Rhinocervs, RH-08: Untitled 1 & 2 (2011); RH-07 (2011); RH-11 (2011); RH-12 (2012), RH-13 (2012) In early 2013, I stumbled
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The Lost Entrance of the Just: soft and pretty black metal pop with an ominous, brooding edge
Circle of Ouroborus, The Lost Entrance of the Just, Handmade Birds Records, HB-020 (vinyl release 2012, CD release 2013) Originally
Continue readingAbrahadabra: a dark black metal / shoegazer pop album of despair and foreboding
Circle of Ouroborus, Abrahadabra, Kuunpalvelus, LP (2012) One of my favourite Finnish bands, the black metal / shoegazer post-rock duo
Continue readingSkullflower / Utarm (self-titled): boring deep into minds conscious and unconscious with black metal noise
Skullflower / Utarm, self-titled, Turgid Animal Records, CD (2013) Released by Turgid Animal Records, run by self-proclaimed mutant ape fella
Continue readingA Word from Within: a debut of impassioned and fiery raw black metal
Avakr, A Word from Within, Sygil, cassette Sygil011 (2013) Black metal is currently flourishing in the United States like there’s
Continue readingMoëvöt (Best of): barmy Satanic ritual horror with equal parts experimentation and kitsch
Moëvöt, Best of, Sanity Muffin, cassette s/m#40 (2013) As far as I know, this tape collects everything that was done
Continue readingDeath My Hanging Doorway: an intense and aggressive recording with hints of despair
A Pregnant Light, Death My Hanging Doorway, Colloquial Sound Recordings, cassette CSR016 (2012) It’s a mystery to me that A
Continue readingEmpyraisch / The Power to Condemn: a harsh and severe but rewarding compilation of black metal / noise ritual worship
Sutekh Hexen, Empyräisch & The Power to Condemn, Petit Mal Music, PMALCD316 (2013) Black metal / noise duo Sutekh Hexen have
Continue readingComforts in Atrocity: darkly moody and sometimes hellish industrial ambient soundscapes
Mors Sonat, Comforts in Atrocity, Crucial Blast Records, CD CBR92 (2013) On paper at least, Mors Sonat boasts a respectable
Continue readingNecheshirion: intense all-out blackened death metal attack
Gevurah, Necheshirion, Profound Lore Records, CD PFL-116 (2013) For a genre famously dismissive of standard organised religion in all its
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