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Tag: Black Metal

13/04/2024 nausika

Black Tides: a whimsical ride through blackened surf rock / psychedelia and Lovecraft-lite horror

Kólga, Black Tides, United States, self-released, CD / vinyl LP (2024) One look at that wacky album cover and I

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29/03/2024 nausika

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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06/03/2024 nausika

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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01/02/2024 nausika

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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01/02/2024 nausika

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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01/02/2024 nausika

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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31/01/2024 nausika

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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05/06/2023 nausika

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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24/03/2023 nausika

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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26/02/2023 nausika

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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