MALUM – 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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JASSA – INCARNATION OF THE HIGHER GNOSIS LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Due to my ever-diminishing vocabulary and inadequate intellect, I have no idea whatsoever what an incarnation of the higher gnosis
Read moreSUMMON – PARAZV IL ZILITTV LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Summon’s debut album, ‘Parazv Il Zilittv’, is a pitch-black, disturbing ode to death and demise, a swirling, deranged cacophony of
Read moreTAAKE – KONG VINTER 2LP (Dark Essence Records / Svartekunst Produksjoner)
Hoest has been creating great old-style Norwegian Black Metal under the Taake banner for more than two decades and last
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