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Palace of Worms – The Forgotten
It is amazing to think that five or six years back American Black Metal was nowhere and now we're receiving regular raids from them. This is yet another quality release from the USA in the shape of a one man band from San Francisco who's music is aimed more towards the mainstream than outfits like Arizmenda and Volahn, but with... More »
Blasphemous Crucifixion – Crude Burial
Written and performed by a person calling himself 'Lurker' you just know this is going to be filthy Black Metal. Bits of soil cover the whole studio and recording equipment. In fact, this was probably recorded in a hole dug by his own hands at the side of a field somewhere! Get the picture? Not to be mistaken for super... More »
Evighet – Winter Twilight
Good quality American Black Metal bands are becoming less of a novelty these days. As the USA seems to be awakening from its Death Metal malaise, they are appearing with all the ruthless efficiency of a Stalinist production directive. With an underground elite now propping things up and setting the markers for others, these groups and the scene in the... More »
Malkuth – Sefirah Gevurah
As society continues to rot before me in a vulgar mass of intense gluttony and greed I constantly turn to music for purification. I feel it imperative that the music I listen to is as pure as possible and unsoiled by the current ills of mankind. More and more I'm indulging in the deepest chasms of the underground to find... More »
Ibex Throne – Total Inversion
The opening bars of Total Inversion sound pretty much like a run of the mill, bog-standard black metal band. However, not much further in, that thought is laid to waste as the main riff kicks in and you're swept into a fast, interesting blend of pace and riffs. As the second song blasts off it really makes you sit up and... More »


How long has it been since a really good Black Metal release from Brazil? Unforetelling Philosophism by Regnum Umbra Ignis was the last that I’m aware of. That was 2005! This was released in 2008. Anyway, thanks to a timely request sent to the Hell Furnace labs for analysis we have one. With the disturbing [...]
Grab your old SS uniforms, smack down those infantry helmets and slip into your paratrooper boots. Oh yeah, and don’t forget your fucking Nebelwerfer! I’ve listened to tons of NSBM recently and to be totally honest 99% of it has been shite. Focusing on hate propaganda under the guise of extremely dire music it has [...]