Draugveil‘s Cruel World of Dreams and Fears is an epic 90s black metal album that wasn’t released in the 90s; although, it could’ve easily passed for such an album, ...
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The exploration of Luciferian doctrines and their implications on the human spirit; development of self and the quest for enlightenment – the attaining of forbidden knowledge through the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Arkhaeth “Profound Lore of the Ashen Specters” [Abyssal Spectra / Zazen Sounds]
The Greek Black Metal scene was birthed alongside the Norwegian movement, and has kept in stride with it in some ways and surpassed it in others. The Greeks ...
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Comments Off on Review: Lucifer’s Child “The Illuminant” [Agonia Records]
The path to Hel is an open one. It requires very little guidance, as its way is paved through the heart of every man; torchlit and inviting as ...
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As the night approaches with its grim intent to hold the land of Suomi captive, and as Daemons writhe beneath the Huntress moon as it casts its ominous ...
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Comments Off on Review: Beleth’s Trumpet “Chapel of Bones” [Dominance of Darkness Records / Korpituli Productions]
The great passing on – life’s precious embers finally extinguished by Death’s icy grip, and nothing to show for it but time so frivolously wasted. The mystery of ...
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Comments Off on Review: Ancient Torment “Follow the Echo of Curses” [Eternal Death]
Man, the old days of Black Witchery and Bestial Warlust were fucking great. It’s bands like these mentioned that I think of whenever someone starts to talk Black/Death. ...
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Skulls cracked, bones spun to pieces and brain cells melted. To be perfectly honest with you, this one came as quite a surprise, despite being part of the ...
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Comments Off on Review: FleischSchirm “SchirmHerrschaft” [Running Wild Productions]
The renowned Finnish black metal scene has produced some of the finest Black Metal bands to have ever struck a chord or to have penned a note. The ...
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Seattle, Washington, USA’s Lacabra – forged upon the ruins Locisteller and featuring a pack of seasoned artists – began their journey dead set upon making a name for ...
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Comments Off on Review: Lacabra “Lacabra” [M-Theory Audio]
Let’s dive into an abyss where only the sound of blackened doomy old school death metal emerges. This album has everything that’s awesome about 90s death metal: a ...
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Comments Off on Review: Grave Circles “World Within the World” [Schattenkult Produktionen]
At the end of last autumn, the Austrian doom/death metal band Endonomos released their second full-length album Endonomos II – Enlightenment via Argonauta Records. On this album, the ...
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At the end of September last year, the Polish progressive death metal band Obsidian Mantra released their third full-length album As We All Will through the local label ...
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Comments Off on Review: Obsidian Mantra “As We All Will” [Via Nocturna]
Didn’t know this band before. Still don’t, really. Just hit play, sat there, and let this thing run its mouth. It starts slow, doesn’t ask for your attention, ...
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Comments Off on Album premiere + review: IM NEBEL “Hypocrisis” [Octopus Rising]
A Suffocating Display of Power and Growth… Aeons of Ashes have come a long way. Since at least the release of their full-length album The Wasteland Chronicles back ...
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For all the time of existence since 1991 Nightfall have been completely changed a couple of times: genres, line-ups, labels, you name it. Even the live performance – ...
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It feels like it is customary to Machine Head. Out of habit, you know. The band had its screw-ups, I agree with that and Bloodstone and Diamonds is ...
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Comments Off on Review: Machine Head “Unatoned” [Nuclear Blast]
After six years of silence Eluveitie release their new album named Ànv. Well, it wasn’t complete silence – there were three singles, live album, collaboration with Faun and ...
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Last summer, the American black metal one-man project Unwelcome Soul released its debut album Dried Petals digitally, and six months later – a CD version as well, all ...
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At the end of June last year, the Finnish melodic death metal band Shade of Sorrow released its debut album Upon the Fields of Grief through the label ...
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