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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MGŁA – AGE OF EXCUSE LP (Northern Heritage / No Solace)
If it’s not broken, why fix it? Poland’s prime purveyors of naked nihilism hit upon a winning formula on previous
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CLANDESTINE BLAZE – TRANQUILITY OF DEATH LP (Northern Heritage Records)
As Clandestine Blaze’s tenth full-length offering, ‘Tranquility Of Death’, erupts from the barrel, wretched humanity is once more the focus,
Read moreDIABOLI – WIKING DIVISION LP (Northern Heritage)
This record is about a year old already but I’ve only just recently added it to my collection. I’d been
Read moreNÉCROPOLE – NÉCROPOLE LP (Northern Heritage Records)
‘Nécropole’ gathers all material from the band’s two previous demos – ‘Atavisme…’ and ‘Ostara’ – onto one record to deliver
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RIDE FOR REVENGE – AGELESS POWERS ARISE LP (Bestial Burst / Northern Heritage)
Ride For Revenge return rather quickly with a fifth full-length and it would be fair to suggest that ‘Ageless Powers
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MGŁA – EXERCISES IN FUTILITY LP (Northern Heritage / No Solace)
Once, when I was grappling with the greater mysteries of life, I started reading a book called ‘Straw Dogs’, wherein
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RIDE FOR REVENGE – ENTER THE GAUNTLET 2LP (Bestial Burst / Northern Heritage)
It’s easy to review a Ride For Revenge LP so I will keep it short and sweet. ‘Enter The Gauntlet’
Read moreSATANIC WARMASTER – STRENGTH AND HONOUR LP (Northern Heritage)
Northern Heritage is in the process of reissuing some of the harder-to-get albums from its back catalogue. Amongst these is
Read morePHLEGEIN – SILVER VEINS LP (Northern Heritage)
Phlegein’s debut album comes in a tasty-looking gatefold sleeve with some delightful artwork. It sure looks the part and that’s
Read moreMUSTA SURMA / BLOODHAMMER / ANNIHILATUS – CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE LP (Northern Heritage)
This split brings together three fantastic hordes from the Finnish underground. Apparently, it took the best part of a decade
Read moreBAPTISM – AS THE DARKNESS ENTERS LP (Northern Heritage)
Baptism’s fourth full-length leaves me with mixed / indifferent emotions: I do enjoy parts of it but there are also
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MGŁA – WITH HEARTS TOWARD NONE LP (Northern Heritage)
While the quality quotient was consistently high, I found that previous Mgła releases were always very short – and therefore
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NUMINOUS – NUMINOUS LP (Northern Heritage)
Signed to Northern Heritage, the true home of underground Finnish Black Metal, Numinous is one of those mysterious, faceless, nameless
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