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MARE – EBONY TOWER LP (Terratur Possessions)

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 Gerald Robinson Terratur Possessions, Mare, Ebony Tower

There is a reason why – despite decidedly limited studio activity during their nigh-on-20-years of existence – Mare is one

Black Metal Reviews

NEGATIVE PLANE – THE PACT… (Invictus Productions / The Ajna Offensive)

May 22, 2022August 29, 2022 Gerald Robinson Negative Plane, The Ajna Offensive, Invictus Productions, The Pact

How many contemporary Black Metal acts are there who have successfully forged their own distinctive sound whist remaining relevant (i.e.,

Black Metal Reviews

MORTUUS – DIABLERIE (World Terror Committee)

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Gerald Robinson World Terror Committee, Mortuus, Diablerie

The way Black Metal has been stagnating, frustrating and infuriating in recent times, it was almost with a sense of

Interviews

“I HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN A RESURGENCE OF INDIGENOUS FOLKS RECONNECTING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE OLD WAYS” – HUEY ITZTEKWANOTL O))) (TZOMPANTLI)

May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 Gerald Robinson Tlazcaltiliztli, Tzompantli, Tzompantli interview, Huey Itztekwanotl o))) interview, Huey Itztekwanotl o)))

Honouring, celebrating and invoking the might, majesty and oftentimes brutality of the Mesoamerican people, Tzompantli’s intoxicating breed of distinctive death

Death Metal Reviews

TZOMPANTLI – TLAZCALTILIZTLI (20 Buck Spin)

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Gerald Robinson 20 Buck Spin, Tlazcaltiliztli, Tzompantli

Bleeding tradition, heritage, pride and authenticity, Mesoamerican / pre-Hispanic funeral death doom envoys Tzompantli have delivered a unique and engaging

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BOG BODY – CRYONIC CREVASSE CULT (Profound Lore Records)

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 Gerald Robinson Profound Lore Records, Bog Body, Cryonic Crevasse Cult

The uncannily skilful deployment of bass, drums and vocals alone lends Bog Body’s music a disturbing, organic sense of decay

Black Metal Reviews

HELL MILITIA – HOLLOW VOID (Season of Mist Underground Activists)

April 15, 2022August 3, 2022 Gerald Robinson Hell Militia, Season of Mist Underground Activists, Hollow Void

Despite a significant overhaul in personnel and a silence that lasted a decade, Hell Militia returns with a fourth full-length

Black Metal Reviews

DEMONIC TEMPLE – THROUGH THE STARS AND INTO THE ABYSS (Putrid Cult / Dark Horizon Records)

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 Gerald Robinson Putrid Cult, Through the Stars into the Abyss, Demonic Temple, Dark Horizon Records

After the suitably ominous cosmic terror of the brief but unsettling intro that is ‘Nox’, the third Demonic Temple full-length

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MALTHUSIAN / SUFFERING HOUR – TIME’S WITHERING SHADOW (Invictus Productions)

March 21, 2022March 22, 2022 Gerald Robinson Invictus Productions, Suffering Hour, Malthusian, Time’s Withering Shadow

Opening atrocity ‘Dissolution of Consciousness’ is a suitably seething maelstrom of chaos and carnage from Ireland’s heaving heavyweights of unrestrained

Black Metal Reviews

DARVAZA – ASCENDING INTO PERDITION LP (Terratur Possessions)

March 20, 2022March 20, 2022 Gerald Robinson Terratur Possessions, Darvaza, Ascending Into Perdition

Already a proven staple of the Black Metal underground on the strength of their incendiary live performances and stellar mini