ANCIENT BURIAL – BEYOND THE WATCHTOWERS LP (Signal Rex)
Not for the weak-eared or sensitive or easily-offended or even those possessed with merely a passing / pretentious interest in
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Black Metal Reviews
PORTAE OBSCURITAS – LVX ATRA AETERNA LP (Lamech Records)
Do we really need yet another hypnotic, ritualistic, trance-inducing Black Metal album? Of course we fucking well do. I could
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CULT OF ERINYES – ÆSTIVATION LP (Amor Fati Productions)
Through a veritable fusillade of rage and venom, Cult Of Erinyes smash through the speakers with obliterating intent on their
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SOMBRE HÉRITAGE – ALPHA URSAE MINORIS (Sepulchral Productions)
In keeping with its status as one of the world’s coldest provinces, Québec has proven to be the ideal breeding
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OSCULUM INFAME – AXIS OF BLOOD 2LP (Battlesk’rs Productions)
Belatedly granted the vinyl treatment in November last, Osculum Infame’s long-overdue sophomore full-length, ‘Axis Of Blood’, is commanding and commendable
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MGŁA – AGE OF EXCUSE LP (Northern Heritage / No Solace)
If it’s not broken, why fix it? Poland’s prime purveyors of naked nihilism hit upon a winning formula on previous
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TURIA – DEGEN VAN LICHT LP (Eisenwald)
Unleashed in February, just before the fucking lights went out, Turia’s third full-length (all three having materialised within the course
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DIE KUNST DER FINSTERNIS – REVENANT IN A PHANTOM WORLD (QUEEN OF OWLS ADDENDUM) LP (Lamech Records / Amor Fati Productions)
Admittedly one of the most atypical albums in my collection, Die Kunst Der Finsternis’ third full-length, ‘Revenant In A Phantom
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CELESTIAL BLOODSHED – CURSED, SCARRED AND FOREVER POSSESSED LP (Debemur Morti / Terratur Possessions)
Exactly eleven years on from the tragic, untimely demise of peerless Celestial Bloodshed frontman Steingrim Torson, I find myself revisiting
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CARPE NOCTEM – VITRUN LP (Code666)
Condensing, distilling the frigid, frozen, barren landscape of their homeland into an epic, lush six-track, 52-minute album, Carpe Noctem proved
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MYLINGAR – DÖDA SJÄLAR LP (Amor Fati Productions)
Ferocious vocals are one of the trusted staples of extreme music – or at least should be. The best Death
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AMNUTSEBA – EMANATISM LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Dwelling decrepitly, surreptitiously within the hazy twilight betwixt Death Metal and Black Metal, Amnutseba are not in any immediate danger
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VORTEX OF END – ARDENS FVROR 2LP (Osmose Productions)
Released last summer, when the world was still full of hope and wonder, Vortex of End’s third full-length offering is
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ARMAGEDDA – OND SPIRITISM: DJÆFVVLENS SKALDER ANNO SERPENTI MMIV LP (Nordvis Produktion)
Short-lived but highly significant Swedish Black Metal duo Armagedda treated the freefalling world to three landmark full-lengths in successive years
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SULPHURIC NIGHT – ARCANE MONOLITHS OF TRIUMPHANT DEATH 2LP (Altare Productions / Black Gangrene Productions)
In conspiracy with other high-quality composites such as Void Prayer, Niteris and of course Obskuritatem, Sulphuric Night is part of
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