Review: From the Vastland – Servant of Ahriman
English: Within ancient Persian Zoroastrianism, Ahriman is the destructive force opposed to Ahura Mazda, associated with darkness, chaos and corruption. For Sina
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Reviews, interviews and stories from the darker corners of underground music.
Review: Nirriti – Dhrupad Anutpada: Apophatic Ragas of Non-Origination
English: Noise, percussion and traditional Indian sounds collide almost immediately on Dhrupad Anutpada: Apophatic Ragas of Non-Origination. Somewhere inside that dense mass,
Review: Charnel Spirit – Blood Prophecy
English: Blood Prophecy leans heavily on dark atmosphere and massive riffing. The guitars are given plenty of room to carry the three
Review: Division 52 – Total War
English: Total War sounds as if someone slammed shut the door of a damp rehearsal bunker and then spent the next seventeen
Review: Godblood – Fuck the Skull
English: In 1994, Godblood released Flowers, one of the earliest, if not the first, Black Metal demos to emerge from Cyprus. More
Review: Herfstdood / Kärv – Schemerfluisteringen (I) / La Mythe de Sisyphe
A split does not necessarily work best when two bands try to resemble each other as closely as possible. Sometimes something far
Review: Spectr3 – A Procession of the Dead
English: A bell ringing in the distance, burning candles and a procession of black-robed figures slowly moving through the mist. Those who
Review: Hesperia – Picenum (True Marchigian Black Metal Renaissance)
English: Anyone who thought Hesperus would have exhausted the subject of his native soil after Fra li Monti Sibillini clearly underestimated just
Review: Apocalyptic Leaders – Misanthropic Beast
English: Five months. Apparently, that was all Kostas B. needed before following Tenebris Nox Immortuae with another batch of material for Apocalyptic
Review: Nostos – Seeds of Doom
English: A journey, a return, and everything that is lost along the way. The Ancient Greek word nostos refers to the homecoming