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Review: Cirith Ungol ‘Forever Black’

11th June 202011th June 2020 Fossil Cirith Ungol, Forever Black, Heavy Metal, Metal Blade Records

Who in their wildest dreams would have predicted such a distinguished return from the Ventura metal giants? This is their

Album & EP Reviews C

Review: Cult Of Luna ‘A Dawn To Fear’

8th October 201923rd October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden A Dawn To Fear, Cult Of Luna, Metal Blade Records, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Review

In 2016 Swedish avant-garde metal titans Cult Of Luna collaborated with US underground noise siren Julie Christmas to produce one

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Sourvein ‘Aquatic Occult’ CD/LP/DD 2016

23rd May 20167th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, Aquatic Occult, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sludge, Sourvein, T-Roy, Troy “T-Roy” Medlin

Cape Fear River, NC natives Sourvein shouldn’t need an introduction, having pioneered an American southern doom scene with enough history

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Brimstone Coven ‘Black Magic’ CD/LP/DD 2016

16th February 20161st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2016, Black Magic, Blues Rock, Brimstone Coven, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Brimstone Coven are the essence of 70s doom. When doom wasn’t quite a thing, it was more occult rock shot

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Anaal Nathrakh: Sandy Williamson Interviews Vocalist V.I.T.R.I.O.L. AKA Dave Hunt

6th April 20157th September 2019 Sandy Williamson Anaal Nathrakh, Dave Hunt, Desideratum, Interview, Metal Blade Records, Sandy Williamson, V.I.T.R.I.O.L.

Anaal Nathrakh are, and always have been, one of black metal’s most violent and yet aurally interesting bands. With equal

News

SOURVEIN Begin Tracking New Full-Length; Guest Collaboration With Amebix’s “Stig” Miller Confirmed

8th January 2015 Lee Edwards “Stig” Miller, Aquatic Occult, Metal Blade Records, New Album Details, News, Sourvein, Troy “T-Roy” Medlin

Long-running Cape Fear sludge saviors, SOURVEIN, are currently holed-up at SSP Studio in Raleigh, North Carolina with Corrosion Of Conformity

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Anaal Nathrakh ‘Desideratum’ CD/LP/DD 2014

5th November 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Anaal Nathrakh, Black Metal, CD, Desideratum, Digital, Industrial, LP, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

If you were to describe Anaal Nathrakh to someone who had never heard them, you’d probably say something along the

News

ANAAL NATHRAKH: Revolver Magazine Streams Ferocious ‘Desideratum’ Full-Length In Its Entirety

24th October 2014 Lee Edwards Anaal Nathrakh, Audio Stream, Damnation Festival, Desideratum, Metal Blade Records, News, Revolver Magazine

Desideratum is the forthcoming new long player from UK extreme metal misfits, ANAAL NATHRAKH. Applauded for consistently manifesting, Desideratum takes

News

Doom Legends PENTAGRAM To Kick Off Fall Headlining Tour Tonight In Chicago

23rd October 2014 Lee Edwards Bang, Blood Ceremony, Kings Destroy, Metal Blade Records, Pentagram, Radio Moscow, US Tour 2014

Doom legends, PENTAGRAM, are returning to the road tomorrow for select shows in the US Midwest and the East Coast

News

ANAAL NATHRAKH Drops New Ode ‘The One Thing Needful’ At Noisey; ‘Desideratum’ Release Looms

16th October 2014 Lee Edwards Anaal Nathrakh, Audio Stream, Damnation Festival 2014, Desideratum, Metal Blade Records, New Album Details, News, Noisey, The One Thing Needful

Noisey spews forth a new ode of acrimony from the UK’s favorite extreme metal miscreants, ANAAL NATHRAKH. Titled The One

News

ANAAL NATHRAKH Wages War With New Track Monstrum In Animo Now Playing At Decibel

18th September 2014 Lee Edwards Anaal Nathrakh, Audio Stream, Damnation Festival 2014, Decibel Magazine, Desideratum, Metal Blade Records, Monstrum In Animo, New Album Details, News

Long running UK extreme metal duo/recent Metal Blade signees, ANAAL NATHRAKH, are pleased to soil your day with the repugnant

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