• New Music Friday

    Today we celebrate the impending return of the UK’s finest purveyors of filthy, raging booze addled black metal punk with Wolfbastard – Satanic Scum Punks and explore the excellent debut from Brazil of Castrivenian – Reborn From The Ashes

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  • Way Back Wednesday

    A strange and disturbing encounter with a Reverend who encourages you to “Tap the conduit…”. I give you the strange, dark humour (?) of By Fire & Sword – Glory (No Remorse 2023)

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  • Mausoleum Monday

    This day we delve into ancient tomes of heroic fantasy, the bloodied foundations of sword and sorcery with Barak Tor – Regal Hymns Of Blood and then a short but deeply cutting tale of the heroic and stoic from Shattered Sword – Battle On The Ice

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  • New Music Friday

    Contrasts in genre but not in quality today. First up we have the emotional debut EP from excellent Irish post-metal/blackgaze duo Tryste – To Rise You Seek The End and then we enter the dark and unforgiving woods with intense and deeply atmospheric raw sounds of Jzovce – Lesy

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  • Way Beck Wednesday

    Today it’s eleven or so years back in time to what I still think of as a quite remarkable coming together of black metal/pagan metal artists visiting and sharing their folk roots with Various Artists – One And All, Together, For Home (Season Of Mist 2014)

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  • Mausoleum Monday

    A little later in the day, but please DO NOT miss out on this quite exquisite exploration of the nightwinds from Aura Merlin – Moon Gates

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  • New Music Friday

    Today an excellent split of unique approaches to black metal indeed Priestcraft, Fleshdirt, Shadow And Claw – Offerings From Serpentine Currents

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  • Way Back Wednesday

    Today a throwback four years to when a frankly extraordinary, and hugely varied collection of musicians paid tribute to the legend that is Various Artists – The Others: Lustmord Deconstructed (Peliagic 2022)

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  • Mausoleum Monday

    Today we go on a wonderful Fool’s errand as we explore the evocative, grand but often sad world of Varvitos – A Jester’s Ode To The Dead

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  • New Music Friday

    Today a little change of pace with the beautiful slow rock, folk tinged twilight world of Swedish duo Moon Mother – Meadowlands

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