• Mausoleum Monday

    This Monday, we have a beautifully balanced split between seeming kindred spirits Archer / Skelm – Split via Fogged Entity

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  • New Music Friday

    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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  • Way Back Wednesday

    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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  • Mausoleum Monday

    Time to step into a world of neo-classical cinematic beauty with Lacrimorphosis – Where Towers Pierce The Draconian Winter

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  • New Music Friday

    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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  • Way Back Wednesday

    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

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  • Mausoleum Monday

    We go in search of the magical with Altar Of Moss – Seekers Of Hidden Lore multi media adventure

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  • Today we’re in the plague years and one of my first encounters with the maelstrom that is Black Cilice – Transfixion Of Spirits (Iron Bonehead 2019) Public Service Announcement: It is more than likely that the normal Friday New Music reviews will not be able to go up this week. My internet is being messed

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  • Mausoleum Monday

    A sojourn through caverns and caves today with the graceful sounds of Glaive Wielder – Cave Routes

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  • New Music Friday

    A beautiful, harsh but inevitable world awaits us with Athshe – The Body Will Die Before we go though, we also take a moment to appreciate the pure love of heavy metal with Sätaniak – Demo

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