Dkharmakhaoz, Proclamation ov the Black Suns, Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, IBP 476 CD digipak / vinyl LP (2020) A very
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Tag: Black Metal
Eternity of Shaog: deranged blackened death Lovecraftian demonic possession par excellence
Esoctrilihum, Eternity of Shaog, Italy, I, Voidhanger Records, IVR130 double LP / CD (2020) MAD FRENCH BLACK METAL ACT ALERT!
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Innocence Écartelée (self-titled): raw blackened noise trance music of despair and existential torment
Innocence Écartelée, self-titled, France, self-released, limited edition cassette (2020) Released by the band itself in a limited edition of 50
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Memoires: a solid start to a career in raw BM with atmospheric and blackened hardcore influences
Inherits The Void, Memoires, France, self-released, CD digipak (2020) As sure as the sun rises in the east and fish
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In Purge There Is No Remission: a fun history tour of black metal in its fusions and sub-genres
Ordinance, In Purge There Is No Remission, Finland, The Sinister Flame, TSF013 CD / LP (2020) It starts off sounding
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Timewheel: primeval forces of nature and time, once worshipped as gods, calling to listeners in atmospheric black metal debut
Gloosh, Timewheel, Russia, Slowsnow Records, no catalogue number, cassette / Russia, Casus Belli Musica, CBM 77 vinyl LP / Germany,
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Naiv: black metal eclecticism ends up in Eurovision disco cheese territory
Thy Catafalque, Naiv, France, Season of Mist, SOM552 vinyl LP (2020) As its title suggests, “Naiv” is intended as a
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Ressources Humaines: depressive / suicidal black metal treated as near-experimental ambient music to portray depression in all its chaos and darkness
Déception, Ressources Humaines, France, self-released CD (2020) Its four members known only by three-digit numbers 501, 735, 739 and 813,
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Viimeinen Juoksu: outsider black-gaze / post-punk rock finally in from the cold with a mix of defiance and despair
Circle of Ouroborus, Viimeinen Juoksu, Greece, His Wounds, NAIL006 gold vinyl LP (2020) In a fair universe that exists in
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Grief: epic atmospheric and dreamy black-gaze concept work on the hopes and aspirations of Russian peasantry
Sivyj Yar, Grief, Italy, Avantgarde Music, AV380 CD digipak (2020) After four years of relative quiet in contrast to the
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