Lvcifyre- "Svn Eater" CD/LP (Dark Descent)

Greetings readers. Thanks for being patient with my slight delay in reviews. Today we're visiting an album that's only been out f...

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Urzeit- "Urzeit" (Psychic Violence Records)

It's not often that I share a cassette on my website that is already sold out, yet this gem has been haunting my thoughts since I came a...

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Myopic- "Beyond the Mirror's Edge" (Grimoire Records)

Released just this past week, Myopic 's " Beyond the Mirror's Edge " is a journey of an album, just as exploratory as it i...

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My Experience With Brutal Truth: A Preemptive Memorial

[photo credit: Peter Herneheim; found on Brutal Truth's Facebook page] This morning, Dan Lilker of legendary grindcore group Brutal Trut...

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Cronesmoon, Gulag, Ekadzati & Anatra: The Many Voices of Zareen Katherine Price

It was not until Record Store Day of last year that I became familiar with the music of Zareen Katherine Price. A friend posted about a sale...

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New music: Ghost Bath, The Unchaining, Aetherium Mors

Ghost Bath - "Ghost Bath" (Self-Released) Ghost Bath are a relatively mysterious black metal group from China who seem to have app...

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Aosoth- "IV: An Arrow In Heart" (Agonia Records)

Greetings readers. Most of you are probably surprised to see such a high profile release here, but after owning it for the past couple of mo...

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Anagnorisis- "Beyond All Light" CS/CD (Self-Released/Like Young Records)

Anagnorisis initially contacted me a few months ago with a simple "hello" email and a note that they had their music up for free ...

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New Music: Australasia, Sleestak, Incinerated Divinity

Today's batch of reviews examines a few releases that tread outside the realms of black metal and noise on which I so often focus. Inste...

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New Music: King Carnage, Gukurahundi, Ancst

King Carnage - Ounce of Mercy, Pound of Flesh  CD ( Badgod Music ) Today I'm in a bit of a mood for some absolutely hideous death metal,...

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New tunes 5/22/13: Deathcult, Deuil, The Infernal Sea

Deathcult - The Test of Time   CS ( Caligari Records ) Deathcult is a one-man thrashy death metal band from Chicago who plays with the inten...

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In Human Form- "Earthen Urn" (Self-Released)

Released on January 10th of this year, In Human Form 's " Earthen Urn " is probably the first truly great album of this year. ...

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Autolatry- "Of the Land" CD (Self-Released)

Snow, nightfall, and the woods are trademarks of classic black metal albums. Many bands intentionally evoke these elements in lyrics, album ...

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Uvikra- "Bi" CD (badGod Music)

For some reason, some people like black metal to follow a traditional formula and never deviate from it. To these people, sounds that were g...

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Curseworship- "Curseworship" (Self-released)

Today's submission comes from the dry, desolate wastes of Salt Lake City, Utah. I've always been of the opinion that any city that i...

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Tarantulah- "Kedamaian Jalan Hitam" (Self-Released Demo)

Today's submission is a slab of hideous and bizarre death-influenced black metal from Malaysia. Tarantulah sent me an email with the de...

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Year End Extravaganza: Noteworthy Albums of 2012

So this is probably the entry everybody's been waiting to glance over and pick fights about. It's the albums that made a huge impres...

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