Year: 2025Label: Theogonia Records Greek black metal act Lloth have a long and somewhat winding history. The group was originally formed in 1995, and released a single demo in 1997. After that, they changed their name to Astarte, who were … Continue reading LLOTH: Archees Legeones
Year: 2025Label: Hellprod Records/Murder Records Portuguese black metal. Whilst for most it may not ring a bell, for those who do, it usually associates to exceedingly raw, lo-fi and abrasive stuff. Ugly stuff, and a bit of an acquired taste. … Continue reading VETUS SANGUIS: Capítulo I – Dimensão Horrenda
Year: 2025Label: Napalm Records British extreme metal legend Cradle Of Filth’s career has been a weird one. Up until and including Midian (2000), they were on a serious roll without so much as a single miss. Midian is actually a … Continue reading CRADLE OF FILTH: The Screaming Of The Valkyries
Release year: 2025Label: self-released Wait, what, did I mistake this band for someone else? That was my first thought when putting on Swedish Demolyn’s new EP. See, in comparison with the debut release Tales Of Demolyn (reviewed here), Slay The … Continue reading DEMOLYN: Slay The Godhead
Year: 2025Label: Xtreem Music “So, how long will we have to wait for a new full-length?” we asked in our review of Spanish Avulsed’s previous release, the two-track EP Extraterrestrial Carnage. And now we have the answer: almost two years. … Continue reading AVULSED: Phoenix Cryptobiosis
Year: 2024Label: Werewolf Records Released at the butt-end of 2024 with little to no advance hoopla, Finnish Satanic Warmaster’s Exultation Of Cruelty seemed to come a bit like a thief in the night. All of the sudden it just sort … Continue reading SATANIC WARMASTER: Exultation Of Cruelty
Year: 2025Label: World Breaking Records/Primitive Reaction If there’s one thing I didn’t predict for 2024, it was the comeback of Finnish black metal pioneers Beherit. But come back they did, and I got to witness them live twice last year. … Continue reading BEHERIT: Live In Praha CZ
Year: 2025Label: Vendetta Records The scitalis was, apparently, a mythical serpent of antiquity with so amazing markings on its back that it could stun whoever saw it. I presume the serpent would then proceed to make lunch of those such … Continue reading SCITALIS: Maledictum
Year: 2025Label: self-released And thusly, we segue from 2024 towards 2025 in reviews as well: Finnish Beatrix’s new EP Deathsent Ceremony was released on January 1st. Apparently the EP was a long time in the making due to various unfortunate … Continue reading BEATRIX: Deathsent Ceremony
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
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