OSTOTS – EZER EZAREN ARAZTASUNA LP (Altare Productions / Skjold)
‘Ezer Ezaren Araztasuna’ – another Ostots album title that I will never utter. I used Google Translate to find out
Read moreTURIA – DOR LP (Altare Productions)
The accompanying brouhaha was conspicuous by its absence when Turia unleashed their debut full-length last year but that doesn’t really
Read moreCARVED CROSS – CARVED CROSS LP (Overuse)
Sharing a member with Forbidden Citadel of Spirits, Carved Cross is another raw Black Metal entity from the never-to-be-visited-by me
Read moreTHE RUINS OF BEVERAST – TAKITUM TOOTEM! EP (Ván Records)
At shy of 21 minutes, ‘Takitum Tootem!’ lasts about as long as a good shit but it’s still a very
Read moreANTAEUS – CONDEMNATION LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
A full decade on from ‘Blood Libels’, I had subconsciously given up on ever hearing another Antaeus full-length. Thus, it
Read moreARRIA PAETUS – ARRIA PAETUS (Lycaean Triune)
Emerging from the darkness, despair and desolation of Alaska, Arria Paetus spew forth their self-titled debut full-length and it’s immediately
Read moreORATION MMXVII – HÚRRA, REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND (February 16-18, 2017)
Eighteen bands took to the stage at Húrra in Reykjavík over the course of three dark nights in February, 2017
Read moreSPIRE – ENTROPY LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Spire’s debut album features six intriguing offerings of doomy, ambient Black Metal ranging in length from three to 14 minutes.
Read moreBLOOD TYRANT – ARISTOCRACY OF TWILIGHT LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
I’m not sure how twilight can qualify as being aristocratic but anyhow Blood Tyrant’s debut full-length is worthy of close
Read moreWHITE DEATH – WHITE DEATH LP (Werewolf Records)
For the most part, this is extremely nasty stuff. Vritrahn’s vocals are particularly venomous and the album is blistering and
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