DROWNING THE LIGHT – LOST KINGDOMS OF A DARK AGE 10″ EP (Obscure Abhorrence Productions)
This 10” EP surfaced a couple of months back and contains four tracks (three songs plus an instrumental intro) with
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BLUT AUS NORD – WHAT ONCE WAS … LIBER III EP (Debemur Morti Productions)
I wasn’t going to bother my buttocks writing a review of this 45rpm MLP as the inherent quality of Blut
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CULTES DES GHOULES – HÄXAN 2LP (Of Crawling Shadows)
I’m doing this a lot lately – buying vinyl reissues of older albums that I already own on CD. Taake,
Read moreARIZMENDA – WITHOUT CIRCUMFERENCE NOR CENTER (Crepúsculo Negro)
One would be forgiven for suspecting that I have a vendetta against this label – but I would contend to
Read moreHERMÓÐR – VINTER (Schattenkult Produktionen)
Schattenkult Produktionen has few – if any – peers when it comes to consistently releasing quality Black Metal tapes. This
Read moreBARAD DÛR – DUNKELHEIT LP (Darker Than Black Records)
I never got the whole Tolkien thing and never will. I think it’s bullshit. Furthermore, I think music inspired by
Read moreORMGÅRD – ORMBLOT LP (Final Agony Records)
‘Ormblot’ is a 26-minute demo cassette from 2011, which was released on vinyl last year by Final Agony. The first
Read moreTAAKE – NATTESTID… LP (Peaceville Records)
Not sure why the album title has been abbreviated from the original ‘Nattestid Ser Porten Vid’ nor am I sure
Read moreLEVIATHAN – HOWL MOCKERY AT THE CROSS 2LP (Funeral Industries)
The considerable momentum that had been generated by the genesis of Leviathan’s first two albums, ‘The Tenth Sub Level Of
Read moreLEVIATHAN – TENTACLES OF WHORROR 2LP (Funeral Industries)
Leviathan’s sophomore full-length ‘Tentacles Of Whorror’ is every bit as good as– if not better than – his incredible debut,
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It’s been a decade since Wrest unleashed his debut full-length under the legendary Leviathan moniker and the sprawling ‘The Tenth
Read moreOREMUS – POPIOŁY LP (Arachnophobia Records)
First thing I want to do is acknowledge the exceptional work the label has done with presentation on ‘Popioły’. The
Read moreACUALLI – PACT OF POSSESSION (Crepúsculo Negro)
At 15 minutes, ‘Pact Of Possession’ certainly isn’t the longest tape I’ve ever heard. But thankfully, what it lacks in
Read moreKROWOS – ENTHRONING OUR END (Schattenkult Produktionen)
Having just booked another batch of eight new underground tapes from Schattenkult Produktionen yesterday, I took some time to listen
Read moreDEPARTURE CHANDELIER – THE BLACK CREST OF DEATH, THE GOLD WREATH OF WAR (Tour De Garde)
‘The Black Crest Of Death, The Gold Wreath Of War’ is by no means a new release but, as it
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