Mystras - Empires Vanquished And Dismantled (2021)

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Another I, Voidhanger Records offering laid out on the sacrificial altar for you to piss on and proclaim "This is mine. I mark my territory… look how important I am." In all seriousness though, black metal from Greece hardly ever disappoints and Mystras sure as shit doesn't abandon that rule—Spectral Lore's Ayloss manages to mix blistering raw black metal with small fragments of traditional folk soundscapes and themes without falling into the gaudy camp of the many that attempt and fail this same concoction. 

Mystras - Empires Vanquished And Dismantled (bandcamp)

Sermon of Flames - I Have Seen the Light, and It Was Repulsive (2021)

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Twisting mess of death metal with a heap of influences and styles pulling from the melange of distortion and competing tempos oft heard in sludge, and as per most things heralding the title of metal, there's what you would refer to as a black metal influence permeating throughout. I haven't spent too much time on this album yet, but it quickly left an impact through its sheer intensity alone. How could you go wrong with anything from I, Voidhanger? You (almost always) can't. 

Sermon of Flames - I Have Seen the Light, and It Was Repulsive (bandcamp)