ESOTERICA – ASEITY LP (Duplicate Records)
Esoterica is one of those artists somehow preordained to forever fly beneath the radar. While some bands (more often than
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DOOMBRINGER – THE GRAND SABBATH LP (Nuclear War Now!)
‘The Grand Sabbath’ has a lot going for it: for starters, Doombringer’s debut full-length boasts an interestingly-varied vocal approach (which
Read moreDEVOURING STAR – THROUGH LUNG AND HEART LP (Daemon Worship Productions)
Dissonance is very much the name of the Devouring Star game. And it would definitely be an oversight to review
Read moreNIGHTBRINGER – EGO DOMINUS TUUS 2LP (Daemon Worship Productions)
Wow!: seventy-two minutes of prime esoteric Black Metal spread across two slabs of black wax encased in a spectacular, heavy-duty
Read moreNIGHTBRINGER – EMANATION LP (Daemon Worship Productions)
Initially conceived on humble CD five years ago, ‘Emanation’ collates six rare / demo tracks from the earliest incarnation of
Read moreDEATH KARMA – THE HISTORY OF DEATH & BURIAL RITUALS PART I LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
I love the original concept behind Death Karma’s debut full-length, which looks at various occult burial rituals historically practised by
Read moreMALÉFICES – HURLEMORT MLP (Final Agony Records)
This one is only for the insatiable completists and blind Maléfices fanatics out there, of which I am evidently not
Read moreTRUPPENSTURM / THORYBOS – APPROACHING CONFLICT LP (Ván Records)
There’s eleven tracks of decent Black / Death Metal on ‘Approaching Conflict’, with a strong war vibe and theme –
Read moreRHINOCERVS – RH-11 LP (Final Agony Records)
While ‘RH-13’ didn’t quite grab me by the balls the way I’d hoped it would, I still went back into
Read moreA.M.S.G. – THE FORBIDDEN TRANSFORMATION MLP (Profound Lore Records)
‘The Forbidden Transformation’ contains 29 minutes of music on two sides of a 12” record; the title track on Side
Read moreBLACK CILICE – MYSTERIES LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
While still as lo-fi, ghoulish and ghastly as ever, Black Cilice’s third full-length isn’t quite as ferocious and vociferous as
Read moreMARDUK – FRONTSCHWEIN LP (Century Media Records)
Twenty-five years in, Marduk unleash their 13th full-length and the fifth of the Mortuus-on-vocals era – easily the most accomplished
Read moreDARVULIA / SEKTARISM – DARVULIA / SEKTARISM LP (Nuclear War Now!)
And now for something completely different… This collaboration ventures far beyond the confines of Black Metal into territory that is
Read moreCAVERNE – DES TRÉFONDS DU HAUT BOIS LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
I was keen to hear / own a copy of ‘Des Tréfonds Du Haut Bois’ when it was initially released
Read moreFURIA – NOCEL 2LP (Pagan Records)
Furia’s fourth full-length is a belter; an hour of powerful, left-field Black Metal spread across two slabs of black wax,
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