SUN DESCENDS BLACK: EP I Release year: 2019Label: self-released Some years ago, the chaotic, grinding black metal pioneered by the likes of Blasphemy already in the late 80’s/early 90’s, was all the rage, and bands drinking from that particular stream … Continue reading Grinding maelstroms of Sun Descends Black
BEAST OF DAMNATION: Dawn Of The Beast Release year: 2019Label: Black Sunset If you were there in the late 90’s and early noughties, you might remember how large parts of the black metal scene waged a war against all things … Continue reading Beast Of Damnation crushing gothic scum
MAYHEM: Wolf’s Lair Abyss Release year: 1997/2019Label: Misanthropy Records/Soulseller Records Back in 1997, Mayhem’s comeback recordings without guitarist, founder, composer and band leader Euronymous must have seemed like a travesty to many involved in the scene – despite including three … Continue reading A return to Mayhem’s abyss
ALGHAZANTH: Thy Aeons Envenomed Sanity/Promo ’97 Release year: 1999/2019Label: Woodcut Records Alghazanth were one of the countless Finnish black metal groups who crawled out from the woodwork during the mid-to-late nineties to offer their take on the genre. During their … Continue reading Alghazanth’s Stormgrey Visions
MERCYFUL FATE: 9 Release year: 1999Label: Metal Blade Records No one in their right mind denies the merits and importance of Danish Mercyful Fate during their initial run in the eighties. During that period, the group led by iconic frontman … Continue reading Mercyful Fate’s Ninth Circle of Hell
WARMOON LORD: Burning Banners Of The Funereal War Release year: 2019Label: Wolfspell Records Everything about Finnish one-man project Warmoon Lord and their (his) debut album reeks of pure, unadulterated and unashamed nostalgia. Everything. From how the digipak looks to how … Continue reading Nostalgia for middle-aged black metallers with Warmoon Lord
