ADVERSARIAL – DEATH, ENDLESS NOTHING AND THE BLACK KNIFE OF NIHILISM LP (Dark Descent Records)
If there’s a better record released this year than Adversarial’s crushing sophomore, ‘Death, Endless Nothing And The Black Knife Of
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ZOM – FLESH ASSIMILATION LP (Invictus Productions)
The first thing that jumps out at me regarding the vinyl incarnation of ‘Flesh Assimilation’ is the thought and creativity
Read morePHOBOCOSM – DEPRIVED LP (Dark Descent Records)
Eerie and ominous instrumental opener ‘Sleep Deprivation’ sets the tone for yet another dark and disturbing helping of suffocating, asymmetrical
Read moreHIC IACET – THE COSMIC TRANCE INTO THE VOID LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
I’ve been spinning Hic Iacet’s debut full-length ‘The Cosmic Trance Into The Void’ on a semi-regular basis (busy, busy, busy…)
Read moreDOOMBRINGER – THE GRAND SABBATH LP (Nuclear War Now!)
‘The Grand Sabbath’ has a lot going for it: for starters, Doombringer’s debut full-length boasts an interestingly-varied vocal approach (which
Read moreTRUPPENSTURM / THORYBOS – APPROACHING CONFLICT LP (Ván Records)
There’s eleven tracks of decent Black / Death Metal on ‘Approaching Conflict’, with a strong war vibe and theme –
Read moreARCHGOAT – THE APOCALYPTIC TRIUMPHATOR LP (Debemur Morti Productions)
I was resigned to the likelihood that Archgoat would go through the motions for the rest of their recording careers.
Read moreIMPETUOUS RITUAL – UNHOLY CONGREGATION OF HYPOCRITICAL AMBIVALENCE 2LP (Profound Lore Records)
I yearn to hear it even better. To get my ears beneath and beyond the impenetrable, dismal doom and gloom,
Read moreSWALLOWED – LUNARTERIAL 2LP (Me Saco Un Ojo Records)
Clocking in at almost 54 minutes – including a whopping and utterly monstrous 25-minute sixth and final track, ‘Libations’ (which
Read moreNECROS CHRISTOS – NINE GRAVES LP (Sepulchral Voice Records / Ván Records)
Amazingly, Necros Christos only consider ‘Nine Graves’ to be an EP. Yet, at 40 minutes, it is longer than most
Read moreENCOFFINATION – III: HEAR ME, O’ DEATH (SING THOU WRETCHED CHOIRS) 2LP (Selfmadegod Records)
The third full-length from Encoffination is – as one would expect – crushing, oppressive, desolate and harrowing beyond almost all
Read moreANKOU AWAITS – OBEROUR AR MARO (self-released)
Against all odds, the indefatigable Thomas Eversole is back with his fourth full-length in as many years. It’s hard not
Read moreRATTENFÄNGER – EPISTOLAE OBSCURORUM VIRORUM LP (Ván Records)
Rattenfänger is a Ukrainian band featuring assorted members of local Black Metal hordes Drudkh, Blood Of Kingu, Atrofaes, Hate Forest
Read moreDROWNED – IDOLA SPECUS LP (Sepulchral Voice Records)
Drowned is such a cool band. One of them used to be in the mighty Necros Christos and another one
Read moreNECROHOLOCAUST – HOLOCAUSTIC GOAT METAL LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Necroholocaust have been knocking (priests) around for over a decade but have only recently got down to recording their debut
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