Portal’s fourth full-length is a typically-challenging listen (although, to be fair, it is arguably more a mini-album than a full-length proper). There may be only 35 minutes of material on ‘Vexovoid’ but it’s so convoluted, abstract, inaccessible, complex, incoherent, disharmonic and headache-inducing that at times...
PORTAL – VEXOVOID LP (Profound Lore Records)
June 17th, 2013PERFIDUS – I (Black Gangrene Productions)
June 17th, 2013
If I was in any way professional, conscientious or competent about what I do here, I’d have reviewed this cassette ages ago. I purchased ‘I’ almost twelve months hitherto and then completely forgot about it. My filing system is reasonably organised but I only spotted this...
CULTES DES GHOULES – HENBANE 2LP (Hells Headbangers)
June 15th, 2013
It is creating quite a stir and my first impressions of this album were that it was quite amazing. Had I written this observation after one or two listens, then I would no doubt have been raving about ‘Henbane’ and it would...
SODB – DON SEANTALAMH A CHUID FEIN LP (Into The Void Records)
June 14th, 2013
‘Don Seantalamh A Chuid Féin’ is a demo which was originally released on cassette format last year and has just been reincarnated on vinyl by the guys who run Dublin’s only record store worth visiting. For...
CLANDESTINE BLAZE – HARMONY OF STRUGGLE LP (Northern Heritage)
June 10th, 2013
Fuck me – has it really been three years since ‘Falling Monuments’? My life must be accelerating past at a ludicrous pace because I thought that album only came out about a...
KADOTUS – VAIENNEET TEMPPELIT LP (Blut & Eisen Productions)
June 3rd, 2013
Many of you will construe this as a strange / illogical review seeing as I make it clear from the off that there is nothing spectacularly brilliant about ‘Vaienneet Temppelit’ … and then proceed to recommend it unconditionally. While this is by...
AOSOTH – IV: ARROW IN HEART 2LP (Agonia Records)
June 1st, 2013
First off, I must note that including a Braille sheet with the vinyl edition of Aosoth’s fourth full-length album was / is a fucking ridiculous idea. Seriously, what in fuck’s name is the point of that? I cannot see (no...
BLOODLINE – WEREWOLF TRAINING LP (Blut & Eisen Productions)
May 29th, 2013
When this album came out on CD ten years ago, I thought it was amazing. I was thrilled when I heard that it was getting a vinyl revamp and guess what? I still fucking love it. Featuring members of Aborym, Diabolium and...
UNBEING – TRANSCENDENCE (Terratur Possessions)
May 24th, 2013
There’s so much to recommend about Unbeing’s third demo cassette that it’s difficult to know where to start. This is one of those releases that I quite simply had to buy because of its place in Norwegian Black Metal history. I’m glad I bought it but...
HORNA – ASKEL LAHEMPANA SAATANAA LP (World Terror Committee)
May 23rd, 2013
Thank Satan for Horna. The Finns are one of those bands you can always depend upon to consistently deliver solid albums and eighth full-length ‘Askel Lähempänä Saatanaa’ is yet another worthy effort from Shatraug and his unblessed partners in grime. The...