NECROSTRIGIS – RELICS OF BLOOD RITES SORCERY LP (Discipline)
Necrostrigis cultivates a guitar sound almost like a chainsaw buzzing through flesh on ‘Relics Of Blood Rites Sorcery’, a raw
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SHINING – 8 ½ – FEBERDRÖMMAR I VAKET TILLSTÅND (Dark Essence Records)
Shining is one of the most-divisive Black Metal bands of all time, mostly due to the antics of frontman Niklas
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CELESTIAL BLOODSHED – Ω LP (Terratur Possessions)
Steingrim Torson’s tragic, sudden death in 2009 came as a sobering jolt as I had been a big fan of
Read moreRAVENMOON SANCTUARY – WINTER DESOLATION OF DEATH LP (Altare Productions)
German label Darker Than Black took care of the CD version of Ravenmoon Sanctuary’s debut full-length and the vinyl edition
Read moreNORDWIND – WALK TO THE WOODS / NORDWIND LP (Obscure Abhorrence Productions)
I wasn’t at all familiar with Nordwind until Obscure Abhorrence decided to give them a 2013 airing by releasing this
Read moreBLUT AUS NORD – THE WORK WHICH TRANSFORMS GOD 2LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
It’s been a decade since Blut Aus Nord’s fourth full-length redefined what Black Metal is and can be. When it
Read moreVOID MEDITATION CULT – SULFUROUS PRAYERS OF BLIGHT AND DARKNESS LP (Hells Headbangers Records)
Technically, ‘Sulfurous Prayers Of Blight And Darkness’ is a split LP; effectively – as it features contributions by what are
Read moreSATYRICON – SATYRICON (Roadrunner Records)
I should know by now to steer clear of the bigger names but some naïve part of me refuses to
Read moreGRAV – OMHULDA ONDSKANS KRETSLOPP LP (Ancient Records / Afgrundsvisioner)
Unless I’m getting (handsomely) paid, I’m not inclined to write much about anything; well, ‘Omhulda Ondskans Kretslopp’ certainly doesn’t inspire
Read moreSALE FREUX / ZÉPÜLKR – LES FABLES IMMORALES ET FUITES INPROBABLES DE CRAPEFREUX EN MONTERAT LP (Mala Famae Records)
‘Les Fables Immorales Et Fuites Improbables De Crapefreux En Morterat’ is a fine example of the unexpected gems that the
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SLIDHR – DELUGE LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
Don’t think I’ve ever heard a debut album that sounds so accomplished. ‘Deluge’ is an absolute tour de force of
Read moreWULKANAZ – HAGLANAUDIZEISAZ LP (Altare Productions)
Wulkanaz’s debut album was originally released on cassette – limited to 147 units – last November and ‘HaglaNaudizEisaz’ now re-emerges
Read moreASH BORER – BLOODLANDS EP (Gilead Media / Psychic Violence)
The only downside of Ash Borer (and I’m splitting hairs here, as this is a logistical shortcoming that’s completely out
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I had a friend once who loved football but didn’t have a favourite team. At first, I thought this was
Read moreOWL’S BLOOD – LUNAR EQUILIBRIUM MLP (Dead Section Records)
Featuring the driving forces behind Ostots and Sentimen Beltza, Owl’s Blood is another blazing, old-school, majestic Black Metal entity out
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