Deathspell Omega, The Long Defeat, France, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, NED056 CD digipak / 12″ vinyl LP (2022) Into their third
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Decepció. Apatia.: raw depressive black metal excursions into dungeon synth, dark folk and oddball fun
Amargor, Decepció. Apatia., United Kingdom, Forgotten Sorcery Productions, FSP:023 limited edition cassette (2021) Since he started Amargor in 2020, all-rounder musician
Continue readingCommunion with the Vile: a mini-opera of sheer black / death / ambient terror
Reflection of Misery, Communion with the Vile, Nicaragua, Exnihilo Records, ENR04 CD EP (2022) Even after hearing this EP a
Continue readingSielunsoahti: raw blackened punk delving in Sámi culture and mythology
Ruohtta, Sielunsoahti, United States, Realm and Ritual, limited edition cassette / Sweden, TormentRex, TR023 CD (2022) Based in Gällivare in
Continue readingSubmerge: a short work of power and melancholy musing on the fate of ships lost at sea
Uzlaga, Submerge, United Kingdom, self-released limited edition cassette (2022) Not for the first time was my attention to an album
Continue readingNaraka: experiencing Hell and suffering in a karmic journey
Tattva, Naraka, United States, Geistraum Records, RAUM009 CD (2022) Continuing to explore the role of death and destruction in the
Continue readingAzote: a bleak and chilling soundscape of dissonant atmospheric BM and anguish
Monarkh, Azote, Germany, Kammer Records, KMMR015 limited edition vinyl LP (2022) A very bleak and chilling recording was my impression
Continue readingMercurial States of Revelation: reflecting on humanity’s place in a harsh and bleak universe of constant change
Vastatum, Mercurial States of Revelation, Italy, Avantgarde Music, AV435 CD digipak / vinyl LP (2022) Based in Vancouver, Vastatum was
Continue readingYsyry Mollvun (self-titled): a straightforward black metal debut championing a lost people
Ysyry Mollvün, self-titled, Italy, Avantgarde Music, AV399 CD digipak (2022) Originally formed as a solo project by Argentine musician Zupai
Continue readingBodhisandhya: a raw lo-fi solo black metal style revolving around Buddhism, darkness, hatred and misanthropy
Kanprai, Bodhisandhya, Thailand, Non Self Supremacy, NSS-01, limited edition cassette (2021) / United States, Forbidden Sonority, cassette (2021) A truly
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