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Mortis Mutilati – The Fate Of Flight 800 (S/R)

Now I am sure I vaguely remember French act Mortis Mutilati although having lost digital files from before 2013 can’t quite remember where from. Their logo and the cover art from second album Nameless Here For Evermore which was released… Continue Reading →

Rope Sect – The Great Flood (Iron Bonehead)

Hear ye, hear ye! Rope Sect are about to unleash The Great Flood upon the Earth! Mark your calendars, lovers of all things musically dark and underground, because the twelfth of August will prove to be one of the more… Continue Reading →

Black Crown Initiate – Violent Portraits Of Doomed Escape (Century Media)

I’ve been following Black Crown Initiate with intense interest since demo-come-EP “Song Of The Crippled Bull” announced their brand of progressive death metal to the world in 2013. On the heels of said EP were two critically acclaimed albums, before… Continue Reading →

Arrogant Destruktor – No Fucking Mercy (Void Wanderer Productions)

No idea if it’s just lockdown psychosis but I find myself wondering on lots of inanities these days; like how many albums there are with a variation on the philosophical standpoint of ‘no mercy’ with or without profanity. Yep, stir… Continue Reading →

Fides Inversa – Historia Nocturna (WTC)

Fides Inversa have carved a credible black metal niche – a line in raging odes to demonic, adversarial forces that has blended the band into the darkest underbelly of the genre despite issuing only a couple of releases over the… Continue Reading →

Christwvrks – Messiah Complex (Apocalyptic Witchcraft)

Jamie Christ is a busy bloke. One of those annoyingly talented busy blokes. He is a tattooist of some renown up at Red Hot and Blue in Edinburgh where he adorns folk with stunning blackwork pieces. This is where I… Continue Reading →

Gruppe Planet – Travel to Uncertain Grounds (Lifeforce Records)

The name of the band rather gives away the fact that they’re German. Gruppe Planet is an electronically-inclined instrumental band. I soon became hypnotised by the calm and dreamy ambience of the opening title track. There’s a kind of post… Continue Reading →

High Spirits – Hard to Stop (High Roller)

Everyone know this lot right? So without further ado, I can basically sum up by saying the formula still works, it’s a lockdown survival record, make yourself happy and listen to this album….. Chris Black and co continue to release… Continue Reading →

Stillbirth – Revive The Throne (Unique Leader)

I could not abide the Brutal Death scene at one point, I think in some respects I just took things too seriously. I mean I couldn’t stand the influence that Deathcore was having and I also had very little time… Continue Reading →

Lord Orots – Conquering The Infinite Void (Onism Productions)

Well it’s a good time to sleep and dream, taking off in your head to distant places unravaged by plague. That’s exactly what Spaniard Lord Orots has been doing and apparently, he has recently slept “upon his throne for ten… Continue Reading →

Shodan – Death Rule over Us (Deformeathing Productions)

“The music of death, rats, bitterness and vanity” were the first words I read when researching this band from Poland. I understand they do a bit of coldwave to go with their mix of death metal and progressive elements. A… Continue Reading →

Martyr – Fists Of Iron (Gates of Hell)

I have been waiting for this for a while, and just as I start to write the tape arrives from the band themselves with the original artwork. The release under review here from Gates of Hell Records has a different,… Continue Reading →

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