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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

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Some excursions into Atmospheric Black Metal – Part 2

I Shalt Become - Wanderings (1998) Although the band’s affinity with Burzum is frequently stressed, we must add the important caveat that the band for the most part drains the…

By Raphael Alecto September 12, 2021Review

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Film Review: Possessor (2020), by Brandon Cronenberg

Possessor is the latest and second full-length film by Brandon Cronenberg, son of the celebrated director David Cronenberg (whose name should be familiar to most hessians). This kinship deserves mention…

By Raphael Alecto September 5, 2021Review

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Deeds Of Flesh – Gradually Melted (1995)

Deeds Of Flesh's 1995 EP Gradually Melted launched one of the most interesting carreers during Death Metal's latest stages. in evolution. Eventually Deeds Of Flesh would found Unique Leader Records,…

By Sven Erick August 30, 2021Review

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Tau Cross – Messengers of Deception (2020)

Rob Miller has been treading an interesting and consistent path in music, starting as one of the pioneers of crust punk through the highly influential Amebix, redefining their sound through…

By Raphael Alecto August 4, 2021Review