BLACK DEATH CULT – DIASPORA LP (Profound Lore Records)
Black / Death Metal doesn’t get much more surreal and out there than Black Death Cult’s frankly deranged second fantastical
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BOG BODY – CRYONIC CREVASSE CULT (Profound Lore Records)
The uncannily skilful deployment of bass, drums and vocals alone lends Bog Body’s music a disturbing, organic sense of decay
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PORTAL – AVOW LP (Profound Lore Records)
The swirling swarm of sweeping insanity that is ‘Avow’ arrives as a welcome, orphaned fillip in a time when banality
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FUOCO FATUO – OBSIDIAN KATABASIS 2LP (Profound Lore Records)
If you’re craving an uplifting musical experience to help get you through these dark, depressing days then look elsewhere because
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SPECTRAL WOUND – A DIABOLIC THIRST (Profound Lore Records)
On their superbly-crafted and skilfully-executed third full-length, Spectral Wound celebrate Black Metal’s most essential spirit of decadence, but they have
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SUFFERING HOUR – THE CYCLIC RECKONING (Profound Lore Records)
On their ominous, multi-textured and tantalisingly-intangible sophomore full-length, ‘The Cyclic Reckoning’, Suffering Hour have crafted an immense offering of destructive
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SPIRIT POSSESSION – SPIRIT POSSESSION (Profound Lore Records)
Marrying the alchemic wizardry of Krallice with the experimental bent of Negative Plane and the blackened roll of Darkthrone, Spirit
Read morePORTAL – ION LP (Profound Lore Records)
As well as elevating them above their peers, the thick primordial rumble evident on previous Portal releases was a key
Read moreASH BORER – THE IRREPASSABLE GATE 2LP (Profound Lore Records)
I was fortunate enough to see Ash Borer play live in a small barroom in Dublin last night, with just
Read moreGEVURAH – HALLELUJAH! 2LP (Profound Lore Records)
If for nothing else, Gevurah deserve kudos for not sticking a dumb etching on Side D. Instead, we get a
Read moreRITUAL CHAMBER – OBSCURATIONS (TO FEAST ON THE SERAPHIM) 2LP (Profound Lore Records)
There’s an hour’s worth of chilling one-man Death Metal on Ritual Chamber’s superb debut full-length, ‘Obscurations (To Feast On The
Read morePISSGRAVE – SUICIDE EUPHORIA LP (Profound Lore Records)
I’ve just listened to this record five times in one sitting (well, ten sittings…) and it’s a gloriously-punishing experience. The
Read moreA.M.S.G. – THE FORBIDDEN TRANSFORMATION MLP (Profound Lore Records)
‘The Forbidden Transformation’ contains 29 minutes of music on two sides of a 12” record; the title track on Side
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 morePORTAL – VEXOVOID LP (Profound Lore Records)
Portal’s fourth full-length is a typically-challenging listen (although, to be fair, it is arguably more a mini-album than a full-length
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