Krvna: For Thine is the Kingdom of the FleshOut 12th December on Third Eye Temple/Ancient Dead Productions Having offered one of the most cohesive works of vampiric black metal of the last few years in the form of ‘Sempinfernus’ in 2021, Australia’s Krvna return with a swansong of the year, expanding their vision of ice... Continue Reading →

WitcheR: LélekharangOut 15th October on Beverina Productions/Filosofem Records Sleepy and obscure melancholic black metal emanates from the speakers on playing WitcheR’s latest LP ‘Lélekharang’. This Hungarian outfit seek to turn the mournful undercurrents of European black metal of a more melodic bent toward – as the cover art suggests – themes of witch persecution. Structurally... Continue Reading →

40 of the best - part 1 of 4 40: Fiat Nox: Demanifestation (Hymns of Destruction and Nothingness)Crawling Chaos Records Fits comfortably inside the modern penchant of modern extreme metal for oppressive aesthetics, favouring dissonance and density as ends in themselves. At the borders of death, black, and doom metal where listeners are permitted to... Continue Reading →

Frost CladA Hunter’s Delight Frost Clad embody so many of dungeon synth’s internal contradictions it’s actually rather difficult to keep track. ‘A Hunter’s Delight’ positions itself as a reverential dedication to the simple pleasures of the hunter gatherer, via self-consciously naïve cover art in the aesthetic of a children’s fairy story, and a small clutch... Continue Reading →