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NIGRUM TENEBRIS – I AM THE SERPENT (Sol Records)

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Gerald Robinson Sol Records, Nigrum Tenebris, I am the Serpent

Traversing a barren, abandoned landscape, Nigrum Tenebris delivers a bleak and desolate blast of negative, adversarial Black Metal on abhorrent

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AUTOKRATOR – PERSECUTION (Krucyator Productions)

September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 Gerald Robinson Krucyator Productions, Autokrator, Persecution

Autokrator’s harrowing and horrific fourth full-length presents 34 minutes of suffocating Death / Black Metal (with scant traces of doom

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SERPENTRANCE – AKRA TAPEINOSIS (Godz Ov War Productions)

September 15, 2021September 17, 2021 Gerald Robinson Godz ov War Productions, Akra Tapeinosis, Serpentrance

Of darkest decadence and sordid, subterranean decay, Russian abyss dwellers Serpentrance have conjured an otherworldly, oppressive and malodorous debut full-length

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“TO US, BLACK METAL SHOULDN’T TOLERATE CANCEL CULTURE” – IDIMMU (AZAZEL)

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 Gerald Robinson Azazel, Aegrum Satanas Tecum, Idimmu interview, Azazel interview

Decades-deep in an infamous reign of blasphemy, Satan’s sincere servants Azazel have with nun-defrocking, Christ-flagellating third full-length, ‘Aegrum Satanas Tecum’,

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VORTEX OF END – ABHORRENT FERVOR (Osmose Productions)

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 Gerald Robinson Osmose Productions, Vortex Of End, Abhorrent Fervor

Vortex of End have streamlined and honed their attack on third full-length, ‘Abhorrent Fervor’, which delivers a more refined and

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AZAZEL – AEGRUM SATANAS TECUM (Primitive Reaction)

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 Gerald Robinson Azazel, Primitive Reaction, Aegrum Satanas Tecum

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)

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Gerald Robinson Terratur Possessions, Ritual Death, Lord of the Tomb

‘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)

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Gerald Robinson Iron Age of Strife, Sunwheel, 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)

August 29, 2021 Gerald Robinson Iron Bonehead Productions, Negation of Delirium, Sorguinazia

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)

August 28, 2021 Gerald Robinson Mannveira, Vítahringur, Mannveira interview

On their long-awaited debut full-length, Mannveira have embarked on an introspective and deeply personal journey to the heart of darkness