Natura Aeternum, self-titled, Bulgaria, BMC Productions, CD (2021) A self-titled fourth album, when previous albums have had other titles, might
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Tag: Black Metal
Mntu: a raw and powerful atmospheric black metal debut of personal struggle and reconnection with First Nations heritage
Ushangvagush, Mntu, United States, Vigor Deconstruct, cassette / vinyl LP (2021) For a raw atmospheric black metal release, the cover
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Arbre V: bleak and wintry ambient raw black metal with orchestral ambitions
Arbre, V, France, Distant Voices, DV060 limited edition cassette (2021) French black metal act Arbre – in English, “Tree” –
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La Nueit Escura: raw BM work with 1980s punk influences is definitely dark and obscured in parts
Arzacq, La Nueit Escura, Canada, Tour De Garde, TDG2021 cassette (2021) Based in France’s historic southwest Gascony province, the history
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Stoic: a powerful blackened death doom sludge fusion message on staying true to our values and directions in the midst of uncertainty
Crust, Stoic, Russia, [Addicted Label / No Name], catalogue no 752 CD (2021) / Russia, Slowsnow Records, cassette (2021) Just
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Sentence: more like a full-blown tome of thrashy punk melodic black metal aggression
Au-Delà, Sentence, France, Epictural Productions, ADS2021 CD (2021) “Sentence”? This debut album from French black metallers Au-Delà perhaps deserves the
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Oyer and Terminer: Salem witch trials of 1692, religious oppression and persecution through a raw melodic BM lens
Till, Oyer and Terminer, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland), Worship the Void Records, WTV-012, cassette (2021) / United States, Blasphemous Creations
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Sompas-Naga: a mesmeric black metal / Thai folk music fusion
Lotus of Darkness, Sompas-Naga, Colombia, Namtaru Records, NR008 CD (2021) Here comes very melodic black metal folk music with distinctly
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Eminence: a dense, intricate and manic blast through European / French Fin-de-Siecle culture
Passéisme, Eminence, France, Antiq Records, CD / vinyl LP (2021) Ha! Like many others I was taken in by Passéisme’s
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Le Pressoir Mystique: a raw depressive black metal investigation into a mediaeval Christian past that reveals its darkness, trauma and agony
Givre, Le Pressoir Mystique, Canada, Winter Sky Records, cassette (2021) Translated into English as “Christ in the Wine Press”, this
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