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  • Way Back Wednesday

    Late, like everything so far this week. But this time I can blame a bunch of drunken trolls I met all the way back in 2012 Trollfest – Brumlebassen (NoiseArt 2012)

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  • Way Back Wednesday

    Today all the way back to 2011 and a band who I had been fortunate enough to be aware of when their first demo out and throughout their entire career, and saw them live. Unique, pure of vision I give you The Devil’s Blood – The Thousandfold Epicentre (Van Records 2011)

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  • Chewing the fat Chewsday? Who knows. But I had the (terrifying) honour to speak to Coffin Fodder’s Hex Ghoul about music, partners in magic mischief and to ponder the shadows for a while. Interview with Coffin Fodder (Hex Ghoul)

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  • Way Back Wednesday

    Today only a little step back, to 2023 and the first time I got to actually review Scotland’s incredible Hellripper – Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (Peaceville 2023)

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  • New Music Friday

    Today we Go on a weird and diverse journey into dungeons synth, metal and…techno! Granite Skull – I Won’t Rot Here, Like You And a mysterious black metal entity rears a fearsome head Maljinn – Thirst

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  • Way Back Wednesday

    Well not so way back truth be told. Just last year when I first came across Obnoxious Youth – Burning Savage (Svart 2024)

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  • Way Back Wednesday

    A little different for the blog maybe, but in 2017 the impact of this album cannot be overestimated. I give you the opening howl of Zeal & Ardor – Devil Is Fine (MVKA 2017)

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  • Way Back Wednesday

    Back to the Plague Years once more and a band who have shaped my love of the slow and the dark since Stormcrowfleet Skepticism – Companion (Svart 2021)

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  • New Music Friday

    Today a simply excellent new EP, Nightspell – Darkness Spreads Around

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  • Bonus Review Day

    A belated but necessary correction of an omission and offering praise due to one of the best demos I have heard this year Barbarian Ring – Demo

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