REVENGE – VIOLATION.STRIFE.ABOMINATE (Season of Mist Underground Activists)
With the pathetic and meek human race not so much at a crossroads as hurtling wilfully over the edge of
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DEATH LIKE MASS – THE LORD OF FLIES LP (Terratur Possessions)
The latter half of what had threatened to be an otherwise largely fruitless and uneventful calendar year from a Black
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“BLACK METAL AS WE APPRECIATE IT STILL LIVES ON AND WILL NEVER BE AFFECTED BY MODERN ANTICS” – AVSKRÄDE
Heeding the ancient call of the cold northern plains of their homeland, AVSKRÄDE evoke the true adversarial spirit of old
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APTORIAN DEMON – LIV TAR SLUTT LP (Kyrck Productions & Armour)
Orchestrator-of-agony-and-anguish Storhetsvanviddets Mester manifests suitably solemn and sombre in the black-and-white portrait adorning the back cover of Aptorian Demon’s long-awaited
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“WHAT I AIM TO DO IS INSPIRE OTHERS TO LOOK INTO THEIR INDIGENOUS ROOTS AND TO BE PROUD OF THE STRUGGLES OF THEIR ANCESTORS” – MT (MAQUAHUITL)
Maquahuitl executes an engaging, immersive breed of heartfelt, soul-charging Indigenous Black Metal that honours and pays homage to ancient ways
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“ANYTHING THAT ENABLES YOU TO REDEFINE AND BREAK THROUGH YOUR OWN HORIZON CAN FREE YOU FROM PROFOUND MANIPULATION” – NEPHESUS (AMYSTERY)
The (oc)cult is very much alive as Bavarian Black Metal enigma Amystery returns triumphantly with spellbinding new album ‘Chaos Empire
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FÖRGJORD – PERKELEEN WERI (Werewolf Records)
At this transformative time of year, as the sun retreats and darkness spreads across the north, the power of Black
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“FROM THESE WOUNDS, THE DEVIL ENTERS, SHAPING THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY IN UNEXPECTED WAYS, AN EXPERIENCE I WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE WITHOUT” – R (SHAARIMOTH)
The unequivocal title of the forthcoming third Shaarimoth full-length gives the game away instantly and, yes, ‘Devildom’ is an elevated
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WHOREDOM RIFE – DEN VREDE MAKT LP (Terratur Possessions)
Whoredom Rife keeps pushing forward powerfully, purposefully and passionately, ‘Den vrede makt’ being the irrepressible Trondheim duo’s fourth full-length album
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GJENDØD – LIVSKRAMPER LP (Osmose Productions)
After the relative calm of ‘I utakt med verden’, Gjendød returns triumphantly with fierce fifth full-length ‘Livskramper’. Can’t really say
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