CLANDESTINE BLAZE – FIST OF THE NORTHERN DESTROYER LP (Northern Heritage Records)
There’s a shocking dearth of quality new releases appearing at present – and this has been the case for quite
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NEXUL – SCYTHED WINGS OF POISONOUS DECAY MLP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Though modestly granted EP status, ‘Scythed Wings Of Poisonous Decay’ in reality falls into full-length territory as it clocks in
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KULT OFENZIVY – TAK JSEM JI PŘIZVAL K SOBĚ LP (New Era Productions)
‘Tak Jsem Ji Přizval K Sobě’ is an unapologetic throwback to days gone by when a large percentage of the
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PRISON OF MIRRORS – DE RITUALIBUS ET SACRIFICIIS AD SERVIENDUM ABYSSO 2LP (Oration)
On their staggeringly-accomplished debut full-length, ‘De Ritualibus Et Sacrificiis Ad Serviendum Abysso’, Prison Of Mirrors have delivered 54 minutes of
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KATHARSIS – VVORLDVVITHOUTEND LP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
For obvious reasons it would be nigh on impossible to make any definitive judgment as to what constitutes the most
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VETËVRAKH – DOMINION OF TERROR LP (Black Gangrene Productions)
Four demos and five splits later, Vetëvrakh finally got around to recording their first full-length and the possessed duo from
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RIDE FOR REVENGE – CHAPTER OF ALCHEMY: SINGLES AND COMPILATION TRACKS 2006-2013 (Fuck Yoga Records)
Comprising three pieces of depraved Finnish filth across twelve-and-a-bit minutes, ‘The Renegade Temple’ was initially released on 7” thirteen years
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SODALITY – GOTHIC LP (Dauthus 1899)
It goes without saying that any recording featuring the instantly-recognisable, utterly depraved and evil-as-all-fuck vocals of Mark of the Devil
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SAINTE MARIE DES LOUPS – FUNÉRAILLES DE FEU LP (Amor Fati Productions / Extraconscious Records)
Every so often a record comes along that you just don’t want to stop listening to. There are others waiting
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VENUS STAR – CALLING ALL LOKAS LP (Terratur Possessions)
It’s quite difficult (for me, at least) to elaborate much beyond pointing out that Venus Star’s fifth full-length recording, ‘Calling
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WHITE MEDAL – ELMET LP (Altare Productions)
The illegitimate offspring of prolific Yorkshire Heathen Black Metal progenitor George Proctor, White Medal has been cultivating some truly crude
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SUFFERING HOUR – THE CYCLIC RECKONING (Profound Lore Records)
On their ominous, multi-textured and tantalisingly-intangible sophomore full-length, ‘The Cyclic Reckoning’, Suffering Hour have crafted an immense offering of destructive
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WAGNER ÖDEGÅRD – OM KOSMOS OCH DE TOLV JÄRTEKN LP (Altare Productions)
Via a multitude of parallel channels, the prolific artist behind Wagner Ödegard has been responsible for crafting a rich and
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FÖRGJORD / NEKROKRIST SS – FÖRGJORD / NEKROKRIST SS LP (Hammer of Hate Records)
This exceptional alliance of distinguished Finnish hordes begins and ends with emotive, tortured collaborations involving both brigades (Jättäkää Minut Korpeille
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UPON THE ALTAR – ABSID AB ORDINE LUMINIS (Putrid Cult)
Billowing forth from Lesser Poland with a blistering blitzkrieg of Black / Death Metal, Upon The Altar issue a devastating
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