• Way Back Wednesday

    With the sad news of the end of their story, we take a look back to one of my first encounters with the excellent UKBM band Ante Inferno – Fane (UKEM 2020)

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  • Mausoleum Monday

    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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  • New Music Friday

    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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  • Way Back Wednesday

    We hurtle into the void and non-Euclidian angles with the almost unfathomable Portal – Vexavoid (Profound Lore 2014)

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  • Mausoleum Monday

    We start this week with the huge, cinematic epic that is Atlantean Sword – Ironmaster

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  • New Music Friday

    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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  • Way Back Wednesday

    Not so way back, just to the end of 2024 and my very late introduction to the work of Paysage D’Hiver – Die Berge (Kunsthall Produktionen 2014)

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  • 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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