The Gleipners Smeder (COLD SPRING RECORDS CSR244CD) album is a Black Metal “classic” release from 2006, originally recorded by Jotunspor
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No Reason to Stay: this depressive BM recording needs more individual style
Internal Cold, No Reason to Stay, Cold Breath of Silence, cassette CBS032 (2017) With a name like Internal Cold, you
Continue readingUltra Silvam (self-titled): debut thrashy black metal with a punk groove
Ultra Silvam, self-titled, Sweden, Änglaslakt_Productions, limited edition cassette (2017) Just a very short recording, true enough, but this tape is
Continue readingImmoralist: a varied taste test for a first album
Resonare, Immoralist, Aderlass Kunstverlag, limited edition cassette (2017) Oooh yeah – this cassette, Resonare’s second release, is sure to resonate
Continue readingFarmakologinen: a dense epic work of blackened psychedelia in a small package
Oranssi Pazuzu, Farmakologinen, Svart Records, LP 12″ vinyl (2017) If you happen to be new to the joys of Oranssi
Continue readingInori: beneath the blizzard bluster, piano pop melodies emerge with dignity intact
Kanashimi, Inori, China, Pest Productions, PEST168 CD digipak (limited edition) (2017) Japanese BM/ doom act Kanashimi celebrates a decade of
Continue readingExile: a monumental blackened sludge metal effort not quite reaching its potential
Regarde les Hommes Tomber, Exile, France, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, CD digipak AO-036 (2015) If their first self-titled album
Continue readingTo Be The Candel
Candelabrum Necrotelepathy PORTUGAL ALTARE PRODUCTIONS ALT-LP018B LP (2017) Pardon the pun, but there has been quite a buzz concerning Portugal’s
Continue readingEnd of Chapter: only the beginning for up-and-coming post-metal band Au-dessus
Au-dessus, End of Chapter, France, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, AO-058 CD Digipak (2017) I must admit the cover art
Continue readingTransformation: a confident debut album of black / death metal fusion for mainstream and underground metal audiences
Theurgia, Transformation, Germany, Worship Tapes, cassette wt 121 / ESFINGE04 (limited edition) (2017) Formed in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 2014, Theurgia
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