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PORTAE OBSCURITAS – LVX ATRA AETERNA LP (Lamech Records)

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Bornosin Lvx Atra Aeterna, Portae Obscuritas

Do we really need yet another hypnotic, ritualistic, trance-inducing Black Metal album? Of course we fucking well do. I could

Death Metal Reviews

ULCERATE – STARE INTO DEATH AND BE STILL (Debemur Morti Productions)

May 9, 2020May 18, 2020 Bornosin Debemur Morti Productions, Ulcerate, Stare Into Death And Be Still

Death is everywhere these days. It’s unavoidable. Wait a minute … has this not always been the case? While mounting

Black Metal Reviews

CULT OF ERINYES – ÆSTIVATION LP (Amor Fati Productions)

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Bornosin Amor Fati Productions, Æstivation, Cult Of Erinyes

Through a veritable fusillade of rage and venom, Cult Of Erinyes smash through the speakers with obliterating intent on their

Black Metal Reviews

SOMBRE HÉRITAGE – ALPHA URSAE MINORIS (Sepulchral Productions)

May 7, 2020May 18, 2020 Bornosin Alpha Ursae Minoris, Sombre Héritage, Sepulchral Productions

In keeping with its status as one of the world’s coldest provinces, Québec has proven to be the ideal breeding

Black Metal Reviews

OSCULUM INFAME – AXIS OF BLOOD 2LP (Battlesk’rs Productions)

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Bornosin Battlesk'rs Productions, Osculum Infame, Axis Of Blood

Belatedly granted the vinyl treatment in November last, Osculum Infame’s long-overdue sophomore full-length, ‘Axis Of Blood’, is commanding and commendable

Black Metal Reviews

MGŁA – AGE OF EXCUSE LP (Northern Heritage / No Solace)

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Bornosin Northern Heritage, Mgla, Age Of Excuse, No Solace

If it’s not broken, why fix it? Poland’s prime purveyors of naked nihilism hit upon a winning formula on previous

Black Metal Reviews

TURIA – DEGEN VAN LICHT LP (Eisenwald)

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 Bornosin Eisenwald, Turia, Degen Van Licht

Unleashed in February, just before the fucking lights went out, Turia’s third full-length (all three having materialised within the course

Black Metal Reviews

DIE KUNST DER FINSTERNIS – REVENANT IN A PHANTOM WORLD (QUEEN OF OWLS ADDENDUM) LP (Lamech Records / Amor Fati Productions)

May 2, 2020 Bornosin Amor Fati Productions, Lamech Records, Die Kunst Der Finsternis, Revenant In A Phantom World (Queen Of Owls Addendum)

Admittedly one of the most atypical albums in my collection, Die Kunst Der Finsternis’ third full-length, ‘Revenant In A Phantom

Black Metal Reviews

CELESTIAL BLOODSHED – CURSED, SCARRED AND FOREVER POSSESSED LP (Debemur Morti / Terratur Possessions)

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Bornosin Terratur Possessions, Debemur Morti Productions, Celestial Bloodshed, Cursed Scarred And Forever Possessed

Exactly eleven years on from the tragic, untimely demise of peerless Celestial Bloodshed frontman Steingrim Torson, I find myself revisiting

Death Metal Reviews

CARCINOID – METASTATIC DECLINATION LP (Blood Harvest)

April 29, 2020April 30, 2020 Bornosin Blood Harvest, Metastatic Declination, Carcinoid

Carcinoid’s dastardly, primitive debut full-length, ‘Metastatic Declination’, presents 45 minutes of grisly, rancid, rotten Death Metal, paying homage to obvious