LIFVSLEDA – EVANGELII HÄROLD LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
Pickings are so painfully thin that it’s back almost a full year we go to locate a release worthy of
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Norma Evangelium Diaboli
TEITANBLOOD – FROM THE VISCERAL ABYSS (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
The inimitable (many have tried, all have failed…) maniacal magnificence of Teitanblood teems with tremendous vigour and savagery through every
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SODALITY – BENEDICTION PART 1 LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
The inimitably-evil enunciation of Mark of the Devil dovetails demonically with the macabre musicianship of T. Kaos to startling, inspirational
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MISÞYRMING – MEÐ HAMRI (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
Contemplating the essence and linearity or otherwise of the glass-ceiling-breaking third Misþyrming full-length ‘Með hamri’, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr’s oft-quoted observation
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DEATHSPELL OMEGA – THE LONG DEFEAT LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
The third era of Deathspell Omega commences with ‘The Long Defeat’, which contains a curveball or ten and is a
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FUNERAL MIST – DEIFORM (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
With neither warning nor fanfare, Funeral Mist’s consistently-brilliant discography is boldly bolstered by the unannounced arrival of fourth full-length, ‘Deiform’,
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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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KATHARSIS – VVORLDVVITHOUTEND LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
For obvious reasons it would be nigh on impossible to make any definitive judgment as to what constitutes the most
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SODALITY – GOTHIC LP (Dauthus 1899)
It goes without saying that any recording featuring the instantly-recognisable, utterly depraved and evil-as-all-fuck vocals of Mark of the Devil
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DRASTUS – VENOMS 2LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
Having made an indelible mark with last year’s wonderful sophomore full-length, ‘La Croix De Sang’, Drastus goes back in time
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MISÞYRMING – ALGLEYMI LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
As one of the highest peaks of Icelandic Black Metal, Misþyrming’s stellar debut album ‘Söngvar Elds Og Óreiðu’ was always
Read moreFUNERAL MIST – HEKATOMB LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
And so it came to pass that completely out of the blue Funeral Mist’s third full-length, ‘Hekatomb’, was upon us,
Read moreALTAR OF PERVERSION – INTRA NAOS 3LP (The Ajna Offensive / Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
The average running time of the six tracks on Altar Of Perversion’s second full-length – and first in 17 years
Read moreTEITANBLOOD – ACCURSED SKIN MLP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli / The Ajna Offensive)
‘Accursed Skin’ is a 26-minute-long, 45rpm MLP featuring one new song – the title track – paired with ‘Sanctified Dysecdysis’,
Read moreDEATHSPELL OMEGA – THE SYNARCHY OF MOLTEN BONES LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
I’m not sure exactly what criteria Deathspell Omega deploy to determine which of their releases qualify as full-lengths and which
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