EUCHARIST – DEMISE RITES MLP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Featuring both of the band’s 2011 demos – ‘Tenebrous Summoning’ and ‘Demise Rites’ – in one place, this collection was
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VASTUM – HOLE BELOW LP (20 Buck Spin)
‘Hole Below’ is a really, really good – if not great – full-length. While it’s by no means one of
Read morePISSGRAVE – SUICIDE EUPHORIA LP (Profound Lore Records)
I’ve just listened to this record five times in one sitting (well, ten sittings…) and it’s a gloriously-punishing experience. The
Read moreGENOCIDE SHRINES – MANIPURA IMPERIAL DEATHEVOKOVIL: SCRIPTURES OF REVERSED PURAANA DHARMURDER LP (Iron Bonehead Productions / Vault Of Dried Bones)
Genocide Shrines have most certainly hit the ground running on their debut full-length. ‘Manipura Imperial Deathevokovil: Scriptures Of Reversed Puraana
Read moreCREEPING – REVENANT LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
There’s certainly a doomy vibe to ‘Revenant’, though possibly not as pronounced as I remember it being on the New
Read moreÆVANGELIST – ENTHRALL TO THE VOID OF BLISS LP (20 Buck Spin)
Note: Meditation Of Transcendental Evil will not appear on the vinyl edition, but will be included as part of the
Read moreLVCIFYRE – SVN EATER LP (Dark Descent Records)
Lvcifyre’s ‘Svn Eater’ isn’t a new record but it’s one I missed first time around somehow and only got around
Read moreABYSSAL – ANTIKATASTASEIS 2LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Abyssal’s soaring third full-length, ‘Antikatastaseis’, represents a magnificent accomplishment for this lone soul from the UK. Touched by genius, it
Read moreNOCTURNAL BLOOD – ABNORMALITIES PREVAIL 2LP (Hells Headbangers Records)
‘Abnormalities Prevail’ gathers most of Nocturnal Blood’s recordings to date (outside of the 2010 full length, ‘Devastated Graves – The
Read moreBLACK FEAST- LARENUF JUBILEUM LP (Iron Bonehead Productions / Nuclear War Now!)
My knowledge of Black Feast is non-existent. ‘Larenuf Jubileum’ collates demo, split, advance tape and promo material from this little-known
Read morePOSSESSION – 1585-1646 MLP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
It’s just 25 minutes long and features only four tracks (plus an intro), but damned if this MLP doesn’t indelibly
Read moreREVENGE – BEHOLD.TOTAL.REJECTION LP (Season of Mist Underground Activists)
Revenge return with a – dare I say it? – vengeance. Fifth full-length ‘Behold.Total.Rejection’ is their longest album to date,
Read moreTETRAGRAMMACIDE – TYPHONIAN WORMHOLES: INDECIPHERABLE ANTI-STRUCTURAL FORMULÆ MLP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Tetragrammacide from India is a band the likes of which I have never heard before. ‘Typhonian Wormholes: Indecipherable Anti-Structural Formulæ’
Read moreMEFITIC – WOES OF MORTAL DEVOTION LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Mefitic from Italy play a swirling, murky, lo-fi hybrid of Black and Death Metal. Their debut album, ‘Woes Of Mortal
Read moreSHROUD OF THE HERETIC – UNORTHODOX EQUILIBRIUM LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
I wonder was there Death Metal before the asteroid struck? How developed / devolved were those people, anyway? Did they
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