YSENGRIN / SARTEGOS – RESVRREZIONESPIRITVAL LP (I, Voidhanger Records)
Sincerely hope I spelt that correctly. Ysengrin is now halfway through a quadrilogy of split releases, which to date have
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VOID MEDITATION CULT – UTTER THE TONGUE OF THE DEAD LP (Hells Headbangers Records)
Fulfilling the abundant promise hinted at by ‘Sulfurous Prayers Of Blight And Darkness’, Void Meditation Cult’s debut full-length is a
Read moreRECLUSE – STILLBIRTH IN BETHLEHEM LP (Darker Than Black Records)
This is astonishingly great. Nasty, dirty, disorientating music complemented by twisted, possessed vocals that could have been recorded in an
Read moreNAHTRUNAR – EXISTENZ LP (Altare Productions / Arcane Angels)
‘Existenz’ arrived from Portugal in a timely fashion and I removed it from the mailer, sniffed it and then reached
Read moreMOON – MELEK TAUS 2LP (Skjold)
‘Melek Taus’ collates a slew of demos and EPs recorded by antipodean wraiths Moon during the course of 2008. It
Read moreLVTHN – ERADICATION OF NESCIENCE LP (Fallen Empire Records / Amor Fati Productions)
Here’s one of those unashamedly retrogressive Black Metal records that just delivers exactly what a Black Metal record should deliver.
Read moreNAHTRUNAR – SYMBOLISMUS 2LP (Altare Productions / Arcane Angels)
One of the many things I like about this release is that the fourth side of the records isn’t blank,
Read moreNAÐRA – ALLIR VEGIR TIL GLÖTUNAR LP (Fallen Empire Records)
It’s been almost a year already since I acquired Naðra’s debut full-length, ‘Allir Vegir Til Glötunar’, but I’ve been listening
Read moreURFAUST – EMPTY SPACE MEDITATION LP (Ván Records)
I’m finding that I have to be in the right mood to enjoy Urfaust these days. And I’m not sure
Read moreGESPENST – FORFALD LP (Duplicate Records)
‘Forfald’ is one of those that brings nothing new to the Black Metal altar and therefore its merits or lack
Read moreFORBIDDEN CITADEL OF SPIRITS – COLLECTION I 2LP (Skjold)
During ten years of existence, Forbidden Citadel Of Spirits has yet to unleash a full-length. Probably never will. Instead, in
Read moreBLACK FUNERAL – ANKOU AND THE DEATH FIRE LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Celtic mythology / folklore doesn’t interest me much and I don’t generally appreciate (m)any bands that dwell upon it (or
Read moreMONS VENERIS / VETALA – THE NINES OF SATANANTICHRIST LP (Altare Productions / Infinite Darkness Productions)
Blink and you missed it. This split LP emerged without so much as a warning and was sold out quicker
Read moreINQUISITION – BLOODSHED ACROSS THE EMPYREAN ALTAR BEYOND THE CELESTIAL ZENITH 2LP (Season Of Mist)
Inquisition strikes again with a seventh full-length and ‘Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith’ is another solid
Read moreCALEDONIAN DARKNESS PART II (The Classic Grand, Glasgow – October 21/22, 2016)
So the greatest show on earth was brought to Scotland over the weekend and what an entertaining couple of days
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