KRINGA – ALL STILLBORN FIRES, LICK MY HEART (Terratur Possessions)
Casting seven sorcerous spells from the godforsaken outpost that is the eastern realm, the inimitable, trailblazing channellers of outlandish auditory
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OBSKURITATEM – AROGANTNI NIHILIZAM 2LP (Black Gangrene Productions)
In these inane times of instant gratification and ever-diminishing attention spans, where the masses of docile human cattle are too
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NÉCROPOLE – YOGA (Northern Heritage Records)
I feared Amertume might drop completely off-grid (in terms of releasing new music) after laying Caverne to rest with the
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NOENUM – HERESIARCH (Northern Heritage Records)
Noenum delivers a delirious dose of glorious, majestic, arcane Black Metal mercury on debut full-length, ‘Heresiarch’. What the Finnish duo
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HATE FOREST – INNERMOST (Osmose Productions)
Hate Forest is an institution in itself and each new release from Black Metal’s most notorious history teacher constitutes an
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BLACK DEATH CULT – DIASPORA LP (Profound Lore Records)
Black / Death Metal doesn’t get much more surreal and out there than Black Death Cult’s frankly deranged second fantastical
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MISÞYRMING – MEÐ HAMRI (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
Contemplating the essence and linearity or otherwise of the glass-ceiling-breaking third Misþyrming full-length ‘Með hamri’, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr’s oft-quoted observation
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“THE HOPES OF YOUTH HAVE BEEN DROWNED IN THE TEDIOUS, DISCOURAGING AND UNSURPRISING EVOLUTION OF HUMAN LIVESTOCK” – OUTRE-TOMBE (AKITSA)
A score of spirit-sapping, soul-destroying years has passed since Outre-Tombe audaciously lit the touchpaper for Québécois Black Metal by issuing
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“SOME HAVE FEAR, OTHERS EMBRACE IT WHEN IT COMES, SOME ARE AT PEACE, SOME WILL PRAY FOR MORE TIME” – MkM (ANTAEUS)
Like some surreal viciously-pulsing severed artery of sonic excess, Antaeus sprayed forth from the gushing sewers of Paris a bloodletting
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“SINCE WHEN SHOULD BLACK METAL BE SMOOTH AND HARMLESS MUSIC, A ‘SAFE SPACE’ FOR WEAK PEOPLE?” – NOKTURN (AUTARCIE)
Evoking a uniquely rich cultural heritage by revisiting glorious bygone epochs from France’s illustrious history, Autarcie’s powerfully nostalgic and emotive
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