NEFANDUS – REALITY CLEAVER LP (Daemon Worship Productions)
The true reality cleaver here is the embarrassing, despicable, abominable eighth and final track, ‘Scorn Of The All-Mind’, which renders
Read moreARCHGOAT – THE APOCALYPTIC TRIUMPHATOR LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
I was resigned to the likelihood that Archgoat would go through the motions for the rest of their recording careers.
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MISÞYRMING – SÖNGVAR ELDS OG ÓREIÐU LP (Fallen Empire Records / Terratur Possessions)
Misþyrming is from Iceland so comparisons with Svartidauði and Sinmara are as inevitable as they are exhausting. Somewhere along the
Read moreIMPETUOUS RITUAL – UNHOLY CONGREGATION OF HYPOCRITICAL AMBIVALENCE 2LP (Profound Lore Records)
I yearn to hear it even better. To get my ears beneath and beyond the impenetrable, dismal doom and gloom,
Read moreSWALLOWED – LUNARTERIAL 2LP (Me Saco Un Ojo Records)
Clocking in at almost 54 minutes – including a whopping and utterly monstrous 25-minute sixth and final track, ‘Libations’ (which
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OMINOUS RESURRECTION – OMNISCIENT LP (Funeral Industries)
I’m not sure ‘Omniscient’ is quite as mystical or mysterious as the label would have us all believe, but it
Read moreANAL BLASPHEMY – PERVERSIONS OF SATAN LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Unsurprisingly, ‘Perversions Of Satan’ is a sick and twisted ride. But, thankfully, there’s more to Anal Blasphemy’s third (and final,
Read moreDEATH FORTRESS – AMONG THE RANKS OF THE UNCONQUERABLE LP (Fallen Empire Records)
I find it impossible to listen to Death Fortress’s debut full-length without thinking of Hate Forest. ‘Among The Ranks Of
Read moreMALÉFICES – POVR LE SANGS / RITES CRVELS 2LP (Deathangle Absolution Records)
Where Maléfices is concerned, there is plenty of substance to back up the hype. ‘Povr Le Sangs / Rites Crvels’
Read moreNECROS CHRISTOS – NINE GRAVES LP (Sepulchral Voice Records / Ván Records)
Amazingly, Necros Christos only consider ‘Nine Graves’ to be an EP. Yet, at 40 minutes, it is longer than most
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