BLATTARIA – BLATTARIA LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Blattaria is the scientific name for cockroach and a routine perusal of the lyrics included on the insert of this
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ARCKANUM – DEN FÖRSTFÖDDE LP (Folter Records)
Arckanum is dead. After delivering truly unique, visionary, chaos-gnostic Black Metal of the very highest calibre over a mere quarter
Read moreORDER OF DARKNESS – UNTITLED LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
This first surfaced in 2016 on a cassette limited to just 50 units and was disinterred in December by IBP
Read moreCHAMBRE FROIDE – ROUGES CHAPELLES LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Amid the clamour for the latest and rarest releases from Skjold and Final Agony and GoatowaRex and Ancient Records and
Read moreVAAL – GEESTEN VAN DE VERLORENEN LP (New Era Productions)
Here’s half an hour of premier, primitive, hateful Black Metal from the Netherlands. ‘Geesten Van De Verlorenen’ is a shrill,
Read morePOSSESSION – EXORKIZEIN LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Remarkably, it’s almost a year already since Possession dropped their mighty debut full-length. I never got around to writing nearly
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GJENDØD – EVIG SVART HAT LP (Darker Than Black Records)
‘Evig Svart Hat’ collates nine of the ten tracks from Gjendød’s first three demos – namely ‘Gjendød’, ‘Havet Tar’ and
Read moreLIHHAMON – DOCTRINE LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Hailing from the industrial city of Leipzig, uncompromising German three-piece Lihhamon recorded their astonishing debut full-length on their own steam
Read moreUR / GAUA – URMAHELL (Vertebrae)
Where there are members of elite trail-blazing Basque entities Nakkiga and Sentimen Beltza involved, then the chances are high that
Read moreINQUISITION – INTO THE INFERNAL REGIONS OF THE ANCIENT CULT 2LP (No Colours Records )
Incredibly, it has now been 22 years since this masterpiece of trailblazing Black Metal was recorded. Inquisition introduced a really
Read moreVENUS STAR – THE KNOT WILL NOT LP (Kuunpalvelus)
Atvar (AKA Rauta) is a seriously-talented individual. He’s the driving force behind a number of wonderful Black Metal acts, each
Read moreTHY SEPULCHRAL MOON – INDIGNANT FORCE OF GREAT MALEVOLENCE LP (Signal Rex)
Regurgitating the foul, fetid filth from their little-known ‘Incantations Inciting Demise’ and ‘Contemptuous Retaliation Storm’ offensives (as well as covers
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SINMARA – WITHIN THE WEAVES OF INFINITY MLP (Terratur Possessions)
As we wait patiently and expectedly for Sinmara to unleash the follow up to their amazing 2014 opening shot, ‘Aphotic
Read moreFUNERAL ALTAR – FUNERAL ALTAR LP (Skjold)
Funeral Altar’s self-titled first full-length album is great but, due to Skjold’s unpopular policy of limiting its releases to around
Read moreTRONO ALÉM MORTE – O OLHAR ATENTO DA ESCURIDÃO LP (Signal Rex)
Featuring six lengthy exhibits – direct from the seeping cave – of lo-fi, raw, barely-there, evil-as-all-fuck Black Metal, Trono Além
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