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Danish quartet Solbrud are not the Four Horses of the Apocalypse. However, IIII certainly sounds like it was composed as a soundtrack to it. A conspicuous number for the band, four is omnipresent in this release: four members, four vinyl… Continue Reading →
For decades, the Guinness World Records have listed countess Erzsebet Bathory, a Hungarian noblewoman who lived in the sixteenth century, as the world’s most prolific female murderer, attributing the death of more than 600 young women to her, despite the… Continue Reading →
What is exactly is the relationship between the artist and the audience? Does either owe the other anything? When I was young and full of fire and self-righteous opinions, Cold Lake and One Second felt like betrayals. Of course they… Continue Reading →
How does one begin to write about Esoctrilihum? Well, by mentioning the project’s, nay, its label I, Voidhanger’s, album covers, of course. Where else to start? Vibrant esoteric album art is a staple marketing tactic for I, Voidhanger releases –… Continue Reading →
Time for a French dose of Morbid Fear who are ready to poison us with their debut dose of Hemlock. Established by musician JCEX who was later joined by vocalist Sakrifiss their work is described as ‘Haunting black metal’ and… Continue Reading →
Before humanity had electricity, darkness was a far grander and more frightening state than it is today, and its grandiosity was additionally enhanced by man’s imagination. The strength of darkness, unweakened by electricity, illuminated only by the flickering light of… Continue Reading →
Now here’s a name we have not heard in a while but things are very different from when we last did. It’s not surprising for artists to take a change of direction musically. Many do so as an aside to… Continue Reading →
Has it really been 2 whole years since we last covered a Vardan release? Talk about time flying. It appears that it was Unholy Lightless Summer since we last had something turn up but of course that does not mean… Continue Reading →
I expect we are going to hear plenty of isolationist black metal hermits decomposing music during “the great plague of 2020” and this is one of them. Eschewing the normal social media route and indeed not even having a presence… Continue Reading →
Having recently explored the new, with the cracking debut album from Voz De Nenhum ‘Sublimation’ it is time to delve right back to the past of one of the musicians from it, Dictator. This is a one man project from… Continue Reading →
This unknown quantity one man band generously arrived in CD form at Ave Noctum towers. Neil Carter is the man behind it and according to the blurb it it’s a depressive musical journey into humanity’s descent into a horrifying post-apocalyptic… Continue Reading →
Or to give this it’s native title Истина – Откровение Неизвестности. Well I had a case of deja-vu when this turned up from Russia and did not have a clue what I had in front of me but on playing… Continue Reading →