SUMMON – PARAZV IL ZILITTV LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Summon’s debut album, ‘Parazv Il Zilittv’, is a pitch-black, disturbing ode to death and demise, a swirling, deranged cacophony of
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SHAARIMOTH – TEMPLE OF THE ADVERSARIAL FIRE LP (World Terror Committee)
A full dozen years on from their debut, Shaarimoth released sophomore full-length, ‘Temple Of The Adversarial Fire’, in 2017. The
Read moreHERESIARCH – DEATH ORDINANCE LP (Dark Descent Records)
Do we really need another Diocletian? Another Witchrist? More chaotic, barbaric brutality from New Zealand? Is there room for such
Read moreDEMONOMANTIC – GRAIL OF DEFORMED EVILNESS LP (Final Agony Records)
I find it almost remarkable that Swartadauþuz – he of Bekëth Nexëhmü, Mystik and Azelisassath – can not alone switch
Read moreKAPALA – INFEST CESSPOOL MLP (Dunkelheit Produktionen)
I decided to display a picture of the etching on Side B because I have little or no time for
Read moreUNDERGANG – MISANTROPOLOGI LP (Me Saco Un Ojo Records)
‘Misantropologi’ is the fourth rancid full-length from spiteful Danish trio Undergang and it’s a monstrous full-length that’s received countless rotations
Read moreTCHORNOBOG – TCHORNOBOG 2LP (Fallen Empire Records)
Tchornobog’s self-titled debut full-length is an extraordinary work of art that really comes to life in the glorious double-vinyl format.
Read moreAKERCOCKE – RENAISSANCE IN EXTREMIS 2LP (Peaceville Records)
Akercocke have some terrific albums but ‘Renaissance In Extremis’ isn’t one of them. Why any band wants to merge Death
Read moreAOSOTH – V: THE INSIDE SCRIPTURES LP (Agonia Records)
Aosoth’s fifth and final strike is a monstrous slab of murky Black Metal disdainfully forced through a decidedly Death Metal
Read moreDEIQUISITOR – DOWNFALL OF THE APOSTATES LP (Night Shroud Records)
Boasting ties with Blodfest and Ogdru Jahad – two acts I passed comment on in what seems like a previous
Read moreSEMPITERNAL DUSK / ENCOFFINATION – A MONUMENT TO THE ABYSS OF DEATH LP (End Theory Records / Parasitic Records)
On ‘A Monument To The Abyss Of Death’ each band spews forth one epic dirge of supreme underground Death Metal,
Read morePOSSESSION – EXORKIZEIN LP (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Remarkably, it’s almost a year already since Possession dropped their mighty debut full-length. I never got around to writing nearly
Read moreLIHHAMON – DOCTRINE LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Hailing from the industrial city of Leipzig, uncompromising German three-piece Lihhamon recorded their astonishing debut full-length on their own steam
Read moreTHY SEPULCHRAL MOON – INDIGNANT FORCE OF GREAT MALEVOLENCE LP (Signal Rex)
Regurgitating the foul, fetid filth from their little-known ‘Incantations Inciting Demise’ and ‘Contemptuous Retaliation Storm’ offensives (as well as covers
Read morePORTAL – ION LP (Profound Lore Records)
As well as elevating them above their peers, the thick primordial rumble evident on previous Portal releases was a key
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