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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Black Metal Reviews
ARMAGEDDA – SVINDELDJUP ÄTTESTUP LP (Nordvis Produktion)
The perpetual pain and mental torment of a summer of seemingly-endless misery and despair was interrupted – albeit temporarily –
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SAD – MISTY BREATH OF ANCIENT FORESTS (Purity Through Fire)
Eschewing the epic grandeur and warm-blooded romance of Hellenic Black Metal, SAD has always been something of an anomaly within
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AVZHIA – DARK EMPERORS LP (Werewolf Records)
Recorded way back in 1996, ‘Dark Emperors’ is a masterpiece of mercurial, medieval, Mexican Black Metal majesty. Conjuring wicked, nocturnal
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PROMETHEUS – RESONANT ECHOES FROM COSMOS OF OLD (I, Voidhanger Records)
Inspired by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, Prometheus’ sophomore full-length ‘Resonant Echoes From Cosmos Of Old’ is perhaps one of
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WITCHCRAFT / ASKE – DEAD CHRIST PRAYER LP (Nuclear War Now! Productions)
Reeking of fevered underground authenticity and burning black filth, ‘Dead Christ Prayer’ is an indispensable collaboration of raw, lo-fi Finnish
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KOMMANDO BAPHOMET – UNDER THE DEATHSIGN (Godz Ov War Productions)
It’s been less than a year since Portuguese duo Kommando Baphomet unleashed their debut full-length, ‘Black Gospel Of Satanic Inquisition’,
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BOG BODY / PRIMITIVE WARFARE – THE GATE OF GRIEF / UNDULATING TORMENT (Stygian Black Hand)
Unnerving North American two-man units Bog Body and Primitive Warfare collaborate on this magnificent split MLP, presenting half an hour’s
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BARGHEST – ALTARS OF ROT (Independent)
Hatred, contempt and misanthropy reign supreme on ‘Altars Of Rot’, the third full-length from infuriated US quartet Barghest. Black Metal
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ABATUAR – MORTANDAD (Dunkelheit Produktionen)
Telling tall, terrible tales of necromantic rituals, death reverence and frenzied bloodletting, Abatuar’s sophomore full-length presents almost half an hour
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MALICIOUS – DERANGED HEXES (Invictus Productions)
‘Deranged Hexes’, the debut full-length from Malicious, is a short, sharp shock of barbaric, uncompromising Black / Death Metal, eight
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IDOLATRIA – TETRABESTIARCHY (Signal Rex)
There’s no mistaking the inherent evil and diabolical darkness that permeate the 33 malevolent minutes constituting ‘Tetrabestiarchy’, the sophomore full-length
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ONIRIK – THE FIRE CULT BEYOND ETERNITY (I, Voidhanger Records)
Five years on from ‘Casket Dream Veneration’, Onirik’s fifth full-length, ‘The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity’, is excavated from the vaults
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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
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IMPURE – SATAN’S ECLIPSE LP (Chaos Records)
Comprising fiends assuming the glorious pseudonyms Horned Father of Desecreation (vocals, drums) and Satyrannical Lord of Assault (handling guitar and
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