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From the Vastland – Tenebrous Shadow (Crawling Chaos)

From the Vastland is fundamentally a Norwegian black metal band whose music and lyrics are influenced by Persian history and mythology. Its members have associations with renowned bands including Horizon Ablaze, Gaahls Wyrd and 1349. From the Vastland has been… Continue Reading →

1349 – The Wolf and The King (Season of Mist)

Many purveyors of the dark art of black metal have evolved their sound over the years, incorporating keyboards and symphonics for example, and are now unrecognisable from the bands that the second wave spawned in the nineties. While this is… Continue Reading →

Kanonenfieber – Die Urkatastrophe (Century Media)

Having a best friend who is heavily invested in Black Metal has always been a blessing, it means he can share his Blackened finds with me and with him I can share my Slamming Death Metal passion. As a result… Continue Reading →

Ulvehunger – Retaliation (Darkness Shall Rise Productions)

This Norwegian band is likely to get a lot of attention because of the band members within it. With such luminaries as Frost (Satyricon) and Anders Odden (Cadaver) the pedigree of the band is in no doubt. Ulvehunger blends the… Continue Reading →

Tsjuder – Helvegr (Season Of Mist)

A lot of the bands I listen to (and thus review) revel in making music that is best described using formulae such as “Band A + Band B x Genre X = ???” because, well, I like my crossover shit…. Continue Reading →

Theotoxin – Fragment: Totenruhe (AOP Records)

Ever since I got my hands on a copy of 2020’s Fragment: Erhabenheit I have been hooked on this Austrian black metal horde so I jumped at the chance to review the latest spawn from these black arts purveyors, Theotoxin…. Continue Reading →

Memory Garden – 1349 (No Remorse)

Nobody does Doom Metal quite like Sweden. Yes, Sweden gave the world Candlemass so a precedent was set right there, but since then this great country has given the Metal world so many more striking bands under that Doom-soaked umbrella…. Continue Reading →

Vulture Lord – Desecration Rite (Odium Records)

When I started my radio show (Dark Tryal, every Sunday at 21:00 on TotalRock, promotion). I really thought that I’d be bringing the Death and my co-host would be bringing the Black. However it’s strange that our paths have crossed,… Continue Reading →

Pulchra Morte – Ex Rosa Ceremonia (Transcending Records)

The second Autumn’s plague-ridden breath blew in, the trees clenched their roots, shook and shed their leaves along with an absolute stack of doom death albums. Yep it is the traditional time of year for a multitude of acts to… Continue Reading →

Ov Shadows – I Djavulens Avbild (Hypnotic Dirge Records)

If I was a Bond villain looking to hold the world to ransom by destabilising the Black Metal community (unlikely but stay with me here), my nefarious plot would involve removing the letter “v” from all keyboards being manufactured. Imagine the consternation… 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 →

Hraun – Black Molten Essence (FDA Records)

I’m a dad of two, and I am not a great cook. It is fair to say that when I am called upon to provide sustenance for my two by now not-so-mini offspring, unless it is something that I can… Continue Reading →

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