This is a discussion that took place over the course of a week with H.—Lone member in the atmospheric black metal project called Oerheks. I ...

Damned by CRAWL •  †  • Crawl exists in the arena of doom metal as a one-man force of bone gnashing atmospherics that move around with the ...

Hellfriends by Demon Bitch •  †  • ‘ Hellfriends ’ is spastic and raw plummet through the obsidian archways of early heavy metal, albeit com...

Forbidden World by Antichrist  •  †  •  One of the best modern-day approaches to an old worn-out genre, beaten to death with bad production ...

The Life Feeding Flame by FŌR •  †  • The Life Feeding Flame is an album that has tremendous output sonically, in that its energy is vigoro...

•  †  • The Unquenchable merchants of aural fury and barbarism ride into the end of the year with a late release of their trademark black me...

Untamed Force by FORESEEN •  †  • Finland's Foreseen have been around for a better part of a decade, throwing their weight around in th...

Manna From Heaven by Chasm Shroud •  †  • You peer into the void. You see nothing, but hear faint sounds in the distance emanating from the ...

Gurre by Ara •  †  • Channeling the same austerity and heft as was circling around the fjords of Norway in the 90’s black metal sound, Ara ...

Avindskjold by Ærekær •  †  • I can't recall if I have already posted about these guys back when they released their first full-length b...

The Divide by Sepsis •  †  • Here's an illusive slab of frenetic crust punk/hardcore from the murky depths of Australia few here will be...

Effigies of Obsolescence by Chaotian •  †  • Denmark’s murky death metal scene has been fertile ground for a death metal sound that I would ...

Hadean Tides by Assumption •  †  • In the arenas of doom/death metal, Assumption are a brutish juggernaut of sheer force and gargantuan mag...

Häxenzijrkell - Urgrund by Amor Fati Productions •  †  • Häxenzijrkell 's, Urgrund , is some far out there black metal, heavily entrench...

The Conjuration of Nebula by Cer •  †  • The Conjuration of Nebula has seemingly flown under everyone's radar and it's a crucial mi...

The Pact by NEGATIVE PLANE •  †  • This is a big one! A new Negative Plane release announced and committed to wax is something to be hopeful...

Ordalies by Véhémence •  †  • Nowadays whenever I see anything that looks like this album (crudely illustrated) or is slapped with a "m...

Relics of the Dead by Druid Lord •  †  • I've been meaning to have this new Druid Lord album up on here since it came out in late Janua...

Resilience & Despair by QAALM •  †  • I've been sitting on my hands patiently for Qaalm 's debut album ever since Hypaethral Rec...

Doppelherz by Reveal •  †  • Here's an album that is absolutely refusing to be pigeon-holed by arm-chair bloggers and critics alike, a g...