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Beherit Releases Bardo Exist Ambient Soundscape
Trailblazing Finnish black metal and ambient pioneer Beherit unleashed its latest creation, Bardo Exist, on November 12. Given the complete autophagy of black metal, this redirection of the genre...
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Lord of Evil
Garage-level bands are usually condemned to the usage of the same rudimentary forms which causes their music to be dominated by the distorted guitar which constitutes the common ground for metal,...
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Inquisition – Black Mass For A Mass Grave (2020)
We predicted many years ago that rock would assimilate metal and adopt its techniques, missing the point, and Inquisition comes along with a release that is half metal of various subgenres and half...
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Infamous Releases Muttos Pro S’Aristocratzia on CD
Sardinian black metal cadre Infamous recently released its most recent album, Muttos Pro S’Aristocratzia, on CD for a new generation of fans to appreciate this somewhat difficult to acquire offering....
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Graveland Announces Hour of Ragnarok Release in Summer 2021
Iconic pagan black metal band Graveland announced yesterday that their latest offering, Hour of Ragnarok, will see release in late spring or early summer of 2021 through Forever Plagued Records on CD,...
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Sorcier des Glaces Releases Ghastly Memories EP on February 23
Quebecois black metal band Sorcier des Glaces has slated its new EP, Ghastly Memories, for release on February 23, 2021.
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Darkthrone Announces Eternal Hails… For June 25
Legendary artists Darkthrone, who began in death metal before embarking on a black metal period that ended with Total Death, now begin to show signs of their punk-influenced era moving into something...
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Necralant – Temples of Ruin (2021)
Written very much in the flowing style of middle period Darkthrone with an emphasis on varied structure that might have come easily from a Celtic Frost work, this band trudges and powerdives its way...
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Wormwood – Nattarvet (2019)
Today in our studies of entropy, we look at how humans in groups motivated by self-interest will tear down anything good. As a case for study, Wormwood Nattarvet shows us how cruft and the desire to...
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New Sammath Patches Appear in the Wild
Excoriating black metal band Sammath has unleashed a new crop of patches for your kutte or battle jacket, or maybe the sails on your yacht; these can be found from the Sammath direct merchandising...
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Graveland Releases “The Wolf of Twilight” From Hour of Ragnarok
Classic flowing black metal band Graveland has returned, modifying their swing toward folkish soundtrack metal with more rigid, hardcore-style riffs in idenfiably metal songs spanning the black metal,...
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Ascète – Calamites & les Calamités (2021)
Creating a version of black metal determined to go back underground, Ascète combine influences from melodic black metal, epic black metal, and the simple but energetic melodies of Oi, using song...
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Impaled Nazarene – Eight Headed Serpent (2021)
As discussed here before, the real question to a reviewer is, “Would you buy this?” My answer to Eight Headed Serpent might be no, but I would certainly stream it. This release tries to combine all of...
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Graveland – Hour of Ragnarok (2021)
Graveland bolts back and forth between its styles reflecting the composition of black metal, namely soundtracks plus cosmic ambient and underground metal. On Hour of Ragnarok, Graveland ditches the...
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Phobia – Slaughterhouse Tapes (2021)
Two members of Enslaved and one from Theatre of Tragedy played in this early attempt at death metal, an enjoyable listen for old school fans because it both showcases the ingenuity of the best of that...
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Aethyrick – Apotheosis (2021)
In my observation, humans screw up on both sides of the Bell Curve: the dumb pound out repetitive emotions, and the intelligent do everything right like good A+ students according to what they see...
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Beherit – Morbid Rehearsals (2021)
These antiquated tapes came out of an ancient closet, were remastered on modern equipment, and serve as interest only to Beherit fanatics who want to see how this band grasped for a clue about...
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Black Crucifixion – The Fallen One of Flames / Satanic Zeitgeist (2021)
People like what is mentally easy because it requires the least amount of risk, since they want to avoid change, which carries with it the risk of misreading reality and therefore failing. Of all the...
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Varathron – Genesis of the Unaltered Evil (2012)
Hear a tale of the long chronicle of releases of Varathron demos and rarities. Back in 1997, Cursed Productions unleashed Genesis of Apocryphal Desire, the first collection of Varathron demos...
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Grandeur – Aurea Aetas (2021)
Exploring the New Wave of Sentimental Black Metal (NWSBM) pioneered by bands like Fourth Monarchy, Black Funeral, and Infamous, Grandeur mixes a bit of power metal consonance and whole scale...
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