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Tilintetgjort – In Death I Shall Arise (Dark Essence)

Tilintetgjort are a new Norwegian black metal band from Oslo and this here is their debut album. A few brief moments of listening online before getting the album gave the impression that it was, potentially…er…nuts. So ‘Kvikksolvdrommer’ beginning with a… Continue Reading →

Grieve – Wolves Of The Northern Moon (Werewolf Records)

It looks like the nails I hammered into the coffin of this Finnish band’s first and supposedly only full length were premature as the duo of V-Khaoz and Werwolf of Vargrav and Satanic Warmaster respectively, to name just one notable… Continue Reading →

Verminous Serpent – The Malign Covenant (Amor Fati Productions)

I volunteered to review this malevolent creature essentially on the basis that it featured none other than A.A.Nemthegea on vocals and bass, and I am a big fan of his output. I really had no idea what else the band… Continue Reading →

Vredensdal – Sonic Devotion to Darkness (Soulseller Records)

To this point, if you’d asked me to say what I knew about Green Bay, Wisconsin, I’d have said cheese, American football and cold weather. I now know that Vredensdal come from this city. The title of this, their fourth… Continue Reading →

Angstskríg – Angstkrig (Despotz)

It is perhaps getting a little repetitive to talk about Covid, the lockdowns and the impact of coming to terms with a new norm as society reopened had on peoples’ mental health but that doesn’t mean that the subject is… Continue Reading →

Liturgy – 93696 (Thrill Jockey)

For the layman, Liturgy have been around since 2009, having released four previous albums of their own brand of “transcendental black metal”. Critique of the band varies from “aggressive and radical” (Pitchfork) to “chin-stroking dilettantes” (The Guardian). The press release… Continue Reading →

Diablation – Par La Fue (Osmose)

French diabolism is the name of the game here with an outfit comprising of ex-Seth vocalist Vicomte Vampyr Arkames and members of Bâ’a and Ad Inferna among others. We are also told that there is involvement from Hreidmarr from Glaciation… Continue Reading →

Lamp Of Murmuur – Saturnian Bloodstorm (Argento Records)

The last time I reviewed an album from Lamp Of Murmuur, Heir Of Ecliptical Romanticism, I remarked that that their eschewing of most social media and online presences was not something to sneer at, much more a sign that they… Continue Reading →

Mork – Dypet (Peaceville)

Ah, time for another Mork album from mesmeric musician Thomas Eriksen. Their…sixth I believe? I make that sound as though this is just routine but the best thing about Mork, at least for me, is that it is an event…. Continue Reading →

Xalpen – The Curse Of Kwányep (Black Lodge)

It’s off to South America and Santiago Chile to be exact. Here we find dark practitioners Xalpen raising a blackened storm and invoking “undead magik of the Ancient Shamans, for the glory of the Dark Gods of Chaos!” There’s plenty… Continue Reading →

Spectral Lore – 11 Days (S/R)

Black metal is not exactly renowned for taking a humanist approach, indeed its cold harsh nature is much more aligned to the misanthropic and destruction of the human race. Of course there are exceptions and here we have a very… Continue Reading →

Mystic Circle – Erzdämon (Fireflash Records)

These German diabolists have had a long running career stretching right back to 1992 but there have been many deviations down the left hand path disrupting their Infernal Satanic Verses. With a revolving door line up seeing almost 20 musicians… Continue Reading →

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