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Hellevaerder – De Nevel van Afgunst (Zwaertgevegt)

Dutch seems to be one of those languages that works with black metal, and here come Hellevarder, itself meaning Hell Fare with an example of it. De Nevel van Afgunst (The Mist of Envy) is the band’s album release, following… Continue Reading →

Ufomammut – Fenice (Neurot)

A new album from Ufomammut is always a special thing. It’s already 5 years since their last “8” which took me on an interplanetary trip and earned 8.5 out of 10 from me. Well, you would have thought that a much-anticipated album would have led me to… Continue Reading →

Venus Principle – Stand in Your Light (Prophecy)

Emancipation is an important step in any kind of development, be it development of the personal or the professional kind. If your ideas about life, work and music differ from those of the other individuals involved in your project, if… Continue Reading →

The Algorithm – Data Renaissance (FiXT)

Our dark metallic synthwave friend who leads The Algorithm is back with his fifth album. I’m actually better acquainted with their live shows than their recorded albums, of which I own just “Brute Force” (2016), and even though it’s 5… Continue Reading →

Defiatory – Apokalyps (Black Lion Records)

This is the third album by the 7-year-old quintet from Umeå, and the first with the current line-up. Musically they are fast & heavy thrash with gruff vocals rather than clean, with the occasional growl added for good measure. At… Continue Reading →

Likheim – Alt Skal Svinne Hen (Underground Kvlt Records)

Well, the label name is there to make a statement about just what we have in front of us and is actually a new imprint of Odium Records designed for unearthing buried treasures of the kvlt underground. Likheim may well… Continue Reading →

Evil – Book of Evil (From the Vault Records)

Denmark’s Evil are regarded as one of those classic bands, a 1999 re-issue of their ‘Evil Message’ EP with Sortilége helped their heritage, I am sure. Following a bumpy attempt of resurgence in 2015 with ‘Shoot the Messenger’, sole original… Continue Reading →

Elusive God – Trapped In A Future Unknown (Rafchild Records)

Croatian doomsters, Elusive God drop their first long player since forming in 2018. “Trapped In A Future Unknown” follows a series of single releases and 2020’s “The Darkest Flame” EP and shows a young band ready to make some serious,… Continue Reading →

Mournful Congregation – The Exuviae Of Gods Part I (Osmose)

Well, nobody expects a funeral doom band to do anything in a particularly fast fashion and it has been four years since we last heard from these Australians on last album ‘The Incubus Of Karma.’ This is the first of… Continue Reading →

Sergeant Thunderhoof – This Sceptred Veil (Pale Wizard)

If you scoot to the bottom here you’ll notice I am not your regular master of all things stoner and 70s Spenny, but probably to shut me up raving at him he stepped aside for this one. You see I… Continue Reading →

Viogression – 3rd Stage Of Decay (Moribund Records)

If you’re an old git, like me, who was around at the beginning of the death metal explosion in the mid to late 80s and early 90s then you may have come across this US death metal act when they… Continue Reading →

Soft Ffog – Soft Ffog (Is it Jazz? Records)

As Ave Noctum’s old git in residence and self-professed Thotch-head, when amongst the normal deliveries of satanic screams and unreadable band logos a hint of Prog arrives at the editor’s dungeon abode, and that’s just Prog, not Prog-Metal, it is… Continue Reading →

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