Ethereal Credence, The Dawn of the Arriving Age, Poland, Via Nocturna, NOX125 DG CD (2020) Formed in Alexandria (Egypt) in
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Tag: Black Metal
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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Timewheel: primeval forces of nature and time, once worshipped as gods, calling to listeners in atmospheric black metal debut
Gloosh, Timewheel, Russia, Slowsnow Records, no catalogue number, cassette / Russia, Casus Belli Musica, CBM 77 vinyl LP / Germany,
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Naiv: black metal eclecticism ends up in Eurovision disco cheese territory
Thy Catafalque, Naiv, France, Season of Mist, SOM552 vinyl LP (2020) As its title suggests, “Naiv” is intended as a
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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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