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Bizarre – Invocation Codex (Transcending Obscurity)

Once again, this Indian label has picked up an exceptional death metal band to add to their roster, alongside their unique products that they always unveil for each of their releases. This Spanish bands rather innocuous moniker does not do… Continue Reading →

Extreme Cold Winter – World Exit (Hammerheart Records)

It’s one of those things, when a band’s name lays its table out. There’s an expectation that naturally pops into one’s mind. Extreme Cold Winter is a moniker that reflects a sound, a vibe, an aura of brutality. These Dutchmen… Continue Reading →

Hulkoff – Ragnarok (Faravid Recordings)

Hulkoff (Guitarist/Vocalist Par Hulkoff being the main member, hence the name) is already a well known charting force in his native Sweden, achieving Number One status with his second album “Pansarfolk” last year. Obviously, he’s wasted no time in following… Continue Reading →

Cradle Of Filth – Existence Is Futile (Nuclear Blast)

I just realised when I started listening to this that the last time I saw these guys was 2 years ago at the London Palladium, and it was one of the last gigs I went to, as there were only… Continue Reading →

Worm – Foreverglade (20 Buck Spin)

Heavy. Or as Neil from the Young Ones would say Heaveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey ! Doom/Death bands are not known for being prolific when it comes to output so the fact that this is the Florida bands third album in four years may have a… Continue Reading →

Hegemon – Sidereus Nuncius (LADLO)

Taking a slight sidestep from the more pagan French style I have become accustomed to from this label Hegemon are a much more orthodox proposition. Perhaps they have not always been this way as I note that in the past… Continue Reading →

Organic – Where Graves Abound (Testimony Records)

Upon my first encounter with this album, I can’t believe it’s not Swedish; more specifically I can’t believe it’s not the October release from a Rogga Johanson project (though in truth he’s possibly even more prolific than just monthly) [editor’s… Continue Reading →

Massacre – Resurgence (Nuclear Blast)

When you list the classic Death Metal acts of old you probably think Morbid Angel, Deicide, Obituary, Death etc. Yet there is a sort of sub level to that, Possessed, Immolation, and our subject for today the mighty Massacre! I… Continue Reading →

Noltem – Illusions In The Wake (Transcending Obscurity)

When it comes to atmospheric black metal, you will not go far wrong with this latest offering from a trio from across the pond. Noltem have been in existence since 2003, apart from a break between 2007 and 2015, and… Continue Reading →

Dust Mountain – Hymns For Wilderness (Svart Records)

In the northern hemisphere, autumn is the time of the year when nature is at its most colourful, its most friendly. It’s neither extremely hot nor extremely cold, and there are field crops and fruit aplenty. Earth looks like a… Continue Reading →

Green Lung – Black Harvest (Svart Records)

Within any music industry, year in and year out there are endless lists of “rising stars”, “ones to watch”, or “the sound of (insert year here)”.  The vast majority of these acts will be the darlings of journalists more pretentious… Continue Reading →

Draconicon – Dark Side of Magic (Beyond The Storm)

Well, it’s been a bit of a year for it really. Whether it’s the misery of last year having a delayed effect I’m not sure, but earlier this year we had a new Bloodbound album, then just last month there… Continue Reading →

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