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SATYRICON – DARK MEDIEVAL TIMES 2LP (Napalm Records)

June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 Gerald Robinson Satyricon, Dark Medieval Times, Napalm Records

It’s rather astonishing to think that Satyr was only 17 years old when Satyricon’s iconic debut full-length, ‘Dark Medieval Times’,

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PROCLAMATION – ADVENT OF THE BLACK OMEN LP (Nuclear War Now! Productions)

June 3, 2021 Gerald Robinson Nuclear War Now, Proclamation, Advent Of The Black Omen

During a decade of decadence, defunct bestial Iberian warmongers Proclamation unleashed four monstrous full-lengths, all of which were re-released on

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MONTE PENUMBRA – AS BLADES IN THE FIRMAMENT LP (End All Life Productions / Oration)

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Gerald Robinson End All Life Productions, Oration, As Blades In The Firmament, Monte Penumbra

Ostensibly a Portuguese-Icelandic alliance thanks to the involvement of one Bjarni Einarsson on drums and Stephen Lockhart (drum recording /

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REBIRTH OF NEFAST / SLIDHR – EX NIHILIO LP (End All Life Productions)

May 30, 2021May 31, 2021 Gerald Robinson Slidhr, End All Life Productions, Rebirth of Nefast, Ex Nihilio

Unleashed upon the pitiful masses all of 13 years ago, ‘Ex Nihilio’ brings together two of Ireland’s most important Black

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IRAE – DANGEROVZ MAGICK ZPELLS FROM THE MESZIAH OF DEATH (Signal Rex)

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Gerald Robinson Irae, Signal Rex, Dangerovz Magick Zpells From The Mesziah Of Death

Something of an outlier or oddity in the vast Irae discography, ‘Dangerovz Magick Zpells From The Mesziah Of Death’ presents

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GRAVE MIASMA – ABYSS OF WRATHFUL DEITIES (Dark Descent Records)

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Gerald Robinson Dark Descent Records, Grave Miasma, Abyss Of Wrathful Deities

Howling across the aeons, Grave Miasma’s second full-length, ‘Abyss Of Wrathful Deities’, constitutes a devastating discharge of sepulchral Death Metal,

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SPECTRAL WOUND – A DIABOLIC THIRST (Profound Lore Records)

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 Gerald Robinson Profound Lore Records, A Diabolic Thirst, Spectral Wound

On their superbly-crafted and skilfully-executed third full-length, Spectral Wound celebrate Black Metal’s most essential spirit of decadence, but they have

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“IT WAS KIND OF ANNOYING THAT WE HAD THREE GREAT SHOWS AND THEN SUDDENLY EVERYTHING CLOSES DOWN” – FRED ESTBY (DISMEMBER)

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Gerald Robinson Dismember, Dismember interview, Fred Estby interview

Reborn in blasphemy, legendary Swedish Death Metal pioneers Dismember completed one of most-anticipated comebacks in extreme music history when taking

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“TO PERPETUATE THE HUMAN SEED IN EXISTENCE IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE MANKIND IS DOOMED TO FAIL … SOONER OR LATER IT WILL HAPPEN” – ALTARAGE

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 Gerald Robinson Altarage, Succumb, Altarage interview

With ominously-titled, nightmare-inducing fourth full-length detonation, ‘Succumb’ – a violent expulsion of existential horror conceived of the mundane, weak and

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ANTAEUS – DE PRINCIPII EVANGELIKUM LP (Osmose Productions)

April 30, 2021 Gerald Robinson Osmose Productions, Antaeus, De Principii Evangelikum

For whatever reason, I’ve been devoting an ever-increasing amount of my rather scarce listening time to older albums in recent