XIPHOS: On Beheading The Thalassocratic Vipers Release year: 2022Label: Khthon OK, color me confused. What the Hell is this album about? The project takes its name, Xiphos, from an ancient one-handed sword, a secondary weapon used by the soldiers of … Continue reading Xiphos and the beheading of maritime serpents
CAVERNA DELLE ROSE: Elysian Chants Release year: 2022Label: Slaughter In Art Consisting of musicians involved in projects such as Allerseelen and Camerata Mediolanense, and released by cult label Slaughter In Art – in fact the label’s first release in years … Continue reading Elysian chants in the cavern of roses
SHRINE & MYTRIP: Descent Release year: 2022Label: Amek/Corvus Records And we return unto Shrine, whose 7″ EP Distorted Legends, pt. 3 we reviewed just last week (read here). We’re sticking to the shorter format this time around as well, but … Continue reading Descending with Shrine and Mytrip
SHRINE: Distorted Legends, pt. 3 Release year: 2021Label: Corvus Music You know how people who know shit about something sometimes act like the best experts on something? Why, I don’t know – an unfortunate placement on the Dunning-Kruger curve, a … Continue reading The distorted legends of Shrine
IN SEARCH OF DEATH: II Release year: 2022Label: Steinklang Industries In the wide, amorphous and ambiguous field of all things industrial and post-industrial, it’s often a venture doomed to failure to attempt to pinpoint too exactly what niché an artist … Continue reading Searching for death
LEIDUNGR: Gryning flammar Release year: 2021Label: SkullLine Swedish “nordic ritual folk” project Leidungr have been rather prolific during their career: Discogs lists 18 releases, out of which 17 are listed as albums, since 2013. In fact, since the release of … Continue reading Leidungr’s heathen dawn aflame
ELLI RIEHL: Die Kornmuhme Release year: 2022Label: Steinklang Industries Sometimes you come across an album that baffles and fascinates you so much, it takes ages to decide whether you like it or not – and even then each listen is … Continue reading Of folklore and outlandish music
TREPANERINGSRITUALEN: Veil The World Release year: 2011/2015/2021Label: Cold Spring Records Back in 2008-2013, when Swedish ritual industrial entity Trepaneringsritualen started out and almost immediately started to make a name for themselves, I was in the heaviest harsh noise/power electronics phase … Continue reading Veil the world in ritual rust
ARDITI: Bloodtheism Release year: 2018/2020Label: SkullLine As far as martial industrial in the 21st century goes, Swedish Arditi definitely belong to the genre’s leading names. Debuting in 2003 with the 7″ Unity Of Blood, the belligerent Swedes have since then … Continue reading Arditi’s religion of blood
L’ÈGAREMENT D’ESPRIT: Written In Stone Release year: 2021Label: Steinklang Industries How’s that for a title? It pretty much sets up the tone for what I’m going to talk about in this review, doesn’t it? Well, let’s get on with it. … Continue reading The problem with instrumental music…
Only Death Is Real 