CULTUM INTERITUM – VENERATION OF THE NEW DAWN (Godz Ov War Productions)
Despite the wondrous nature of debut full-length, ‘Poison Of Being’, Cultum Interitum remains very much embedded in the deepest trenches
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VALAIS – VALAIS (Signal Rex)
From the totalitarian dump that is Ireland appears without warning a fierce new force spewing a novel strain of deranged
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ANTEDILUVIAN – THE DIVINE PUNISHMENT (Nuclear War Now!)
It has been a frustratingly-long wait but eight years on from ‘λόγος’, Antediluvian have finally delivered their monstrous, depraved third
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MOON ORACLE – MUSE OF THE NIGHTSIDE (Bestial Burst / Signal Rex)
The debut Moon Oracle full-length, ‘Muse Of The Nightside’, is just what the doctor ordered in what has to date
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MURMÚRIO – WAMPYRIC KIMERA LP (ASRAR)
Listening to the second Murmúrio full-length, ‘Wampyric Kimera’, is a decidedly disorientating, discombobulating experience, befitting the times that are in
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ARCKANUM – KAMPEN 2LP (Essential Purification Records)
Arckanum existed for more than a quarter of a century up until 2018 and is firmly established as one of
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OES GALLIATH – SOUS L’ ŒIL FERMÉ DES PARADIS 2LP (Nebular Carcoma Records)
It’s almost impossible to accurately critique or assess Oes Galliath’s first and final full-length, ‘Sous L’œil Fermé Des Paradis’, without
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SATYRICON – DARK MEDIEVAL TIMES 2LP (Napalm Records)
It’s rather astonishing to think that Satyr was only 17 years old when Satyricon’s iconic debut full-length, ‘Dark Medieval Times’,
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PROCLAMATION – ADVENT OF THE BLACK OMEN LP (Nuclear War Now! Productions)
During a decade of decadence, defunct bestial Iberian warmongers Proclamation unleashed four monstrous full-lengths, all of which were re-released on
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MONTE PENUMBRA – AS BLADES IN THE FIRMAMENT LP (End All Life Productions / Oration)
Ostensibly a Portuguese-Icelandic alliance thanks to the involvement of one Bjarni Einarsson on drums and Stephen Lockhart (drum recording /
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REBIRTH OF NEFAST / SLIDHR – EX NIHILIO LP (End All Life Productions)
Unleashed upon the pitiful masses all of 13 years ago, ‘Ex Nihilio’ brings together two of Ireland’s most important Black
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IRAE – DANGEROVZ MAGICK ZPELLS FROM THE MESZIAH OF DEATH (Signal Rex)
Something of an outlier or oddity in the vast Irae discography, ‘Dangerovz Magick Zpells From The Mesziah Of Death’ presents
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SPECTRAL WOUND – A DIABOLIC THIRST (Profound Lore Records)
On their superbly-crafted and skilfully-executed third full-length, Spectral Wound celebrate Black Metal’s most essential spirit of decadence, but they have
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ANTAEUS – DE PRINCIPII EVANGELIKUM LP (Osmose Productions)
For whatever reason, I’ve been devoting an ever-increasing amount of my rather scarce listening time to older albums in recent
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ALTARAGE – SUCCUMB (Season of Mist Underground Activists)
First off, to be clear, this is not music, neither in the conventional sense nor in any other way. What
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