I remember how, back when this, Finnish Satanic Warmaster’s debut was released, the reactions in Finland among friends and on message boards were almost unequivocally positive and enthusiastic. In retrospect, there was a feeling as of standing at the precipice … Continue reading From the Vaults #13: Strength & Honour
Release year: 2024Label: Misantropia Records Now that’s a tongue twister. Zvjerovanje. I mean, it’s not as insane as Polish, but that’s still too many incompatible consonants at the start of the word. But I guess that’s Serbo-Croatian for ya. Apparently, … Continue reading ZVIJER: Zvjerovanje
Release year: 2024Label: Misantropia Records As those who’ve been following this site for a while might know, I first got into extreme metal in the mid-to-late 90’s and by the turn of the millennium was firmly entrenched in the underground. … Continue reading COLDSCAPE: Kolme laulua kuolemasta
Release year: 2017/2024Label: Iron Bonehead Productions/Misantropia Records Whilst certainly not unheard of, all-female and female solo black metal projects are still a relative scarcity. Everyone who’s been involved in black metal since the 90’s will probably remember Greek Astarte, and … Continue reading IESCHURE: The Shadow
Release year: 2024Label: Misantropia Records Put together, the two acts on this split have (according to Discogs) a total of 63 releases since 2012. That’s pretty prolific – but scarcely balanced, considering Somber Winds is responsible for two of these, … Continue reading KALMANKANTAJA/SOMBER WINDS: Split
Back in the late 90’s, when I started getting into extreme metal, a significant method to discover new acts was to peruse through the catalogues and ads in various magazines. Metal Hammer was essentially worth fuck all and our local … Continue reading From the Vaults #7: Apokalypse & Origo Regium 1993-1994
LUNAR SPELLS: Sacraments Of Necromantical Empires Release year: 2024Label: Northern Silence Productions Some two years ago, we reviewed Greek Lunar Spell’s second album Demise Of Heaven (here). Now the Greek black metal act are back with their third album, and … Continue reading Lunar spells of necromantical empires
IGNIS MORTIS: Hæresis Maleficarum Release year: 2024Label: Hammer Of Hate Records Formed from the ashes of a previous group called Evil Might, Finnish Ignis Mortis may be newcomers but they’re certainly no greenhorns: the trio’s collective CV within black metal … Continue reading The fires of death burn
ANDRACCA: To Bare The Weight Of Death Release year: 2024Label: Vendetta Records Would you be surprised to hear the UK act Andracca’s second album has a tricky title? The digital promo had the name tagged as To Bear The Weight … Continue reading Regarding the weight of death
SERPENTS OATH: Revelation Release year: 2023Label: Odium Records I’ll let you in on a little secret. Sometimes, the decision of what I pick for review from the promo download queue is made based on a sampling of mere seconds. This … Continue reading Serpentine oaths and revelations
Only Death Is Real 