QRIXKUOR – POISON PALINOPSIA (Dark Descent Records / Invictus Productions)
A statement that surely nobody could disagree with: Qrixkuor’s debut full-length has been more than worth the wait. In many
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LVCIFYRE – THE BROKEN SEAL (Dark Descent Records / Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
With swarming, virulent, ominous intent, the opening pact ‘Gods Await Us’ rages forth manically to signal the cursed return of
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MANNVEIRA – VÍTAHRINGUR (Dark Descent Records)
Desolation and darkness permeate every nihilistic note and pained shriek of Mannveira’s debut full-length, ‘Vítahringur’, which oozes oppressive discontentment across
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GRAVE MIASMA – ABYSS OF WRATHFUL DEITIES (Dark Descent Records)
Howling across the aeons, Grave Miasma’s second full-length, ‘Abyss Of Wrathful Deities’, constitutes a devastating discharge of sepulchral Death Metal,
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ANATOMIA – CORPOREAL TORMENT (Me Saco Un Ojo Records / Dark Descent Records)
The sonic embodiment of a slow, tortuous death, Japan’s premier overlords of death and doom return with a truly devastating
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UNDERGANG – ALDRIG I LIVET (Me Saco Un Ojo Records / Dark Descent Records)
From the foulest sewers of Copenhagen arrives Undergang’s compellingly gross and captivating fifth full-length, ‘Aldrig I Livet’. A decade on
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GOREPHILIA – IN THE EYE OF NOTHING (Me Saco Un Ojo Records / Dark Descent Records)
Gorephilia have produced an excellent slab of hulking, fleshy Death Metal on their third full-length, ‘In The Eye Of Nothing’,
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FACELESS BURIAL – SPECIATION (Dark Descent Records / Me Saco Un Ojo Records)
Australian trio Faceless Burial go back to the future again for their sophomore full-length, ‘Speciation’, which is deeply rooted in
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CORPSESSED – IMPETUS OF DEATH LP (Dark Descent Records / Me Saco Un Ojo Records)
Death Metal of the very highest calibre from Finland’s foulest filthmongers, ‘Impetus Of Death’ captures Corpsessed at their most punishing,
Read moreBESTIA ARCANA – HOLÓKAUSTON LP (Dark Descent Records)
Bestia Arcana returned with another swirling, chaotic maelstrom of intangible, indecipherable, ferocious pitch black malevolence; four epic statements heralding an
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Do we really need another Diocletian? Another Witchrist? More chaotic, barbaric brutality from New Zealand? Is there room for such
Read moreTHANTIFAXATH – VOID MASQUERADING AS MATTER MLP (Dark Descent Records)
I think it would be accurate to suggest that Thantifaxath is not your everyday Black Metal band. The anonymous Canadian
Read moreKRYPTS – REMNANTS OF EXPANSION LP (Dark Descent Records)
It may be only 34 minutes long (five tracks) but Krypts’ second full-length sure packs one hell of a sledgehammer
Read morePHOBOCOSM – BRINGER OF DROUGHT LP (Dark Descent Records)
Phobocosm’s second full-length, ‘Bringer Of Drought’, sees them drop gear somewhat to emit four harrowing, ominous slabs totaling 35 minutes.
Read moreELLORSITH / MANNVEIRA – ELLORSITH / MANNVEIRA MLP (Dark Descent Records)
Fantastic stuff here courtesy of two proper underground acts – Ellorsith from Canada and Mannveira from Iceland. The former offer
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