Martial industrial as a genre has always, from the onset, been controversial. Neofolk too, to an extreme extent. However, in many ways, martial industrial is a far more niché genre than neofolk; the latter has throughout the years both conceptually … Continue reading Ambiguity as the heart of martial industrial
Year: 2025Label: self-released (distribution via Steinklang Industries) This album has been a long time in the making. multinational H.E.R.R.’s ambitious album Vondel’s Lucifer – First Movement was released way back in 2006. As implied by the name, it was not … Continue reading H.E.R.R.: Vondel’s Lucifer – Second Movement
Year: 2025Label: Steinklang Industries In their almost 20 year long recording career, Dark Awake have been nothing if not prolific. Discogs lists 16 full length albums and half a dozen of shorter releases, which translates into way more than one … Continue reading DARK AWAKE: Dämmerung
Year: 2025Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records Taking their name from a short sword used by ancient Greeks, multinational Xiphos (not to be confused with the other Xiphos we’ve covered before) appropriately put their thematical focus on Ancient Greece. Though there … Continue reading XIPHOS: The Age Of Alexander
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
Year: 2024Label: Steinklang Industries Three out of three, when it comes to Steinklang Industries’ most recent batch of tapes. And this tape is by far the most challenging to tackle. Whereas both Kontakt Service (here) and Vologne (here) were pretty … Continue reading NAD EVROPA: :Pax:
Year: 2024Label: Fluttering Dragon Talk about a throwback. 63 Days was originally a series of six 7″ records released between 2004 and 2006 on the Fluttering Dragon label. Featured were significant martial industrial acts of the era, such as Krepulec, … Continue reading V/A: 63 Days
Year: 2024Label: Steinklang Industries To be clear, this text is not a review. I can’t well enough review my own album, can I? Instead, this is a text exploring some of the themes and concepts of the album, presenting an … Continue reading DIEUX DES CIMETIÈRES: Säkeitä esoteerisesta Euroopasta
Year: 2024Label: Steinklang Industries French Regard Extreme are back with another slab of their medieval neoclassical – or call it what you want – following 2021’s Ars Veterum (reviewed here) and 2022’s compilation of reworked older tracks, Legacy (reviewed here). … Continue reading REGARD EXTREME: Eco Solemnis
ARDITI: Insignia Of The Sun Release year: 2020/2023Label: Blooddawn Productions Martial industrial stalwarts Arditi have been active on the release front this year: this is already their second release in 2023. However, unlike Emblem Of Victory (reviewed here), Insignia Of … Continue reading Arditi’s solar symbolism
Only Death Is Real 