ALYA SERPENTIS: The Sky Falls Down
Year: 2025Label: Steinklang Industries First impressions can be deceiving. Especially in music, especially if you are somewhat knowledgeable in a genre. Sometimes it leads you to pin into place an artist or album very quickly. “Oh, this instantly brings to … Continue reading ALYA SERPENTIS: The Sky Falls Down
DARK AWAKE: Dämmerung
Year: 2025Label: Steinklang Industries In their almost 20 year long recording career, Dark Awake have been nothing if not prolific. Discogs lists 16 full length albums and half a dozen of shorter releases, which translates into way more than one … Continue reading DARK AWAKE: Dämmerung
HYBRYDS: In The Wake Of The Witch
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum Talk about a massive album! Spread over two discs, In The Wake Of The Witch contains a hefty two and a half hours of music. At the same time it’s the long running Belgian project’s first album … Continue reading HYBRYDS: In The Wake Of The Witch
Grant, Kenneth: VALOA VASTEN – YÖPUOLEN KERTOMUS
Year: 2025Publisher: Abraxas PublishingOriginal title: Against the Light – A Nightside NarrativeAvailable in: English, Finnish and possibly other languages Kenneth Grant (1924-2011) might be the most influential occultist since Aleister Crowley. Grant also represented a significant link in the chain … Continue reading Grant, Kenneth: VALOA VASTEN – YÖPUOLEN KERTOMUS
LIVE BY THE SWORD: The Pagan Pantheon
Year: 2025Label: Rebellion Records With their third album, US-Dutch Live By The Sword keep on consolidating their sound, and staying away from anything easy to pigeonhole. At this stage, the band exist in a liminal zone between metal and oi!, … Continue reading LIVE BY THE SWORD: The Pagan Pantheon
ZENIAL: Foil Punk
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum Just one look at the cover, and you know: you’re in for some of Zoharum weirdness. And when the promo sheet discusses everything but the music, you can be certain of it. Just about the only thing … Continue reading ZENIAL: Foil Punk
THAT’S HOW I FIGHT: Movement Three Continuum
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum We reviewed Polish That’s How I Fight’s Movement Three some time ago (here) with no uncertain words of praise. The conceptually enticingly vague album convinced us with its cosmic, serene and psychedelic beauty. As such, we welcomed … Continue reading THAT’S HOW I FIGHT: Movement Three Continuum
THE BULLDOZER: Battle Scars
Year: 2025Label: self-released No, this isn’t the Italian cult metal band Bulldozer nor any of the other numerous bands of the same name, nor Spanish Bulldozer BCN – this is The Bulldozer from Finland. As far as I can tell, … Continue reading THE BULLDOZER: Battle Scars
LLOTH: Archees Legeones
Year: 2025Label: Theogonia Records Greek black metal act Lloth have a long and somewhat winding history. The group was originally formed in 1995, and released a single demo in 1997. After that, they changed their name to Astarte, who were … Continue reading LLOTH: Archees Legeones
VETUS SANGUIS: Capítulo I – Dimensão Horrenda
Year: 2025Label: Hellprod Records/Murder Records Portuguese black metal. Whilst for most it may not ring a bell, for those who do, it usually associates to exceedingly raw, lo-fi and abrasive stuff. Ugly stuff, and a bit of an acquired taste. … Continue reading VETUS SANGUIS: Capítulo I – Dimensão Horrenda
Only Death Is Real 