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Hi Bastien! Can you share with us the origin story of Ars Moriendi and how your journey as a one-man black metal project began over...

Hi! “Mundicide” is described as a reflection of the state of the world today. How did the current global climate and events influence the lyrical...

The album “Black Flame Eternal” is described as a statement of spiritual empowerment. Can you elaborate on the underlying philosophy and themes explored in the...

Zazen Sounds, run by V.P. Adept (leader of Acherontas), released last year a compilation of BLACK ALTAR – “Arcana of the Higher Principles” as limited Digi pack version which...

It shouldn’t be a surprise that out of all the Celtic Frost-inspired doom/death metal bands, Winter band took things to the most extreme. Partially slower...

When I think of Brazilian black metal, or South American extreme metal general, I usually think of music that sounds extremely barbaric and primal. It...

What a way to celebrate your best album’s anniversary, with a reedition that’s just as great and might even be better in some ways. So...

Black Altar and Vulture Lord come together to deliver a blistering split EP that will not disappoint long time fans of either band. Deathiah Manifesto...

Polish doom/death metal band Black Blood of the Earth finally has released their debut album Bleak Light, Fervent Dark through underground metal label Art of...

Krisiun are back to kick our asses with a loud, heavy and powerful album, with a set of nice but somewhat uneven song. Let’s look...

For those living under the rock; Funeral Mist since the late nineties released the most intense sonic works under the black metal’s darkened wings. Helmed...

There are good times for Century Media and Swedish melodic death/black legends Unanimated, after re-releasing all their LPs, Unanimated finally granted the pleas of many...

Is this the ultimate album of Satan? Well, it may not be the best thrash-influenced black metal album you’ll ever hear, but it’s definitely enjoyable....

Although often put into the same category, none of the early Brazilian extreme metal bands had the same thrash/death/black metal ratio and in Expulser’s case,...

Here’s a nice death metal album with a lot of energy and a selection of tracks about death, chaos and various questions, that should get...

Let’s hear the songs of the mountains, and explore their musical landscape, bask in their beautiful and odd atmosphere. Yes, this is the kind of...

For some reason I was convinced that Darkness Death Doom was the Runemagick album that changed the band’s dynamics for the worst, but fortunately I was rather...

Here is a nice little split disc, where although you wish there was more music to get your hands on, what actually is there is...

Their first full-length since their first demo release in 2012, Serpent Throne deliver 47 minutes of crossover metal straight from Chile’s underground scene. An intro...

Third album from Greece’s Caedes Cruenta brings us over an hour of manic macabre metal to upset the neighbours with. Eerie samples, moody synths, melodious...