Kólga, Black Tides, United States, self-released, CD / vinyl LP (2024) One look at that wacky album cover and I
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Tag: Black Metal
Ecclesia Gnostica: an ambitious melodic black metal debut in esoteric spirituality and Gnostic philosophy
A/Oratos, Ecclesia Gnostica, France, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, AO 230 CD / LPAO-231 vinyl LP (2024) Nearly five years
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Odium: blackened death metal / industrial soundscape journeys through a hostile, malevolent cosmos
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
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To 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
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Maenadic 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
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Third 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
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Omukade: 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
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The 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
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Towards 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
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