NEFANDUS – REALITY CLEAVER LP (Daemon Worship Productions)
The true reality cleaver here is the embarrassing, despicable, abominable eighth and final track, ‘Scorn Of The All-Mind’, which renders
Read moreBlack Metal Reviews
ARCHGOAT – THE APOCALYPTIC TRIUMPHATOR LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
I was resigned to the likelihood that Archgoat would go through the motions for the rest of their recording careers.
Read more
MISÞYRMING – SÖNGVAR ELDS OG ÓREIÐU LP (Fallen Empire Records / Terratur Possessions)
Misþyrming is from Iceland so comparisons with Svartidauði and Sinmara are as inevitable as they are exhausting. Somewhere along the
Read more
OMINOUS RESURRECTION – OMNISCIENT LP (Funeral Industries)
I’m not sure ‘Omniscient’ is quite as mystical or mysterious as the label would have us all believe, but it
Read moreANAL BLASPHEMY – PERVERSIONS OF SATAN LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Unsurprisingly, ‘Perversions Of Satan’ is a sick and twisted ride. But, thankfully, there’s more to Anal Blasphemy’s third (and final,
Read moreDEATH FORTRESS – AMONG THE RANKS OF THE UNCONQUERABLE LP (Fallen Empire Records)
I find it impossible to listen to Death Fortress’s debut full-length without thinking of Hate Forest. ‘Among The Ranks Of
Read moreMALÉFICES – POVR LE SANGS / RITES CRVELS 2LP (Deathangle Absolution Records)
Where Maléfices is concerned, there is plenty of substance to back up the hype. ‘Povr Le Sangs / Rites Crvels’
Read moreNECROS CHRISTOS – NINE GRAVES LP (Sepulchral Voice Records / Ván Records)
Amazingly, Necros Christos only consider ‘Nine Graves’ to be an EP. Yet, at 40 minutes, it is longer than most
Read moreDEATHSPELL OMEGA – MANIFESTATIONS 2002 LP (End All Life Productions)
Recently, End All Life reissued all four of Deathspell Omega’s pre-Mikko LPs – full-lengths proper ‘Infernal Battles’ and ‘Inquisitors Of
Read more
SKÁPHE – SKÁPHE (Fallen Empire Records)
Skáphe’s eponymous debut full-length comprises four great compositions of ambient but raw and scorching Black Metal, clocking in at 35
Read moreHETROERTZEN – AIN SOPH AUR 2LP (Lamech Records / Terratur Possessions)
The double-vinyl edition of Hetroertzen’s expansive fifth full-length is massive in every way. Visually stunning, the records are contained within
Read moreDODSFERD – A BREED OF PARASITES LP (Funeral Industries)
‘A Breed Of Parasites’ is my favourites Dodsferd album, even though it is exceptionally fleeting for a full-length, clocking in
Read moreVORDE – VORDE LP (Fallen Empire Records / Psychic Violence)
Vorde is an interesting new proposition from Brooklyn, emitting a fairly unique-sounding strain of cosmic Black Metal that is hard
Read moreVOLAHN – AQ’AB’AL 2LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Volahn’s second full-length, ‘Aq’ab’al’, is a truly mesmerising work from start to finish, an intensely personal statement from one Eduardo
Read moreSORTILEGIA – ARCANE DEATH RITUAL 2LP (Ván Records)
Bereft of all sense of spirit and soul, the modern consumer wants ten million songs crammed onto a nanostick the
Read more