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...

Where Do We Go From Here? by Dead Last •  †  • I haven't been overly hyped on a wide range of hardcore releases so far this year but thi...

04 by Negativa •  †  • It's been in black metal's DNA to be dissonant, harsh and cold, but this record takes those fundamentals and ...

Baneful Magic, Death Worship and Necromancy Rites Archaic by Crypt Lurker •  †  • Every now and then, I'll glance backwards towards crit...

Der Turm by Festung •  †  • Well articulated raw black metal drawing from a deep well of sonic intentions running the gamut of dungeon synth...

Guillotine by Hässlig •  †  • Somehow this debut release completely flew under my radar all of last year until a few weeks ago, where I have...

Fires of the Dying World by Desolate Shrine •  †  •  Three-piece Finnish firing-squad via pummelling death metal as we've come to expect...