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Ereb Altor – Eldens Boning (Hammerheart)

You never knew quite what you were going to get with an Ereb Altor release a few years ago, as they strived to find their own course and identity, pushing away from the main member’s other band Isole. But as… Continue Reading →

Plasmodium – Towers Of Silence (Transcending Obscurity Records)

Just when you think blackened death metal cannot become more hideous, more horrifying along comes this disturbing Australian act hailing from Melbourne. I took the time to listen to their debut, ‘Entheognosis’’ before plunging into the murky world of their… Continue Reading →

The Mammuthus – Last Trumpet of a Giant (Sliptrick Records)

The Mammuthus hail from the Swedish city of Trollhättan, which according to an online search is the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, with 59,058 inhabitants in 2019. Well, what does that little bit of googling have to… Continue Reading →

Abjection – Malignant Deviation(Godz Ov War Productions)

When a little known EP by the moniker of ‘Malignant Deviation’ fell into my inbox to dissect and critique I relished the opportunity as I was teased with the tag line of blackened death metal, and that is enough to… Continue Reading →

In Asymmetry – Ashes Of Dead Worlds (Comatose)

Wine apparently gets better with age, I wouldn’t know because I normally don’t drink wine that costs more than £7 but that’s what they say. So, does Metal get better with age? For the most part I’m going to say… Continue Reading →

Seth – La Morsure Du Christ (Season Of Mist)

On one listen I bought this seventh album by French act Seth, as it had that much impact on me. Of the handful of bands with the Seth moniker this French version is probably the most well-known. However it has… Continue Reading →

Jordfäst – Hädanefter (Nordvis)

This is a Swedish set up with cited influences including Craft, Khold and Watain. This is dense, hypnotic black metal with rich sound textures exhuming multi-layered guitars, although the PR material suggests “icy rock n roll”, a term I must… Continue Reading →

Vokonis – Odyssey (The Sign Records)

Barely two years after releasing the critically acclaimed Grasping Time, earning a respectable score from a sometimes difficult to please yours truly, Vokonis return with their fourth full length.  In Grasping Time the Swedish stoner doom rockers created an album… Continue Reading →

Obsequial Joy – Show My Mercy (Talheim Records)

Just so you know, simply having miserable lyrics does not make you DSBM. Despite the tag on the group’s Facebook, it is an anomaly here. Right, this one person project is from Taiwan it seems, home of the mighty Chthonic… Continue Reading →

Nekromantheon – The Visions of Trimegistos (Indie Recordings)

Climb on the stage, dive off, hit the floor, repeat……………Back in 2012 I stumbled across a rowdy bunch of thrashers by the name of Nekromantheon laying waste to the cramped confines of Oslo’s John Dee, and as well as being… Continue Reading →

Traumatomy – Extirpation Paradigms (Gore House Productions)

One thing I’ll never get bored of is Slam, even in my lowest Slam moments when I thought the whole genre had gone to shit I would still put on Devourment, Kraanium and all the classics that I love. I… Continue Reading →

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