Circle of Ouroborus, Thurisa, United States, Final Agony Records, Final Agony 56, vinyl LP (2022) Astonishingly for a band that
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Nahanagan Stadial: non-stop blackened death / war metal chaos is a mess but still a lot of fun
Coscradh, Nahanagan Stadial, Ireland, Invictus Productions, IP185, CD digipak / vinyl (2022) A gloriously messy recording of non-stop destruction and chaos,
Continue readingOcularchy: occult-themed war metal with a blackened punk / industrial edge
Graal, Ocularchy, Canada, self-released, cassette (2022) Despite the alarming artwork on their debut album and the violent nature of their
Continue readingFever Collapse: harsh noise industrial electronics and dark ambient describing a world in breakdown
Absolute Key, Fever Collapse, France, Asylum Tenebris, cassette (2022) I only discovered Absolute Key and its prolific output very recently
Continue readingRed Heaven: a powerful style of depressive black metal / post-BM beauty
Ebola, Red Heaven, Japan, Zero Dimensional Records, ZDR083 CD (2022) The front cover artwork of Ebola’s “Red Heaven” album featuring
Continue readingLouhi: a work of beautiful if monotonous atmospheric BM / dark folk immersion
Käärmekristus, Louhi, Death Monument, CD-R (2021) Inspired by the evil witch character Louhi of the Kalevala is this album of
Continue readingCelestial Woods: a paradox of rich and lush yet icy and harsh atmospheric / post-black metal / ambient soundscape immersion
Raat, Celestial Woods, Italy, Flowing Downwards, Flow044, CD (2022) Following after second album “Raison d’Etre”, released in late 2020, and
Continue readingAavikon Varjo: Finnish outsider black metal duo still strong with 20th album
Circle of Ouroborus, Aavikon varjo, China, Goatawarex, WAXGOAT203 2 x vinyl LP (2022) Never would I have thought, when I
Continue readingThe Might of Waves: oceanic ambient black metal with a raw noisy edge
Uzlaga, The Might of Waves, United Kingdom, Blackmetalgram, BLAME004 limited edition cassette (2022) I’d been impressed enough by Uzlaga’s earlier
Continue readingAd Chao: I: a harsh, mesmeric Indonesian raw BM debut demo
Ignis Serpentis, Ad Chao: I, United States, Banner of Blood, BOB-031 cassette (2022) The French Black Legions bands of the
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