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The Devil's Trade 'Vidékek Vannak Idebenn' Artwork
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Review: The Devil’s Trade ‘Vidékek Vannak Idebenn’

7th July 202310th July 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Dark, Folk, Folk Doom, Season Of Mist, The Devil’s Trade

The most striking thing about the dark Hungarian doom/folk band, for me, is Dávid Makó’s voice. Over a traditional musical

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Harvestman 'Music For Megaliths' 2017
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Harvestman ‘Music For Megaliths’ 2017

18th May 201716th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2017, Daniel Pietersen, Dark, Drone, Folk, Harvestman, Music For Megaliths, Neurot Recordings, Review, Steve Von Till

With Harvestman, Neurosis’ Steve Von Till has been exploring a much less bombastic form of music; arboreal, earthy and yet

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Necro Deathmort 'The Capsule' 2016
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Necro Deathmort ‘The Capsule’ 2016

17th April 201716th September 2019 John Reppion 2016, Dark, Electronic, Industrial, John Reppion, Necro Deathmort, Review, Rocket Recordings, The Capsule

Necro Deathmort said it themselves; they don’t give a single fuck. “We’ve stopped caring that each new release might alienate

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Alaric ‘End Of Mirrors’
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Alaric ‘End Of Mirrors’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2016

17th May 20167th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, Alaric, Cassette, CD, Dark, Digital, End Of Mirrors, Gothic, Guido Segers, LP, Neurot Recordings, Post-Punk, Review

Alaric is probably most known for the sacking of Rome in the fifth century. Those were dark times. The namesake

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Amenra ‘Alive’
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Amenra ‘Alive’ CD/LP 2016

5th May 201611th September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2016, Acoustic, Alive, Ambient, Amenra, CD, Consouling Sounds, Dark, Jay Hampshire, LP, Review

A spiritual successor to their 2009 Afterlife EP, Alive sees Belgium’s mysterious purveyors of post-doom/sludge Amenra once more bare their

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Terzij De Horde ‘Self’
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Terzij De Horde ‘Self’ CD/LP/DD 2015

10th November 20154th November 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Black Metal, Burning World Records, CD, Dark, Digital, Guido Segers, LP, Post-Metal, Review, Self, Terzij De Horde

And here it is, the debut album by black metal trailblazers Terzij De Horde from Utrecht, the Netherlands. The progressive

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Chelsea Wolfe ‘Abyss’ CD/LP/DD 2015

11th August 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Abyss, Alternative, Angela Davey, CD, Chelsea Wolfe, Dark, Digital, Folk, LP, Review, Rock, Sargent House

For months now Chelsea Wolfe has been teasing fans one track at a time about what to expect on her

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Årabrot ‘I Modi’ LP/DD 2014

10th November 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Årabrot, Dark, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Fysisk Format, Heavy, I Modi, LP, Pete Green, Review

If I had a single cap as impressive as any amongst the vast array adorning Kjetil Nernes’ hat stand (so

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Necro Deathmort ‘EP2’ LP/DD 2014

29th October 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Dark, Digital, Distraction Records, Dub, EP2, Heavy, Industrial, John Reppion, LP, Necro Deathmort, Review

Necro Deathmort are Londoners AJ Cookson and Matthew Rozeik. Together they create electronic music which defies pigeon-holing; it’s heavy, it’s

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Most Holy Death ‘Death Knell’ DD 2014

12th July 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Black, Dark, Death Knell, Digital, Doom, Drone, Guido Segers, Most Holy Death, Self Released

The band Most Holy Death is just one dude (or girl, I’m judging by the vocals). In the dining room

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Mat McNerney & Kimmo Helén ‘The World Is Burning’ LP/CD 2014

8th July 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Ambient, CD, Dark, Folk, John Reppion, Kimmo Helén, LP, Mat McNerney, Review, Soundtrack, Svart Records, The World Is Burning

The World is Burning is a 2013 short film set in Newfoundland, written and to be directed by Justin Oakey.

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