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Blooddawn – The Enlightenment
Coming from the same city as Black Metal founders Venom will always produce high expectations. Although Blooddawn's previous release was pretty chaotic this plants a heavily booted kick up its arse and marks a significant progression for the band ...and meets the expectations of the Black Metal public. Hostilities begin with a minute of electronic-sounding machine guns blazing, then a hefty... More »
Blooddawn – Funeral (For A Despised Icon)
This is brutal, chaotic Black Metal from the UK. Worth checking out for fans of Marduk and Anaal Nathrakh. Fast and angry, like a nuclear blast ripping through everything with a Balrog on vocals. Six tracks, one is a cover of Panzer Division Marduk. If you need to annihilate something get this slapped on at maximum volume, sit back and... More »
Whorethorn Interview
Reviewing Whorethorn's 2009 Split was a new experience for me. It left questions floating around in my mind and the urge to find out more about the ideas behind the music. We invoked the creator of this harshness and within seconds the disturbingly scornful and articulate Malphas materialised at the furnace core and spoke. What's the meaning in the name... More »
Blooddawn Interview
Black Metal, as we know it, was invented in the cold, grim Northeast of England. As if you didn't know Venom are responsible. Hailing from the city of Newcastle it remains their, my native region's and England's most treasured gift to the world. Since then no other band in this corner of England has thrived in the dank caves of... More »
Whorethorn – Split 2009
Whorethorn is the creation of Malphas. Hailing from Manchester in England and active since 2005 they've had six releases to the name already, three of them from this year! A full length came out through Salute Records at the beginning of the year (2009) followed by two demos. I'd heard the songs on Whorethorn's myspace before and enjoyed them but... More »
Funeral Throne – Nihil Sine Diabolvs
There was once a time when England pioneered metal music. From Black Sabbath to Iron Maiden to Venom such bands were the cutting edge of the underground. Then, as extreme music progressed and Black Metal's second wave rolled in England was swept away with the tide. I know Cradle of Filth were about and I'll even admit to enjoying their... More »
From the Depths...
Interesting Black Metal fragments we found.
Rahu – Ride of the Eight Black Steeds
July 25, 2010 | 20:52
I only recently discovered Rahu, who purvey original and very replayable Finish Black Metal of the highest calibre. This is a demo from 2008 that has since been released as part of a best of featuring this and their other demo on one CD.
Although there are only three tracks delivering a mere seventeen minutes of [...]Nachzehrer – Black Thrash Ritual
June 1, 2010 | 21:52
As suggested by the title of their debut demo Nachzehrer tout themselves as Black Thrash. I wouldn’t normally review such a release, not because I dislike the style but because it falls outside the purpose of this site. Anyway, this American five-piece skimp so much on the Thrash part that, aside from a few riffs, [...]- More From the Depths... »