CULT OF FIRE – TRIUMVIRÁT LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Shortly before unleashing the truly amazing ‘मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान’, Iron Bonehead also made available Cult Of Fire’s debut album,
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COSMIC CHURCH – YLISTYS 2LP (Kuunpalvelus)
It’s difficult to know where to start in order to best convey the innate magnificence of Cosmic Church’s second full-length.
Read moreSET – UPHEAVAL OF UNHOLY DARKNESS LP (Nuclear War Now!)
I purchase more NWN albums than my accountant or wife would ideally recommend and, I must concede, they do not
Read moreNIGHTBRINGER – APOCALYPSE SUN 2LP (Blood Music Records)
One of the main purposes of any review is to advise / influence your readers / listeners as to whether
Read moreINQUISITION – OBSCURE VERSES FOR THE MULTIVERSE 2LP (Season Of Mist)
Inquisition’s subtle charm is irresistible and wholly addictive. On their sixth full-length, the Colombian duo pretty much do what they
Read moreODZ MANOUK / TUKAARIA – SPLIT LP (Final Agony Records)
How do you quantify value for money? There are only 31 minutes of music on this split ‘album’, but it
Read moreCULT OF FIRE – मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
‘मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान’ or ‘Ascetic Meditation Of Death’ is a truly spectacular slab of transcendental, esoteric, occult, spiritual Black
Read moreAYTNACHR – HATEFUL BLACK BEING LP (Final Agony Records)
Harrowing, intense, tortured, tormented and strained are adjectives I would use to describe Aytnachr’s debut full-length, the aptly-christened ‘Hateful Black
Read moreMORDAVIA – MORTAL (self-released)
Out of Melbourne, Australia comes this obscure one-man project fronted by an entity who has rather cheerfully chosen to call
Read moreTOMHET – SAMBLADE SOTKVÆDEN 2MC (Altare Productions)
Truth be known, I’m not the world’s biggest fan of the cassette format but tapes are a staple diet of
Read moreVOLAHN / TUKAARIA – SPLIT (Crepúsculo Negro / Rhinocervs)
This tape is a total insult and I have returned from semi-retirement to express my disgust. How two labels can
Read moreSVART CROWN – PROFANE LP (Listenable Records)
Although the label has unquestionably unleashed some fantastic Death Metal – most notably from Immolation and Incantation – I wouldn’t
Read moreI SHALT BECOME – LOUISIANA VOODOO (Inspired Hate Records)
While I (think I) enjoyed the first two or three full-lengths released by I Shalt Become (if memory serves me
Read moreSARKOM – DOOMSDAY ELITE (Dark Essence Records)
Solid. That’s the word that best describes Sarkom’s third full-length venture, ‘Doomsday Elite’. Without ever being spectacular or mandatory, this
Read moreNEKROKRIST SS – DER TODESKING LP (Primitive Reaction)
This is one of those albums that could be easily dismissed by persons who don’t truly love and appreciate Black
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