We’re already almost a third into June, so I guess you could say this newsletter is woefully late! Compared to last month, there’s been more activity on the ODIR website, including the first interview of the year. Typically, summer has … Continue reading ODIR Newsletter #4: Death In Junebugs
Year: 2025Label: Out Of The Dungeon Finnish Geatkihaukr opt for a heavy dose of obscurity in their black metal. The name itself is entirely mysterious, and the font used in the booklet will give anyone who tries to decipher especially … Continue reading GEATKIHAUKR: Varjaeger
Year: 2025Label: Norma Evangelium Diaboli It’s been quite a while since we last heard from Spanish Teitanblood. Their previous album was 2019’s The Baneful Choir (reviewed here); since then, it’s been awfully quiet. Luckily, however, it was not the quiet … Continue reading TEITANBLOOD: From The Visceral Abyss
Year: 2025Label: World Breaking Records/Primitive Reaction If there’s one thing I didn’t predict for 2024, it was the comeback of Finnish black metal pioneers Beherit. But come back they did, and I got to witness them live twice last year. … Continue reading BEHERIT: Live In Praha CZ
As most of you probably realize by now, 2024 is over and we’ve entered 2025. For those of you who haven’t, consider this a public service announcement. Anyhow, let’s take a look at some of the noteworthy releases of last … Continue reading A year in summation: 2024
Something a bit different in our series of gems from the archives – but no less deserving of an entry: the first book attempting to give an overview of the phenomenon called black metal. The book by Michael Moynihan (of … Continue reading From the Vaults #14: Lords of Chaos
Only Death Is Real 