Chronicles of the soul grinders
SOUL GRINDER: Chronicles Of Decay Release year: 2020Label: Black Sunset German Soul Grinder have been practising their brand of old school death metal since 2018. In that time, they’ve released one EP and now this, their debut full-length album. Not … Continue reading Chronicles of the soul grinders
Do nuns have fun?
MERCYFUL FATE: Mercyful Fate EP Release year: 1982/2020Label: Rave-On Records/Metal Blade Records Finishing our backwards journey of looking at Danish occult metal legends Mercyful Fate’s three first releases in reverse order, we’ve arrived at the very start: their debut four-track … Continue reading Do nuns have fun?
Into the coven
MERCYFUL FATE: Melissa Release year: 1983/2020Label: Roadrunner Records/Metal Blade Records Released just a year before the previously reviewed Don’t Break The Oath, Melissa was Danish occult metal group Mercyful Fate’s full-length debut. Compared to the self-titled four-track EP preceeding it, … Continue reading Into the coven
The unbroken oath
MERCYFUL FATE: Don’t Break The Oath Release year: 1984/2020Label: Roadrunner Records/Metal Blade Records “I deny Jesus Christ, the deceiver/And I abjure the christian faith/holding in contempt all of it’s works /…/ I swear to give my mind, my body and … Continue reading The unbroken oath
Antichrist triumph
ANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINE: Morbid Triumph Release year: 2017/2020Label: Krucyator Productions The cumbersomely named Antichrist Siege Machine from the US are among the newer crop of bands exploring the narrow but bountiful realms of bestial black metal and/or war metal. Having … Continue reading Antichrist triumph
Autokrator hammering heretics
AUTOKRATOR: Hammer Of The Heretics Release year: 2018/2019Label: Krucyator Productions Apparently, on earlier releases French Autokrator’s style was a mixture of death metal, doom metal and drone. I say apparently, because this is the first album I’ve heard by the … Continue reading Autokrator hammering heretics
Exaltation Of The Abysmal Lord
ABYSMAL LORD: Exaltation Of The Infernal Cabal Release year: 2019Label: Hell’s Headbangers It’s obvious from the first tones of the intro: these guys are seriously into Beherit. Seriously into The Oath Of Black Blood. It’s the backbone and black lifeblood … Continue reading Exaltation Of The Abysmal Lord
Rise Of The Black Horns
BLACKHORNS: Rise Of An Infernal Sorcery/The Oath Release year: 2019Label: Putrid Cult The first thing I’m going to criticize about this album is the somewhat sloppy job done with the design. Firstly, the album name is spelled in two different … Continue reading Rise Of The Black Horns
Abysmal Abhorrots
ABHORROT: Abysmal Echoes Release year: 2019Label: Morbid Chapel Records Hailing from Austria, Abhorrot’s career amounted in a number of smaller releases and this one full-length album. Apparently the decision to kill off Abhorrot had already been made at the time … Continue reading Abysmal Abhorrots
Incarnations of Purtenance
PURTENANCE: Buried Incarnation Release year: 2020Label: Xtreem Music Finnish Purtenance are without doubt part of the legends of original Finnish death metal. Formed in 1991, they released their classic debut Member Of Immortal Damnation the following year and, like so … Continue reading Incarnations of Purtenance
Only Death Is Real 