S.E.K.H., Acéphale & Arkhé Tenebre, United States, Sentient Ruin Laboratories, SRUIN103 limited edition cassette (2019) At the time of writing,
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Derniers Chants: an expansive and musically varied conclusion to a double-album concept
Ossuaire, Derniers Chants, Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP053 digital / CD (2019) Just six months after releasing their debut album “Premiers
Continue readingPremiers Chants: an uneven debut of melodic raw BM with much fiery potential
Ossuaire, Premiers Chants, Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP049 digital / CD (2019) Having formed in Montreal in 2016, Ossuaire was initially
Continue readingYtenic Blód: a varied set of noisy experimental raw ambient black metal from an obscure British collective
Albionic Hermeticism, Ytenic Blód, United Kingdom, self-released limited edition cassette (2019) Part of a British-based black metal collective known as
Continue readingTragediens Trone (self-titled): a dense dissonant style of blackened death metal in need of inspired concept and songs
Tragediens Trone, self-titled, France, Osmose Productions, OPCDL378 (2019) Just when you think the French and the Spanish had cornered this
Continue readingForbidden Rituals for the Destruction of Purity Pt II: more raw psychic vampiric BM bait for unsuspecting prey
Chaînes Fantôme, Forbidden Rituals for the Destruction of Purity Pt II, United States, Ancestral Flame Productions, AFP-014 limited edition cassette
Continue readingForbidden Rituals for the Destruction of Purity: bleakness and pain beneath a storm of filthy raw BM noise and grit
Chaînes Fantôme, Forbidden Rituals for the Destruction of Purity, United States, Akashic Envoy Records, AER-S007 limited edition cassette (2019) So
Continue readingAevum: a technically accomplished work that falls far short of greatness
Vukari, Aevum, Germany, Vendetta Records, vendetta records #183 CD / LP (2019) Originally formed as Vucari in 2013 – strange
Continue readingThe Old Evil: finding a rich ore of inspiration in the gap between old 1980s speed / thrash metal and the later metal underground
Baxaxaxa, The Old Evil, Germany, self-released cassette (2019) Formed as a one-man project for a brief period in 1992, this
Continue readingDoctrine: first step on a long dark (and hopefully fruitful) journey in the Left Hand Path
Qayin Regis, Doctrine, Spain, BlackSeed Productions, SEED052 CD / vinyl (2019) With a name that includes the Hebrew form of
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