Review - Hessian Firm

Laetitia in Holocaust – I Fall with the Saints (2021)

Laetitia in Holocaust’s latest EP shows the Italian band further developing their craft of concise but adventurous songs. Defying the indulgence that characterizes many of the modern “technical” extreme metal…

By Raphael Alecto December 1, 2021Review

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Kawir – Adrasteia (2019)

Hailing from Greece, Kawir create epic black metal inspired by their homeland’s vast mythological tradition. As expected from this type of enterprise and its presentation, the tone is solar and…

By Raphael Alecto November 13, 2021Review

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Obtest – Tūkstantmetis (1997)

“This album is dedicated to one of the noblest Baltic (Haestian) nations - Prussians. They where the first to face messengers of the void bearing Slavs, and christian ticks bringing…

By Guest Writer November 12, 2021Review

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Xandelyer – Upheaval Of Medieval Darkness (2021)

Xandelyer is a one man German Black metal with only a short thirteen minute demo comprising of two introductions and two songs. Though at first sight one would expect a…

By Nicholas Mkhl November 10, 2021Review

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Psionic Madness – Mortality Salience (2021)

Psionic Madness is an underground supergroup featuring prolific musicians Jared Moran, Nicholas Turner and Justin Vølus. All three have collaborated with each other on multiple projects yet Mortality Salience is…

By Nicholas Mkhl November 10, 2021Review

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Anubi – Kai pilnaties akis užmerks mirtis (1997)

Anubi comes from Lithuania, a small country in the Baltics. Though this black metal band is well-known amongst Lithuanian metalheads very few people know about them outside the country. This…

By Guest Writer November 9, 2021Review

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Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult – Saldorian Spell (2009)

German Black metal stalwarts Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult have built a consistent catalog that is mainly comprised of six full lengths. The core trio has shared the same vision for over…

By Nicholas Mkhl November 5, 2021Review

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Ad Nauseam – Imperative Imperceptible Impulse (2021)

Gorguts set out to discard the most abused aesthetic tools in Death metal on their seminal record Obscura, instead of opening up divergent pathways for exploration, the band had established…

By Nicholas Mkhl October 25, 2021Review

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Serpent Column – Katartisis (2021)

Serpent Column belongs to the milieu of bands fascinated by dissonance and technicality as means of evoking a chaotic and infernal realm with uncompromising accuracy, in line with acts like…

By Raphael Alecto October 13, 2021Review

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Endless Dismal Moan – Lord of Nightmare (2006)

Beneath the contemporary face of its “culture of cuteness”, Japan has throughout its history revealed a remarkable tendency for the macabre, from the darker contours of its folklore to the…

By Raphael Alecto September 27, 2021Review