Mahr, Odium, Germany, Amor Fati Productions, AFP250 CD / vinyl LP (2023) Like fellow Prava Kollektiv bands Arkhtinn, Hwwauoch, Pharmakeia
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Under the Gaze of Dissolution: diving into a black sonic universe of pain, torment and madness
Hwwauoch, Under the Gaze of Dissolution, Germany, Amor Fati Productions, vinyl LP (2023) Along with four other bands, these being
Continue readingTo Infect | To Inflict: a murky, noisy work of cosmic black metal
Voidsphere, To Infect | To Inflict, Germany, Amor Fati Productions, AFP 251 CD / vinyl LP (2023) Like its sibling
Continue readingMaenadic Ecstasy: a brutal and bestial set of black metal noise ambience
Pharmakeia, Maenadic Ecstasy, Germany, Amor Fati Productions, AFP 252 cassette / vinyl LP (2023) The youngest of the Prava Kollektiv
Continue readingThird Disaster: interstellar raw BM / dark ambient racing to the edge of the cosmos
Arkhtinn, 三度目の災害 (Third Disaster), Germany, Amor Fati Productions, AFP 253 CD / vinyl LP (2023) Arkhtinn is the most senior
Continue readingOmukade: a strange and wondrous journey through free-form death metal / jazz / grindcore
Ukakuja, Omukade, United Kingdom, Centipede Abyss, limited edition CD (2023) If the front cover artwork doesn’t put you off, you
Continue readingThe Tormented Wanderer Trilogy: exploring existential pain, despair and hopelessness in a cosmic trap
Reflet Crépusculaire, The Tormented Wanderer Trilogy, Italy, Canti Eretici, CANTO XX limited edition cassette (2023) Released originally as three separate
Continue readingTowards the Emerald Empire: distinct blackened / Thai folk fusion telling dark stories of mythical serpent beings
Lotus of Darkness, Towards the Emerald Empire, China, Pest Productions, PEST-A08 limited edition CD digipak (2023) Blending instantly catchy and
Continue readingA Fate Worse Than Home: a balancing act between two very different musical poles
Iravu, A Fate Worse Than Home, United States, Fiadh Productions, FP076 / VP19 limited edition cassette / CD (2023) The
Continue readingIlat Mahru (self-titled): sinister soundscapes of atmospheric lo-fi black metal immersion
Ilat Mahru, self-titled, United Kingdom, Death Prayer Records, limited edition cassette (2023) Mystery horde Ilat Mahru’s debut release might be
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