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I Am The Night 'While The Gods Are Sleeping'
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Review: I Am The Night ‘While The Gods Are Sleeping’

11th May 202211th May 2022 Sandy Williamson Black Metal, I Am The Night, Svart Records

I Am the Night may be a brand new entity but their music is conjured into being by four long

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postcards from new zealand 'burn, witch, burn'
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Review: postcards from new zealand ‘burn, witch, burn’

8th April 20228th April 2022 Josh Schneider Black Metal, Independent, postcards from new zealand

I chose to review postcards of new zealand’s burn, witch, burn to step outside of my comfort zone. The promo

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Wiegedood 'There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road'
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Review: Wiegedood ‘There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road’

18th January 20222nd March 2022 Will J Black Metal, Century Media, Wiegedood

If there’s one thing that has defined Wiegedood‘s music up to this point it is a simple word: intensity. Few

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Mother ‘Interlude I’ EP
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Review: Mother ‘Interlude I’ EP

16th December 20218th February 2022 Richard Murray Black Metal, Consouling Sounds, Mother, Post-Metal

Mother are a post-black metal band from Oostende, Belgium who started in 2017. Aside from that nugget of information, they’re

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Doodswens ‘Lichtvrees’
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Review: Doodswens ‘Lichtvrees’

10th December 202111th January 2022 Jamie Grimes Black Metal, Doodswens, Svart Records

There’s a point early in Zwarte Staar, the powerful third track on this debut album by Doodswens where, in spite

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So Hideous ‘None But A Pure Heart Can Sing’
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Review: So Hideous ‘None But A Pure Heart Can Sing’

7th December 202111th January 2022 Will J Black Metal, Blackgaze, Post-Hardcore, Silent Pendulum Records, So Hideous

New York post-black metal experimentalists So Hideous are back after a lengthy hiatus. Their original tenure saw them produce two

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Gaahls WYRD ‘The Humming Mountain’
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Review: Gaahls WYRD ‘The Humming Mountain’

10th November 202124th December 2021 Will J Ambient, Black Metal, Gaahls WYRD, Season Of Mist

Since the whole Gorgoroth name dispute debacle, Gaahl has gone a long way to repairing his reputation. While there are

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1914 'Where Fear And Weapons Meet'
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Review: 1914 ‘Where Fear And Weapons Meet’

8th November 202115th December 2021 Richard Murray 1914, Black Metal, Death Metal, Napalm Records

1914 are a Ukrainian death/doom/black metal band who sing, play, and seem to ooze the tales of the First Great

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Thulcandra ‘A Dying Wish’
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Review: Thulcandra ‘A Dying Wish’

4th November 202115th December 2021 Matt Alexander Black Metal, Death Metal, Napalm Records, Thulcandra

As I take my first steps into the emerging frozen landscape the audible crackles from the icy ground emanate into

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Funeral Chant ‘Dawn Of Annihilation’
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Review: Funeral Chant ‘Dawn Of Annihilation’

3rd November 202115th December 2021 Jamie Grimes Black Metal, Carbonized Records, Funeral Chant, Thrash Metal

Funeral Chant’s Dawn Of Annihilation has many of the hallmarks of a particular niche in the death/black metal underground which,

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Contrition 'Broken Mortal Coil'
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Review: Contrition ‘Broken Mortal Coil’

2nd November 202115th December 2021 Reza Mills Black Metal, Contrition, Death Metal, Disorder Recordings

Whatever Jeff Wilson is taking at the moment I want, yep you’ve guessed it, the ubiquitous Chrome Waves/Deeper Graves main-man

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