AKERBELTZ – MERCILESS (BlackSeed Productions)
Longstanding Catalonian one-man act Akerbeltz hit a career high with sixth full-length, ‘Satànic’, which was released in 2017, and now,
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Black Metal Reviews
DAKHMA – BLESSINGS OF AMURDAD (Eisenwald)
In these characterless, vanilla times of repetitive, weak, monotonous cultural tedium, it has become painfully difficult to find artists of
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NORTHERN – CABIN FEVER (Sinistrari Records)
A continuation of cult USBM act Cold Northern Vengeance, NortherN emerges from the frigid, barren outpost of New Hampshire –
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BLUTUMHANG – THE FIRES OF DOMINATION (Nithstang Productions)
At last there’s something exciting stirring once more in the deepest, darkest recesses of the underground and how pertinent that
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VALAC – BURNING DAWN OF VENGEANCE LP (Black Gangrene Productions / Banner of Blood)
Channelling the singular vision of one individual and executed with class and feeling, Valac’s second full-length offering, ‘Burning Dawn of
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LAMP OF MURMUUR – SUBMISSION AND SLAVERY (Black Gangrene Productions)
The seemingly-exponential proliferation of raw and noisy Black Metal in recent times has been such that there are almost as
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RIDE FOR REVENGE – FEED THE INFAMY (Bestial Burst)
Ride For Revenge is one of a very select number of Black Metal bands to have successfully forged a sound
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IFERNACH – CAPITULATION OF ALL LIFE (Tour De Garde)
The best Black Metal is imbued with an ability to seemingly transcend aeons, intangible and timeless in its essence, traversing
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FUNERAL WINDS – GRUZELEMENTEN (New Era Productions)
‘Gruzelementen’ is the sound of uncompromising, unapologetic underground Black Metal fury. For 30 years, Funeral Winds has remained loyal to
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FUNERAL MIST – DEIFORM (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
With neither warning nor fanfare, Funeral Mist’s consistently-brilliant discography is boldly bolstered by the unannounced arrival of fourth full-length, ‘Deiform’,
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FLAGG – COSMIC CHAOS MANIFEST (Purity Through Fire)
Featuring the combined powers of Tyrant of Malum on vocals and the eponymous Flagg, who plays bass in cult horde
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WARLOGHE – THREE ANGLED VOID (Northern Heritage Records)
There’s an obvious reason (beyond laziness) why adjectives like primitive and raw are commonly recycled to describe the best Black
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PALE MIST – THROUGH THE LABYRINTH AND INTO CONNECTIVITY (Werewolf Promotion)
Pale Mist’s third full-length, ‘Through the Labyrinth and into Connectivity’, has been masterfully crafted in the deepest depths of the
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ARCHGOAT – WORSHIP THE ETERNAL DARKNESS (Debemur Morti Productions)
Perversion, decadence and auditory molestation abound across the 42-minute duration of ‘Worship The Eternal Darkness’ as Satan’s inimitable servants Archgoat
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KURNUGIA – BLOOD AND NECROSEMEN (Bestial Burst / Narbentage Produktionen)
In less than 18 minutes, Kurnugia makes a complete mockery of the endless excretion of bland, derivative, uninspired and /
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