BLUT AUS NORD – DISHARMONIUM – NAHAB LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
For most of its nigh on 30 years of existence, Blut aus Nord has followed its own path – one
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SLIDHR – WHITE HART! (Debemur Morti Productions)
The trademark anger, indignation and misanthropic disillusionment that characterises J. Deegan’s musical vision is more palpable and pronounced than ever
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“IF AN ADVERSARIAL OR OCCULT CURRENT IS NOT PRESENT WITHIN THE WILL OF A BAND, I AM NOT SURE WHY THEY ARE CREATING BLACK METAL” – AZGORH (DROWNING THE LIGHT)
Faithfully following the crooked path for twenty fallen years, Drowning the Light has defiantly and independently crafted a teeming tome
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“THIS THING IS DEFINITELY EVIL AND PART OF THAT COMES FROM THE CLARITY OF THE RIFFS” – PAUL LEDNEY (PROFANATICA)
The ungodly symmetry and inverted irony of Profanatica’s saviour-impaling new full-length ‘Crux Simplex’ – a suitably sadistic and scorn-fuelled musical
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URFAUST – UNTERGANG (Ván Records)
After 20 years of ritualistic intoxication, Urfaust in no more. The inebriated Dutch duo have unexpectedly called time with seventh
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DROWNING THE LIGHT – VIOLET MERCURY & MOONLIGHT SORCERY EP (Dark Adversary Productions)
Channelled most conspicuously under the infamous Drowning the Light banner, Azgorh’s dedication / contribution to true underground Black Metal across
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DIABOLICAL FULLMOON – RESURRECTION OF THE ANCIENT FAITH (UNHOLY REBORN POLISH BLACK METAL ART) LP (Signal Rex)
Thirty years on from the sacred seal of the infamous Temple of Fullmoon, the belligerent, intolerant howl of Poland’s pagan
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“THE FACT THAT SOMETHING LIVES ONLY FOR A LIMITED TIME VASTLY INCREASES THE VALUE OF THAT TIME” – KARAPAN DARVISH (DAKHMA)
Shrouded in ancient Persian mysticism, the singular Death Metal of Dakhma soared to new heights of celestial obscurity on second
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CH’AHOM – CAMAZOTZ CULT (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
In these tedious, tiresome times of seemingly-endless, same-sounding, mundane, derivative mediocrity, authentic obscurity has become the Holy Grail. Who can
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CLANDESTINE BLAZE – RESACRALIZE THE UNKNOWN LP (Northern Heritage Records)
With fantastically frigid riffage, frantic drumming and a lone feral howl commences Clandestine Blaze’s twelfth full-length abomination of indignant blackness.
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