Origins of eastern darkness
SIGH: Eastern Darkness Release year: 2022Label: Peaceville Sigh from Japan are one of the original weirdos of black metal, who pretty much from the onset went left-field in their expression. Personally, I’ve mostly listened to their second album Infidel Art … Continue reading Origins of eastern darkness
Paramilitant vomit-inducing spears
PARAMILITANT: Emetic Spear Of Intolerance Release year: 2022Label: self-released What’s short, sweet and to the point? An emetic spear of intolerance, of course. Har har, geddit? No? Sorry. Abortive attempts at stupid jokes aside, Emetic Spear Of Intolerance is short, … Continue reading Paramilitant vomit-inducing spears
Kissing creatures of the night
KISS: Creatures Of The Night Release year: 1982/2022Label: Mercury Records I saw Kiss live on their Psycho Circus tour in the late 90’s, probably at the time in my life most suitable for witnessing the spectacle that a Kiss concert … Continue reading Kissing creatures of the night
Mourn and angels of all evil
MOURN: Mastema Release year: 2022Label: Steinklang Industries/999 Cuts The back cover of this CD proclaims that “Mourn is Destruktionsanstalt, Kadaver and Ideal Father“ – in other words, a collaboration between three established names in the industrial noise underground. Therefore, it … Continue reading Mourn and angels of all evil
Slava Ukraini!
V/A: Unio Solidarium Release year: 2022Label: Old Captain This year it will be nine years since terrorist state Russia attacked Ukraine without any provocation or justification, and occupied parts of the Eastern European nation. Soon it will be a year … Continue reading Slava Ukraini!
Regard Extreme’s legacy
REGARD EXTREME: Legacy Release year: 2022Label: Steinklang Industries French Regard Extreme are perhaps not one of the most famous names in the neoclassical and martial industrial genres but are, without doubt, one of the more long-lived acts. The project did … Continue reading Regard Extreme’s legacy
Remembering the glorious dead
LIVE BY THE SWORD: The Glorious Dead E.P. Release year: 2022Label: Rebellion Records As I wrote in my review (read here) of US-Dutch Live By The Sword’s debut full-length, Exploring Soldiers Rise, they represent an oi! band of a new … Continue reading Remembering the glorious dead
Join the supersonic beat commando
SPEEDMOBILE: Supersonic Beat Commando Release year: 2022Label: Butler Records What do you get when you combine Dutch psychobilly legends Batmobile with compatriot action rock legends Peter Pan Speedrock? Well, of course, you get Speedmobile: one third Batmobile (Jeroen Haamers on … Continue reading Join the supersonic beat commando
Le Silence Des Ruines: “The future will and must be ruins”
Le Silence Des Ruines is a name you see popping up ever so often in connection to martial industrial and neofolk, but you’d be forgiven if you’ve never actually heard the project: even though Le Silence Des Ruines has been … Continue reading Le Silence Des Ruines: “The future will and must be ruins”
In Djevel’s black night
DJEVEL: Naa Skrider Natten Sort Release year: 2022Label: Aftermath Music We’ve reviewed Norwegian Djevel’s two previous albums (here and here), and have come to consider the band as something of a single-entity latter-day resurgence of the classic norsecore sound and … Continue reading In Djevel’s black night
Only Death Is Real 