Tag Osmose Productions
For some inexplicable reason this Dutch band has never crossed my path in over three decades of its existence and is the solo project of Hellchrist Xul whose real name is Maurits Jansen apparently. During those three decades he has… Continue Reading →
A band which suggests succession to bands such as Anorexia Nervosa, Emperor, Dissection and others is of interest to me. Deathcode Society is such a band. This album promises “a musical journey through …. this gloomy maze where psychosis, murderous… Continue Reading →
A good dose of Serbian necro speed metal is presented here, a second full length, but a band whom have had many shorter releases over the last ten years. ‘Inside the Nuclear Tomb’ is laden with d-beat and is rabid,… Continue Reading →
I know that “lagu” means song in Malay. The “song” in this case comes from French band Caïnan Dawn who bring us meditative cold wave black metal music, tales of immersive vastness and infinite waves of the soul. It starts… Continue Reading →
Necrom are a somewhat unlikely Ukrainian supergroup, comprising members past and present of Nokturnal Mortum, Elderblood and Grave Circles to name but a few. They’ve undergone several line-up changes since their rather good 2019 demo, notably Roman Saenko left to… Continue Reading →
Funeral winds suggest a black metal work, here with the added proviso that this album is a retrospective look towards desolate landscapes. The track titles are wistful, shadowy affairs, starting with “Black Lore of the Fens”. Now this sinister piece… Continue Reading →
This French blackened death metal band has failed to cross my radar on their previous three albums which span over a decade, with their last effort, ‘Ardens Fvror’, making waves during 2019. There is something incalculably menacing and hideous about… Continue Reading →
In the 1990s, when black metal was having his major and genre-defining moment, there was a war raging in the Balkans. While black metal bands were forming all over Europe, the activity in the former Yugoslavia was hardly worth mentioning…. Continue Reading →
If the prelude to Ondskapts latest creation is not enough to create a demonic scene then have no idea what is. The prelude features all manner of haunting and terrorising soundscapes, ranging from chains and crashes resonating to chants from… Continue Reading →
With two albums, an EP and demo already out this New Zealand act has been picked by Osmose for this EP of incendiary blackened malice that begins with ‘Mass Graves’. Capturing the essence of old school blackness the guitar sound… Continue Reading →
My last few reviews for this month comprised a trio of deadly, hostile and wholly rabid releases where multiple sonic stab wounds were inflicted during the listening experience. Beginning with US abomination Abhomine, headed up by Pete Helmkamp whose auditory… Continue Reading →
No time for messing about. From the off Avslut, which I believe means “Closed” in Swedish take us down the darkest and most violent path. Dark Funeral meets Marduk. “Stigens Ände”, the second track stirred me more, dragging us along… Continue Reading →