In Cauda Venenum, G.O.H.E., France, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, LPAO-126, limited edition CD digipak / limited edition handcrafted CD
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Tag: Black Metal
Allusion: a recording by a band at a crossroads in its career turns out a grind of the wrong kind
Epitimia, Allusion, United Kingdom, Onism Productions, ONISM004 limited edition CD digipak (2020) Not for the first time and certainly not
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Par-Delá Noireglaces et Brumes-Sinistres: an ambitious and highly individual mediaeval BM / dungeon synth debut
Crépuscule d’Hiver, Par-Delá Noireglaces et Brumes-Sinistres, France, Les Acteurs De l’Ombre Productions, AO-121 CD digipak / cassette / 12″ vinyl
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The Dawn of the Arriving Age: dawn of a solid technical BM trio with Middle Eastern folk and post-metal influences
Ethereal Credence, The Dawn of the Arriving Age, Poland, Via Nocturna, NOX125 DG CD (2020) Formed in Alexandria (Egypt) in
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Skáphe³: precision and a refined melodic approach escalate intense BM psychedelia to another insane level
Skáphe, Skáphe³, United States, Mystískaos, MS-18 cassette / 12″ vinyl (coloured) / Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, CD digipak (2020) Farmed
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Proclamation ov the Black Suns: a very striking and solid debut album of 1990s’-era second-wave black metal with an experimental slant
Dkharmakhaoz, Proclamation ov the Black Suns, Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, IBP 476 CD digipak / vinyl LP (2020) A very
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Eternity of Shaog: deranged blackened death Lovecraftian demonic possession par excellence
Esoctrilihum, Eternity of Shaog, Italy, I, Voidhanger Records, IVR130 double LP / CD (2020) MAD FRENCH BLACK METAL ACT ALERT!
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Innocence Écartelée (self-titled): raw blackened noise trance music of despair and existential torment
Innocence Écartelée, self-titled, France, self-released, limited edition cassette (2020) Released by the band itself in a limited edition of 50
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Memoires: a solid start to a career in raw BM with atmospheric and blackened hardcore influences
Inherits The Void, Memoires, France, self-released, CD digipak (2020) As sure as the sun rises in the east and fish
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In Purge There Is No Remission: a fun history tour of black metal in its fusions and sub-genres
Ordinance, In Purge There Is No Remission, Finland, The Sinister Flame, TSF013 CD / LP (2020) It starts off sounding
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