VOID PRAYER – THE GRANDIOSE RETURN TO THE VOID LP (Black Gangrene Productions / Altare Productions)
For the countless webzines that are out there – with new ones popping up every week – purporting to promote
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Altare Productions
SULPHURIC NIGHT – ARCANE MONOLITHS OF TRIUMPHANT DEATH 2LP (Altare Productions / Black Gangrene Productions)
In conspiracy with other high-quality composites such as Void Prayer, Niteris and of course Obskuritatem, Sulphuric Night is part of
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HATESPIRIT – AGELESS WILDERNESS LP (Altare Productions)
Across their potent and pungent second full-length, ‘Ageless Wilderness’, Hatespirit invite us to imbibe the intoxicating splendour of Finland’s flawless,
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VILKACIS / TURIA – VILKACIS / TURIA LP (Altare Productions)
Both Turia full-lengths are fantastic, so it was exciting to learn that they had recorded a split with Vilkacis, the
Read moreORDER OF DARKNESS – VREJ LP (Altare Productions)
Raw Black Metal has never been in ruder health and, with ‘Vrej’, the dying-earth-scouring Altare Productions has come up with
Read moreTURIA – DEDE KONDRE LP (Altare Productions)
With its jangling, uplifting, almost triumphant tones complemented by pained shrieks and forlorn lamentations, Turia’s second full-length, ‘Dede Kondre’, is
Read moreOSTOTS – 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 moreNAHTRUNAR – EXISTENZ LP (Altare Productions / Arcane Angels)
‘Existenz’ arrived from Portugal in a timely fashion and I removed it from the mailer, sniffed it and then reached
Read moreNAHTRUNAR – SYMBOLISMUS 2LP (Altare Productions / Arcane Angels)
One of the many things I like about this release is that the fourth side of the records isn’t blank,
Read moreMONS VENERIS / VETALA – THE NINES OF SATANANTICHRIST LP (Altare Productions / Infinite Darkness Productions)
Blink and you missed it. This split LP emerged without so much as a warning and was sold out quicker
Read moreBROKEN SPIRIT – VIVID DREAMING LP (Altare Productions)
Nocturnal transmissions from the deepest depths of the underground. Perth, Australia. One being. Possessed. ‘Vivid Dreaming’. Raw Black Metal. Eerie
Read moreCANDELABRUM – NECROTELEPATHY LP (Altare Productions)
‘Necrotelepathy’ is the debut full-length from shadowy Portuguese shaman Candelabrum and it contains two epic rites of raw, occult, otherworldly,
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Hailing from the Basque Country, it’s almost inevitable that Ostots is going to be shit hot. Second full-length ‘Hil Argi’
Read moreNEVOA – THE ABSENCE OF VOID (Altare Productions)
Perhaps this album should have been titled ‘The Absence Of Black Metal’. The third track, ‘Alma’ is utterly shameful –
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