Thy Catafalque, Naiv, France, Season of Mist, SOM552 vinyl LP (2020) As its title suggests, “Naiv” is intended as a
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Tag: Black Metal
Ressources Humaines: depressive / suicidal black metal treated as near-experimental ambient music to portray depression in all its chaos and darkness
Déception, Ressources Humaines, France, self-released CD (2020) Its four members known only by three-digit numbers 501, 735, 739 and 813,
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Viimeinen Juoksu: outsider black-gaze / post-punk rock finally in from the cold with a mix of defiance and despair
Circle of Ouroborus, Viimeinen Juoksu, Greece, His Wounds, NAIL006 gold vinyl LP (2020) In a fair universe that exists in
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Grief: epic atmospheric and dreamy black-gaze concept work on the hopes and aspirations of Russian peasantry
Sivyj Yar, Grief, Italy, Avantgarde Music, AV380 CD digipak (2020) After four years of relative quiet in contrast to the
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Wampyric Rites / Demo III: wery wampyric musick from Ecuadorian raw BM band
Wampyric Rites, Demo III, United Kingdom, Death Kvlt Productions, DKP-69, 12″ vinyl limited edition (2020) Since forming in 2019, this
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Revenant Marquis / Lamp of Murmuur (self-titled split): two different yet complementary acts of epic atmospheric raw black metal together
Revenant Marquis / Lamp of Murmuur, self-titled split, Canada, Les Fleurs du Mal Productions, LFDM666 cassette limited edition / United
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Swaraj: or, “Self Rule”: blackened trance psychedelia becoming more alt-mainstream metal
Dressed in Streams, Swaraj: or, “Self Rule”, United States, Colloquial Sound Recordings, 12″ vinyl (2020) Nearly seven years after its
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Visions and a Giant of Nebula: less hero worship and more powerful music needed in post-BM / blackgaze debut
Lament, Visions and a Giant of Nebula, China, Pest Productions, PEST251 CD digipak (2020) Inspired by the French post-black metal
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Ainsi Passe le Gloire du Monde: a solid beginning and foundation in melodic black metal / prog rock for more varied work
L’Eclat du Déclin, Ainsi Passe le Gloire du Monde, France, Non Posse Mori Records, NPM-022 CD digipak (2020) Fittingly for
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Behold the Silent Dwellers: dissonant BM / post-metal depiction of dystopian repressive city environments
Aversio Humanitatis, Behold the Silent Dwellers, France, Debemur Morti Productions, DMP0188 CD digipak / 12″ vinyl (2020) Those of us
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