DEATH WORSHIP – EXTERMINATION MASS MLP (Nuclear War Now!)
Featuring seasoned, craggy, battle-hardened commanders from Revenge, Blasphemy and Conqueror, Death Worship unsurprisingly sounds a lot like Revenge, Conqueror and
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HOWLS OF EBB – CURSUS IMPASSE: THE PENDLOMIC VOWS LP (Nuclear War Now! Productions)
Sometimes the easiest reviews to write are also the most difficult ones. ‘Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows’ is a staggering
Read moreIRKALLIAN ORACLE – APOLLYON 2LP (Nuclear War Now!)
‘Grave Ekstasis’ was a stunning debut and Irkallian Oracle’s follow-up, ‘Apollyon’, is utterly monumental. This time, we get 57 minutes
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 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 moreGNOSIS – THE THIRD-EYE GATE LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Gnosis hail from Florida, not Hellas; but listening to their debut full-length, ‘The Third-Eye Gate’, it would easy to make
Read moreEMBRACE OF THORNS – DARKNESS IMPENETRABLE LP (Nuclear War Now!)
You have to take Embrace Of Thorns with a pinch – nay, a bucket – of salt. In the band
Read moreILL OMEN – REMNANT SPHERES OF SPIRITUAL EQUILIBRIUM EP (Nuclear War Now!)
This four-track EP (37 minutes – longer than some albums!), originally issued on cassette in early 2013, was given the
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 moreDARVULIA / SEKTARISM – DARVULIA / SEKTARISM LP (Nuclear War Now!)
And now for something completely different… This collaboration ventures far beyond the confines of Black Metal into territory that is
Read moreILL OMEN – ENTHRONING THE BONDS OF ABHORRENCE 2LP (Nuclear War Now!)
‘Enthroning The Bonds Of Abhorrence’ is a crushing experience. Haunting, ethereal Black Metal imbued with the desperate pathos and hopeless
Read moreNUCLEARHAMMER – SERPENTINE HERMETIC LUCIFER 2LP (Nuclear War Now!)
Canadian clusterfuckers Nuclearhammer share a member with Adversarial and their logo was drawn by the guitarist / vocalist from Antediluvian,
Read moreIRKALLIAN ORACLE – GRAVE EKSTASIS LP (Nuclear War Now!)
An apocalyptic raid erupting within walking distance of the intersection on the metal motorway where Death Metal and Black Metal
Read moreSET – UPHEAVAL OF UNHOLY DARKNESS LP (Nuclear War Now!)
I purchase more NWN albums than my accountant or wife would ideally recommend and, I must concede, they do not
Read morePROSANCTUS INFERI – NOCTAMBULOUS JAWS WITHIN SEMPITERNAL NIGHT LP (Nuclear War Now!)
I purchased ‘Noctambulous Jaws Within Sempiternal Night’ with a confidence bordering on arrogance. Having read some great things about Prosanctus
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