SORTILEGIA – SULPHUROUS TEMPLE LP (Ván Records)
‘Arcane Death Ritual’ was immense and, on follow-up ‘Sulphurous Temple’, Sortilegia delivers another 40 minutes of cavernous, distorted, repetitive, hypnotic
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LJÁIN – ENDASÁLMAR OG KLOFNAR TUNGUR LP (Signal Rex)
Ljáin released two EPs within ten days of each other during the summer of 2016 and these are brought together
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EMBRACE OF THORNS – SCORN AESTHETICS LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Embrace Of Thorns’ fifth full-length is a pummelling maelstrom of Blackened Death Metal that largely eschews variety, embellishment and beautification
Read moreMALUM – NIGHT OF THE LUCIFERIAN LIGHT LP (Helter Skelter Productions)
Considering that it brings nothing new to the sacrificial altar (something I have no problem with, whatsoever), Malum’s second full-length
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SLIDHR – THE FUTILE FIRES OF MAN LP (Ván Records)
Slidhr’s complete surrender to / celebration of the all-consuming darkness is even more pronounced than hitherto on sophomore full-length, ‘The
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MYLINGAR – DÖDA DRÖMMAR LP (Amor Fati Productions / Vigor Deconstruct)
Mylingar is a destructive Swedish force delivering punishing, suffocating, chaotic Black / Death carnage in the vein of Portal, Altarage,
Read moreFUNERAL MIST – HEKATOMB LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
And so it came to pass that completely out of the blue Funeral Mist’s third full-length, ‘Hekatomb’, was upon us,
Read morePERVERTED CEREMONY – SABBAT OF BEHEZAËL LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Paying glorious homage to the olden days of yore, Perverted Ceremony’s debut LP presents 41 minutes of unapologetically raw and
Read moreSIGRBLOT – BLODSBAND (BLOOD RELIGION MANIFEST) 2LP (The Ajna Offensive / Invictus Productions)
Sigrblot’s sole full-length, ‘Blodsband (Blood Religion Manifest)’, is one of my all-time favourite releases. These two records are excellent from
Read moreMARDUK – VIKTORIA LP (Century Media Records)
On ‘Viktoria’ – Marduk’s 14th full-length and the sixth with Mortuus behind the mic – the Swedes treat us to
Read moreBESTIA ARCANA – HOLÓKAUSTON LP (Dark Descent Records)
Bestia Arcana returned with another swirling, chaotic maelstrom of intangible, indecipherable, ferocious pitch black malevolence; four epic statements heralding an
Read moreKNOKKELKLANG – JEG BEGRAVER LP (Terratur Possessions)
Knokkelklang’s debut full-length is a delightful listen. At once unnerving and unsettling, ‘Jeg Begraver’ is reassuring and life-affirming in its
Read moreORGY OF CARRION – BLOOD WASHED AWAY THE GRAVE PURITY LP (Skjold)
Notwithstanding the frankly tiresome and dubious shenanigans of a label that seems hellbent on frustrating the fuck out of genuine
Read moreALTAR OF PERVERSION – INTRA NAOS 3LP (The Ajna Offensive / Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
The average running time of the six tracks on Altar Of Perversion’s second full-length – and first in 17 years
Read moreCULTUS PROFANO – SACRAMENTUM OBSCURUS LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
Before the masses began jockeying injudiciously for acceptance and acclaim on social media and the realities of our existences became
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