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Originally released on CD by the band themselves a couple of years ago, the debut album of Winter Deluge sees new distro/label Frozen Blood Industries pick up the release for a tasty vinyl re-issue. Not knowing a huge amount about… Continue Reading →
Citing the likes of Nile, Cannibal Corpse and Behemoth amongst their inspirations, this stuck out like a sore thumb amongst my review pile for getting fast tracking to my ol’ lug holes with priority. Veilburner’s debut album is packed with… Continue Reading →
Following on from the recent release of Polish black metal trio THAW’s sophomore album, the band have also put out a compilation, comprising their first demo ‘Decay’ and an EP ‘Advance’. ‘Decay’ was originally self-released by the band and contained… Continue Reading →
Death Wolf is the side project of Marduk’s Morgan Håkansson, originally known as Devils Whorehouse – unsurprisingly a Misfits tribute. As mildly entertaining as the first Devils Whorehouse EP was, personally there didn’t appear to be much mileage in the… Continue Reading →
When it comes to black metal, Poland are a country that really can’t go wrong; from the likes of Cultes Des Ghoules to Mgła, it seems they’re a nation that have perfected the art without paying too much homage to… Continue Reading →
Just when you thought it was safe to stick two fingers up to the year that was 2014 and tell it to do one the Bergen Blacksters that are Taake unleash their sixth studio album and remind you that it’s… Continue Reading →
Originally started as a one man Black Metal project, Morodh was the brainchild of guitarist Ragnaar. He is joined on this debut full length journey into Depressive Black Metal by drummer Andreas, bassist Anthart and Astaroth on vocals. For anyone… Continue Reading →
You have thirty seconds to name as many bands with necro (or nekro) in their name, starting NOW. So how many did you get to? Quite a few I suspect as we have yet another band utilising the necro prefix… Continue Reading →
It’s black and on Black Forest Records, that should give you some idea what to expect in the way of pine scented glory from this EP. Hailing from Norway but also with further flung help which I shall get to… Continue Reading →
Greek black metal has built a universe all of its own over the past two decades and Varathron has provided several of the grandest pillars to that cosmos. Stefan ‘Necroabyssious’ and crew have been bolstering the sheer depth of quality… Continue Reading →
Yep this one is Russian and I will not be embarking upon a track by track listing. However translation online tells me that the actual album in English would be entitled ‘Knowledge Of Darkness’ and I had been informed that… Continue Reading →
In these times when some corners of the black metal scene feel a bit too much like the musical equivalent of a faithful old Labrador – great company for a cold winter evening walk in the woods but about as… Continue Reading →