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Our Roving Reporter (!) Andy Pountney (@shot_in_the_dark_photography2) has a fine night indeed celebrating twenty (count them) years of Burial with friends Blood Countess, Argesk and OmegaThrone there supporting Burial, Blood Countess, Argesk, OmegaThrone – Star & Garter, Manchester 30th August 2025
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We take a step that grows into a story. The Ashen Codex – Sepia Realms becomes our companion on a path of a life well lived.
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Today is a day of black metal in three distinct forms. Firstly we have probably the breakout band of the last handful of years, the superb Blackbraid – III (review by Andy Pountney, @shot_in_the_dark_photography2 ), then the violent dark and chaotic vision of Ash Magick – Rituals Of Anathematic East and thirdly a new EP…
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We start this week with the huge, cinematic epic that is Atlantean Sword – Ironmaster
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Today we step into the world of Abigail Williams – A Void Within Existence We stay in the darkness, with the debut from Eowa – The Year Without A Summer and an introduction to new Vancouver band Ashen Pall – False Idol, Hollow Crown Guest review from Andy Pountney of @shot_in_the_dark_photography2
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This Monday, we have a beautifully balanced split between seeming kindred spirits Archer / Skelm – Split via Fogged Entity
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The diversity of sound and feel in black metal never ceases to amaze me. Today we get the pulverizing aggression from Ara Subversor – Retribution and the huge eclectic energy and power from Minneapolis based but Incan souled Ukhu Pacha – Yanantin
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First today one of the greatest bands who never ‘made it’. Their end was quick and utterly tragic but this, their last album before the in hindsight doomed relocation to the US, is still an absolute classic and a trailblazer Tengger Cavalry – Ancient Call (Metal Hell 2014) . Please: Listen and celebrate the life…
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Today we have differing takes on how to imbue metal with fantasy with masterful resluts. The exuberant, dungeon delving genius of CryptStalker – II: It’s A Trap! and the enigmatic atmospherics and death/black metal power of Ashenheart – Tales From Eternal Dusk
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Today We cast our net back to 2013 and what proved to be the farewell from Irish band Mael Mordha. But what an exit. Even today Mael Mordha – Damned When Dead (Candlelight 2013) is an absolute colossus of epic doom and metal and twelve years on it still stirs my blood like no other
