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VERMINOUS SERPENT – THE MALIGN COVENANT (Amor Fati Productions)

February 5, 2023 Gerald Robinson Amor Fati Productions, The Malign Covenant, Verminous Serpent

An unlikely convergence yields unpredictable and remarkable results on ‘The Malign Covenant’ – 41 minutes of occult doom-infused black necromancy

Interviews

“WE FIND IT IMPORTANT TO TRY AND FOLLOW OUR OWN PATH, REGARDLESS OF WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING” – NAMELESS VOID (NEGATIVE PLANE)

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 Gerald Robinson Negative Plane, The Pact, Negative Plane interview, Nameless Void interview

Weaving together a sinister sequence of nefarious deeds perpetrated on consecrated ground, Negative Plane’s ground-breaking third full-length, ‘The Pact…’, is

Interviews

“THE RETURN TO THE TRENCHES OF THE WESTERN FRONT WAS AN INTENTIONAL DECISION THAT TAKES THE BAND BACK AROUND, FULL CIRCLE, TO WHERE I BEGAN” – KRIEGSHAMMER (MINENWERFER)

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Gerald Robinson Minenwerfer, Feuerwalze, Minenwerfer interview, Kriegshammer interview

Bathed in the eerie crimson glow of the Somme, riddled with lice, hobbled by trench foot, malnourished, sleep-deprived and with

Black Metal Reviews

APOGEION – ASTROLATRIA I: INITIATIO. (Northern Heritage Records)

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Gerald Robinson Northern Heritage Records, Apogeion, Astrolatria I: Initiatio.

I was tempted to observe that Northern Heritage is on a rich run of form right now but in fairness

Black Metal Reviews

FUNERAL WINDS – STIGMATA MALI (Osmose Productions)

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Gerald Robinson Osmose Productions, Funeral Winds, Stigmata Mali

No respite from Funeral Winds. If anything, the ferocious offensive against the holy trinity is becoming more fearsome with the

Black Metal Reviews

NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE – CLANDESTINE THEURGY (Hells Headbangers Records)

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Gerald Robinson Hells Headbangers Records, Clandestine Theurgy, Nocturnal Departure

Ghastly ghoulish growls and soul-shredding shrieks of the damned vie for supremacy on the scathing surface of ‘Clandestine Theurgy’, the

Black Metal Reviews

MINENWERFER – FEUERWALZE (Osmose Productions)

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Gerald Robinson Osmose Productions, Minenwerfer, Feuerwalze

After four years (fittingly) of quiet on the western front, Californian warmongers Minenwerfer return with a fresh and devastating wave

Black Metal Reviews

KRINGA – ALL STILLBORN FIRES, LICK MY HEART (Terratur Possessions)

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Gerald Robinson Terratur Possessions, Kringa, All Stillborn Fires Lick My Heart

Casting seven sorcerous spells from the godforsaken outpost that is the eastern realm, the inimitable, trailblazing channellers of outlandish auditory