene perfectly for Azazel’s Christ-crushing third full-length,
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RITUAL DEATH – LORD OF THE TOMB LP (Terratur Possessions)
‘Lord of the Tomb’ gathers together in chronological order all previously-released Ritual Death material, beginning with the self-titled 7” EP
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SUNWHEEL – IRON AGE OF STRIFE (Militant Zone)
Short instrumental ‘Clouds of War Gather’ ominously announces the return of Sunwheel and the belligerent demonstration of defiance that is
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SORGUINAZIA – NEGATION OF DELIRIUM (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Existentially warped and spiritually dislocated, ‘Negation of Delirium’, the debut full-length from obscure, unorthodox raw Black Metal deviants Sorguinazia is
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“WE’VE FOCUSSED MORE ON ASPECTS OF BLACK METAL THAT WE APPRECIATE AND THAT PROBABLY COMES THROUGH IN OUR FINAL PRODUCT” – ILLUGI (MANNVEIRA)
On their long-awaited debut full-length, Mannveira have embarked on an introspective and deeply personal journey to the heart of darkness
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QRIXKUOR – POISON PALINOPSIA (Dark Descent Records / Invictus Productions)
A statement that surely nobody could disagree with: Qrixkuor’s debut full-length has been more than worth the wait. In many
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“CAVERNE WAS ALWAYS A TRAVELOGUE, THE ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY DRUDGING THE MIRE OF FORLORN, ESCHEATED LANDS” – AMERTUME
Ushering Caverne reverentially and gloriously to its final resting place, ‘La Fin de Tous les Chants’ represents a suitably poignant,
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LVCIFYRE – THE BROKEN SEAL (Dark Descent Records / Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
With swarming, virulent, ominous intent, the opening pact ‘Gods Await Us’ rages forth manically to signal the cursed return of
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MANNVEIRA – VÍTAHRINGUR (Dark Descent Records)
Desolation and darkness permeate every nihilistic note and pained shriek of Mannveira’s debut full-length, ‘Vítahringur’, which oozes oppressive discontentment across
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