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Year: 2026Label: Long Live Evil I wonder… is there a jab in a certain direction in the title of this album? Might Alla Xul Elu have some twisted turns of phrase to direct against some former co-operation partners? Ah, fuck … Continue reading ALLA XUL ELU: No Masters
Year: 2026Label: Awakening Records/Futhark Records Here’s a group with an unfortunate name – Metal Archives knows three other artists named Cultist plus a small throng of alternate spellings, Discogs knows six Cultists, some with releases antedatring the current Cultist. Especially … Continue reading CULTIST: Spiritual Atrophy
Year: 2026Label: self-released I’ll be honest, I almost skipped this album in my promo queue because the name of the band sounded silly. I know, that’s a stupid reason to ignore a band, but when you’ve got hundreds and hundreds … Continue reading FUNERAL PILE: Summoning
Year: 2026Label: Century Media Seven years ago, Norwegian black metal pioneers Mayhem released their sixth studio album, Daemon (review). The album saw them abandon the decidedly progressive and experimental territory they’d explored on previous albums Esoteric Warfare (2014) and Ordo … Continue reading MAYHEM: Liturgy Of Death
Year: 2026Label: Meuse Music Records Funeral doom has always been one of those genres that are great on paper, but in practice the execution often leaves something to be desired. Truth be told, just about the only album that fully … Continue reading ENNUI: Qroba
Year: 2026Label: self-released Is the New Wave of Traditional Doom Metal still a thing? Probably to some extent, though not as much as in the heyday of Reverend Bizarre and the many who trod in their footsteps. It is, after … Continue reading DROWNING WITCH: s/t
Year: 2025Label:Warade No, this isn’t a new Ordo Rosarius Equilibrium album. It’s been a while since Nihilist Notes (review) was released – four years, in fact, so we’re starting to get hungry for something new. Instead, this is a two-in-one … Continue reading ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO: 4 Equilibrium & Nihilism
Year: 2026Publisher: Black Front PressAvailable in: English As established by Aleksandar Sazdovski in his intriguing analysis of Blood Axis in this essay anthology, neofolk is – or at least can be seen – as more than just a form of … Continue reading Southgate, Troy (ed.): EUROPA CALLING!
Year: 2026Label: The Circle Music If you’ve studied your black metal history, the combination of Greece and Magus should bring to mind a legendary character within the genre. I am, of course, referring to Magus Wampyr Daoloth, a scene legend … Continue reading THE MAGUS: Daemonosophia
Year: 2026Label: self-released There’s some new kids on the block. Finnish death metal has been going through a veritable resurgence in the last few years, with a new, young generation of kids discovering the joys of guttural vocals, down tuned … Continue reading INTUBATION: Undifferentiated Malignancies
Only Death Is Real 