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Falling feathers and savage necromancy

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 redbraces

SAVAGE NECROMANCY: Feathers Fall To Flames Release year: 2022Label: 20 Buck Spin Cover artwork by Chris Moyen featuring goats, artist pesudonyms such as Diabolical Fuckwitch Of The Black Flame and Conjurer Of Putrid Desecrations, and a band photo taken at … Continue reading Falling feathers and savage necromancy

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Celestial nightmares and exclusion from light

June 12, 2022June 12, 2022 redbraces

GRAND CELESTIAL NIGHTMARE: Excluded From Light And The Pleroma Release year: 2022Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions/New Era Productions Grand Celestial Nightmare – whose name sounds like another silly Dimmu Borgir album title – is another in a long list of … Continue reading Celestial nightmares and exclusion from light

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No dawn for Iku-Turso

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 redbraces

IKU-TURSO: Into Dawnless Realms Release year: 2022Label: Wolfspell Records/Korpituli Productions Finnish-Dutch Iku-Turso are at it again: Into Dawnless Realms is the successor to 2020’s Pakana (reviewed here), and it sees the band continue on the same path as before. So, … Continue reading No dawn for Iku-Turso

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Going traditional with Rimthurs

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 redbraces

RIMTHURS: Thursamál Release year: 2022Label: A.D.G. Records Though the genre evolves, refuses to stay still and constantly finds new ways to manifest itself, the past is always alive in black metal. And whilst, certainly, throwbacks to the nascent years of … Continue reading Going traditional with Rimthurs

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Dark Funeral are the apocalypse

March 18, 2022March 8, 2022 redbraces

DARK FUNERAL: We Are The Apocalypse Release year: 2022Label: Century Media For a long time, Dark Funeral were pretty much the Swedish equivalent of Immortal in terms of credibility and the comic book nature of their image. Commonly called “Dork … Continue reading Dark Funeral are the apocalypse

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Battlespells under the warmoon

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 redbraces

WARMOON LORD: Battlespells Release year: 2021Label: Werewolf Records Three years ago, in my review of Finnish one-man band Warmoon Lord’s debut album (read here), I pondered lengthily on the merits and demerits of pandering to pure nostalgia. Ultimately, though, what … Continue reading Battlespells under the warmoon

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20 years of blackened thorns

January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 redbraces

V/A: Schwarzdorn Label Compilation Pt. I Release year: 2021Label: Schwarzdorn Production It is no mean feat for a label to have been active for 20 years, even if they never rise to become major players in their field. I suppose … Continue reading 20 years of blackened thorns

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Worship the eternal arch goat

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 redbraces

ARCHGOAT: Worship The Eternal Darkness Release year: 2021Label: Debemur Morti Productions Finnish Archgoat are – as surely just about everyone reading this knows – one of the iconic names of Finnish black metal, and one of those hugely influential bands … Continue reading Worship the eternal arch goat

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Is even death real?

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 redbraces

SVPREMACIST: Meaningless Death Release year: 2021Label: Repose Records/Iron, Blood And Death Corporation Hailing from Israel, Svpremacist ask us the ultimate question with their debut album: is even death real? Do the makers of this website of questionable repute have to … Continue reading Is even death real?

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Victories in blood

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 redbraces

UNANIMATED: Victory In Blood Release year: 2021Label: Century Media Unanimated belong to the original breed of Swedish death metal: having formed already in 1988, they were certainly among the earlier purveyors of the genre. Whilst they definitely have a following, … Continue reading Victories in blood

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