WAGNER ÖDEGÅRD – OM KOSMOS OCH DE TOLV JÄRTEKN LP (Altare Productions)
Via a multitude of parallel channels, the prolific artist behind Wagner Ödegard has been responsible for crafting a rich and
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FÖRGJORD / NEKROKRIST SS – FÖRGJORD / NEKROKRIST SS LP (Hammer of Hate Records)
This exceptional alliance of distinguished Finnish hordes begins and ends with emotive, tortured collaborations involving both brigades (Jättäkää Minut Korpeille
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UPON THE ALTAR – ABSID AB ORDINE LUMINIS (Putrid Cult)
Billowing forth from Lesser Poland with a blistering blitzkrieg of Black / Death Metal, Upon The Altar issue a devastating
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AKITSA – SANG NORDIQUE 2LP (Hospital Productions)
Initially presented to the unsuspecting, ignorant masses in 2002, Akitsa’s sophomore full-length offering of intolerant, separatist Nordic Black Metal from
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ORDEM SÂTANICA / ADYTUM – ORDEM SÂTANICA / ADYTUM LP (Satanik Requiem / Signal Rex)
In the truest tradition of uncompromising, raw, underground Black Metal comes this superb split between noisy Portuguese veterans Ordem Satânica
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HATE FOREST – HOUR OF THE CENTAUR (Osmose Productions)
Just like that, when least expected, Hate Forest returns from the dead. After 16 years of silence, I assumed this
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GJENDØD – ANGREP (Hellthrasher Productions)
Single- and bloody-minded Norwegian duo Gjendød have spewed forth a veritable slew of releases over the past four years, third
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VOTHANA – CHÍNH SÁCH VŨ LỰC TÀN BẠO 2LP (Final Agony Records / Darker Than Black Records)
Originally self-released on cassette 15 years ago, with the addendum ‘Demo III’, Vothana’s 48-minute meisterwerk of radical, non-conformist Black Metal,
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COLD EARTH – YOUR MISERY, MY TRIUMPH LP (Sol Records)
Comprising four-fifths of Thorybos (all of whom are also active in numerous other Sol Records cabals) , Cold Earth was
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MYSTRUIN – CALCINATION (Lamech Records)
Building on the promise demonstrated on their debut full-length, ‘Gånget Äro Ljuset’, six years hitherto, mystical Swedish quintet Mystruin deliver
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“THE MANY HARDSHIPS CONSPIRING AGAINST US HAVE ONLY MADE US HUNGRIER AND MORE FURIOUS” – ACERBUS (ONDSKAPT)
At the grim denouement of an utterly repugnant calendar year that saw mankind cast for perpetuity into all-consuming darkness, it
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VOIDSPHERE – TO SENSE | TO PERCEIVE LP (Amor Fati Productions)
A new consignment of ПРАВА КОЛЛЕКТИВ releases has been conjured from the interstellar ether and, while I enjoy all the
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INQUISITION – BLACK MASS FOR A BLACK GRAVE (Agonia Records)
‘Black Mass For A Mass Grave’ is a surprise on multiple levels. First of all, I presumed Inquisition had ceased
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MARE – SPHERES LIKE DEATH / THRONE OF THE THIRTEENTH WITCH LP (Terratur Possessions)
An essential document for those who cherish ritualistic, occult Black Metal, this release collates the two iconic, trailblazing EPs which
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SVARTSYN – REQUIEM (Carnal Records)
With nary a glimmer of light nor salvation, Svartsyn’s harrowing and unholy tenth full-length, ‘Requiem’, unceremoniously flings open the floodgates
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