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Inferno Festival 2022 – Indie Recordings Label Night at Salt, Oslo, Norway 13/4/22

It has become traditional for Norway’s annual Inferno Festival to begin with a warm up night, and this year was no exception, with Indie Recordings once more laying on an aperitif for those making the pilgrimage to Oslo. The venue… Continue Reading →

Warfist – Tuefels (Godz Ov War)

Formed 18 years ago, this is the fourth full length album by the Polish duo of drummer and backing vocalist Pavulon and guitarist and vocalist Mihu, with session and live bassist Nechrist. Labelling themselves as Blackened Thrash Metal, I have… Continue Reading →

Reaper – Viridian Inferno (Dying Victims)

Australian metal punks come at you with their debut release. Expect a nod to Hellhammer, China’s Military Shadow and primitive early noise in general from both Germany and the UK. The PR material states “hellhammering speedmetalpunk”, which is very accurate…. Continue Reading →

Freja – Tides (Babylon Doom Cult)

If you’ve had an eye and an ear on the more recent fruits of the ever-thriving Dutch black metal scene, Freja’s debut album Tides and the fact that the band defy conventional genre categories won’t take you by surprise. But… Continue Reading →

Static Abyss – Labyrinth Of Veins (Peaceville)

It’s a pathologist’s worse nightmare. The body is laid out on the slab, the y-shaped incision is made, rib-cage prized open and removal of organs commences. Up to nuts in guts and carefully placing, liver, lungs and other offal in… Continue Reading →

Vaina – Futue Te Ipsum – Angel With Many Faces (Aesthetic Death)

And once again you never know what you’ll get with an Aesthetic Death release but it will be different. And this album by the Finnish Vaina is certainly that. Amusingly their entry on Metal Archives just says black metal. Um…. Continue Reading →

Egregore – The Word Of His Law (20 Buck Spin)

Or to give it its full title, “The Word Of His Law: An Address To Abraxas In His Time And Place, Through His Grand Viseer, Thine Panpsycopompos”. The accompanying promotional material is just as pretentious, promising “enigmatic incantations” and “obscure… Continue Reading →

Alunah – Strange Machine (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Okay, I’ll get it out of the way right now and not refer to it later in the review, well, at least not beyond the first paragraph if I can at all avoid it.  I’ve bloody well enjoyed the music… Continue Reading →

Viande – L’Abime Dévore Les Âmes (Transcending Obscurity)

You know how it is when you get French extreme metal to listen to and review… expect the unexpected! This debut full length follows a demo and EP out in 2015 and 2017 respectively and whilst I have not heard… Continue Reading →

Ancient Settlers – Our Last Eclipse (Crusader Records)

As things have changed over the last two years with everyone working remotely and collaborating with colleagues which are remotely located, why shouldn’t music do the same? While this sextet comprises of 5 Venezuelan members and a Finn, they are… Continue Reading →

Somalgia – Inverted World (Repose Records)

The message behind all this is blunt and harsh. In their sleeve artwork, Somalgia go to great pains to represent their bleak and dystopian vision. I read such slogans as “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored”…. Continue Reading →

Agnes Vein – Deathcall (Venerate Industries)

Right off the bat, I really wasn’t sure what I was going to get when I popped this CD into the player. The only things I knew were that Agnes Vein were a Greek band, but upon further inspection I… Continue Reading →

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