Moondweller / Thanatonaut, self-titled, Russia, GS Productions, GSP 301 CD (2020) Two cosmic darkspace BM solo projects on Russia’s GS
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Speculum Humanae Salvationis: even in a genre famed for extreme and deranged music, this album stands out
Acedia Mundi, Speculum Humanae Salvationis, Mexico, Throats Productions, THP047 CD (2017) / Netherlands, Breathe Plastic Records, limited edition cassette (2018)
Continue readingAscension: a transition from melodic post-black metal / sludge to a more alternative mainstream metal style
Regarde les Hommes Tomber, Ascension, France, Season of Mist, SOM549 CD digipak (2020) Since releasing second album “Exile” way back
Continue readingKuolemajärvi (self-titled): a debut album of depressive yet catchy BM pop songs
Kuolemajärvi, self-titled, Russia, COD / Der Schwarze Tod, CD (2020) I may just have found the sleeper cult black metal
Continue readingDeus qui non mentitur: a much-needed work searching for truth in a sea of disinformation, fake news and false ideologies
Bâ’a, Deus qui non mentitur, France, Osmose Productions, OP 387 CD (2020) Supposedly a trio of anonymous French musicians with
Continue readingOld Smoke: a slow-burning sludge doom album that brims with soul
Barishi, Old Smoke, France, Season of Mist, SOM551 2 x 12″ vinyl LP (2020) I must confess this was a
Continue readingUltime éclat: a new and very epic beginning for a veteran French BM band
Glaciation, Ultime éclat, France, Osmose Productions, OP 385, CD / LP / digital formats (2020) Despite forming in Paris back
Continue readingMestarin Kynsi: a unique psychedelic black metal universe unlike any other
Oranssi Pazuzu, Mestarin Kynsi, Germany, Nuclear Blast, 292960 CD (2020) After releasing their fourth album “Värähtelijä” in early 2016, Oranssi
Continue readingMagnum Opus Caelestis: journeying into the far reaches of space has its pitfalls
Etoile Filante, Magnum Opus Caelestis, Germany, Northern Silence Productions, NSP 180 CD digipak (limited edition) (2020) Formed in 2013, Paris-based
Continue readingAcéphale and Arkhé Tenebre: in the midst of sheer horror, despair and catastrophe, beauty and mystery can be found
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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