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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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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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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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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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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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A little change in pace this week as we look back to 2023 and the first, and for tragic reasons final time that I persuaded Thee Ed at Ave Noctum, Pete Woods (RIP) to let me do an end of year round up including a section on Dungeon Synth. Gizmo’s 2023 EPs, Demos and Dungeons
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I step into something deeply unpleasant but impossible to look away from with the twisted DevilsHarvest – est.IV:XX but find myself redeemed and uplifted by the atmospheric, fierce but beautiful Hiraeth – Tales Of Resistance
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For the first visit to the Mausoleum of 2026, I offer one of my main musical companions over the Yule period, Blades Of Folmär – Eternal Dungeon II
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First of the year and last release of 2025, dropped on 31st December I give you the most glorious way to mess up your end of year lists at the last moment Déhà – Ashes As Rain II
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To end the year, if not the world, I travel to the cold and the ountainous for an audience with the unknowable follwowinf the steps of the Cryo Chamber Collaboration – Ithaqua
Walking The Liminal Space 