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Heathen – Empire Of The Blind (Nuclear Blast Records)

I’ve been a huge fan of Heathen since the early 90s, unfortunately they were already no more by the time I was a fan, not that it mattered, as I would never have been able to see them live from… Continue Reading →

Suffering Souls – True Godfucking Soulbright (Schwarzdawn Productions)

This is a 25th anniversary compilation album from this German black metal group who appear to now be the ‘soul’ domain of Lord Esgaroth. According to the big rant in the CD booklet though the cards are on the table… Continue Reading →

CNJR- I Can See The Church Burning Through The Binoculars (Future Archive Recordings)

CNJR (pronounced Conjure) is the work of a nomadic music producer originally from the Pacific North West now relocated to Mexico. This album (c’mon I am not gonna type that out every time despite how wacky the title is) is his 2nd full… Continue Reading →

Nightmare – Aeternam (AFM)

It’s amazing how bands can grow and change depending on the members involved. French Metal band Nightmare are a great example, their humble NWOBHM-style roots way back on their 1984 debut a distant memory (as with a healthy amount of… Continue Reading →

Six Feet Under – Nightmares of the Decomposed (Metal Blade)

Six Feet Under need no introduction, so here is an introduction that is both pointless, overlong, and lacking in brevity. Formed as side project by then Cannibal Corpse singer Chris Barnes and Obituary guitarist Allen West in 1993, Barnes’ sudden… Continue Reading →

Gorephilia – In The Eye Of Nothing (Dark Descent)

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, how are people not into Death Metal! There is literally something for everyone, well at least if you’re into Extreme Metal. It’s so expansive and I don’t even fully see that… Continue Reading →

Horde of Hel – Döden Nalkas (Regain Records)

Things don’t get much bleaker than industrial black metal. So, if you’re looking for something uplifting, you might want to pass on this one. I don’t know whether this really is, as the blurb claims, “the most extreme (…) record… Continue Reading →

Nubivagant – Roaring Eye (Amor Fati)

It’s going to be a good winter, if this platter casually tossed into the ether by the untried and untested Nubivagant is anything to go by. Sure, I admit, we’re in the middle of a global pandemic with economic meltdown… Continue Reading →

Herbstschatten – Abschaum (Boersma Records)

Where on earth do you start with this German bands second album whose title translates as ‘Scum’, they are so off the wall that just describing their music as black metal does it a serious disservice. However the four piece… Continue Reading →

Esoteric – Metamorphogenesis (Aesthetic Death)

Continuing to lovingly bring Esoteric’s albums to life on vinyl Aesthetic Death have now breathed fresh air into the group’s 3rd full length Metamorphogenesis. It is a somewhat odd release even by this band’s standards. For a start it is… Continue Reading →

A Shape – Iron Pourpre (Atypeek)

The idea that this was noise rock and “organised chaos” was intriguing enough for me to want to listen to it. A Shape are from France, and this is their second album. Away we go with the mind-blowing “Black Mamba”…. Continue Reading →

Sarcoptes – Plague Hymns (Transcending Obscurity)

Black Metal, the genre that’s so ‘trve’ it’s false. I jest but really on reflection as you get older you realise just how pathetic the Norwegian scene was. Of course I love the music but the individuals within, just a… Continue Reading →

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