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Darkestrah – Nomad (Osmose)

Originally from Kyrgyzstan but now residing in Germany Darkestrah have always been a fascinating band utilising traditional instruments into a black metal mainframe. You know that you are in for something a bit different when you actually have to look… Continue Reading →

Vargrav – The Nighthold (Werewolf Records)

A feast of both clear and opaque cinematic visions is promised on this third album release from Finland’s Vargrav. With two members of Moonsorrow and a vast number of projects among the four band members, it’s not surprising that this… Continue Reading →

King – Fury And Death (Soulseller Records)

This Australian band contains members of The Amenta, Fuck I’m Dead, Eaten By Rats, Werewolves, The Red Shore and The Day Everything Became Nothing. With this in mind you would have thought they could have picked a better moniker than… Continue Reading →

Noitila – Langennut (Nordvis Produktion)

The term “raw black metal” tends to be used as a marketing tool, but not here. Noitila’s music is described as “an invocation of darkness, devil worship, death adulation and ancient Finnish folk magic”. What I found more interesting is… Continue Reading →

Vanir – Sagas (Mighty Music)

Obviously, The Danes know a fair bit about Vikings, so it stands to reason that Denmark’s very own Vanir would know their way around a Viking Metal album. And so they should, this is after all their sixth studio album,… Continue Reading →

Verikalpa – Tunturihauta (Scarlet Records)

Verikalpa had been an integral part of the Scandinavian Pagan/Folk Metal scene for a good ten years before their debut finally arrived in 2018 – now there’s no stopping them! We had another instalment in 2020 and already, right here… Continue Reading →

Dawn of a Dark Age – Le Forche Caudine (321 a.C – 2021 d.C) (Antiq Records)

Clarinets with black metal – that’s what we have here. It’s not only clarinets but a host of other instruments including the bagpipes, a violin, trombone, euphonium, darbuka and something called a mandoloncello. The individual behind this is a classical… Continue Reading →

Thyrfing – Vanagandr (Despotz Records)

Anyone that dismisses Viking metal as risible has obviously never heard Thyrfing. Heavy as granite and as animated as an English monastery the day the dragon ships arrive on the nearby shore, these Swedes combine some very recognisable pagan metal… Continue Reading →

Ereb Altor – Eldens Boning (Hammerheart)

You never knew quite what you were going to get with an Ereb Altor release a few years ago, as they strived to find their own course and identity, pushing away from the main member’s other band Isole. But as… Continue Reading →

Finntroll – Vredesvävd (Century Media)

The trolls have returned, and this time, after a 7 year hiatus, they have come back with an absolute beast of an offering. ‘Vredesvävd’ is ten tracks of pure unadulterated blackened extreme folk metal. ‘Vredesvävd’ opens with ‘Väktaren’, a beautiful… Continue Reading →

Havukruunu – Uinuos syömein sota (Naturmacht)

Yep this is Finnish but boy listening to it there is a good chance you will get transported off to the Wild West and the lawless frontiers. Perhaps that is due to the fact that it has been the musical… Continue Reading →

Vspolokh – Pomre (Purity Through Fire)

Perhaps an unfamiliar name to most, Russian black metal outfit Vspolokh have been around since 2004. Their debut album was released in 2010, with the intervening decade leading to this sophomore punctuated by a handful of split releases. Google insists… Continue Reading →

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