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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 »
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 »

Black Metal is dead. In the UK at least. Seeing as though it is the place that gave birth to the genre it is as fuckin’ useless a broke-dick dog. There is no scene to speak of, just the odd one or two equally useless bands trying in vain to mimic some of the more [...]
Opening with a song title of the length Bal Sagoth would be proud of (thankfully that’s as the only comparison to draw), the imaginatively titled ‘A Glimpse of the Image of Lucifer Gleaming Beyond the Subterraneous Black Sun’ marches forth. Mid paced, it stamps away with the precision of a well oiled Black Metal machine [...]