Review: Okkultokrati ‘La Ilden Lyse’
Black thrash has a long rich history, arguably starting with British legends Venom as the ‘proto’ band of the genre
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Black Metal
Review: Witchcraft ‘Black Metal’
When I think about Witchcraft, my mind always casts back to a Metal Hammer article I read around ’05 or
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Review: Ihsahn ‘Telemark’
For those you who don’t follow Black Metal or who are not fans of it, the name Ihsahn probably means
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Review: Hot Graves ‘Haunted Graves’ & ‘Magnificent Death’
Hot Graves are a four-piece from Gainesville, Florida and consist of M. Colby on Guitar / Vocals, J. Stewart on
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Review: Witch Trail ‘The Sun Has Left The Hill’
It’s nearly impossible to put a genre on this record, and strict genre interpretations are for poseurs anyway, but if
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Review: The Deathtrip ‘Demon Solar Totem’
The phrase ‘It’s a small World’ always feels redundant when discussing black metal. It’s a genre practically built on musician-sharing,
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Zhrine ‘Unortheta’ 2017
On the face of it, the name Unortheta doesn’t give much away. Neither does Zhrine, the name of the Icelandic
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Emptiness ‘Not For Music’ 2017
For some strange reason, everyone keeps calling Emptiness a black/death metal band. I might be quite late to the party
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Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik ‘Skuggsjá’ CD/LP/DD 2016
Forget the church burnings, the murders, that kvlt feeling when you hold your original pressing of Bathory’s ‘The Yellow Goat’
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Gnaw Their Tongues ‘Abyss Of Longing Throats’ CD/DD 2015
Having seen Gnaw Their Tongues live this past October, I can honestly say that we’re talking about one of the
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Dragged Into Sunlight + Gnaw Their Tongues ‘N.V.’ CD/LP/DD 2015
The collaboration between Dragged Into Sunlight and Gnaw Their Tongues can only have taken place with the full approval of
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