Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Grand Belial’s Key Country: USA Label: Weltenfeid Formats: CD Year: 2022 Vocalist Grimnir Heretik (Richard Mills), who died of an overdose in 2006, abruptly ended Grand Belial’s Key after fourteen years – a band much talked and written about.…
Artist: CadaverousCountry: USALabel: Frozen Screams ImprintFormats: Cassete EPYear: 2022 At the ass-end of last year this American Death Metal band digitally released their first 3-track EP, which was put to cassette tape by Frozen Screams Imprint a few months later…
Artist: Kawir Country: Greece Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2022 This (so far) digital-only EP was released with a special purpose. Before we dive into the musical content of the EP, it might be good to also pay attention…
Artist: Varathron / UngodCountry: Greece / GermanyLabel: Iron Bonehead ProductionsFormats: Split 7″ EPYear: 2022 Both Greek Varathron and German Ungod have been around for over three decades in the Black Metal scene and each of them have a rich history…
Artist: Graveland / Commander Agares Country: Poland / Finland Label: Inferna Profundus Records Formats: Split LP / Split cassette / Split CD Year: 2022 About a year after Graveland’s latest opus, ‘Hour of Ragnarok’ (Inferna Profundus Records, 2021) they return…
Artist: DecayedCountry: PortugalLabel: Lusitanian MusicFormats: Cassette tape / CDYear: 2021 The veterans of the Portuguese Black Metal scene, Decayed, are back from never having been away. This is their 14th album from an otherwise bulging discography and with that it…
Artist: Mournful Congregation Country: Australia Label: Osmose Productions / 20 Buck Spin Formats: 12″ EP / Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2022 The extreme Doom Metal scene has always been a small one, since the first notes ever sounded…
Artist: Wömit AngelCountry: FinlandLabel: Godz Ov War ProductionsFormats: Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 With ‘Sadopunk Finland’, the Finnish (d’oh) Wömit Angel, which was formed in 2010, already delivers their fifth album. So although the band already has a reasonable track…
Artist: TrolldomCountry: Iron Bonehead ProductionsLabel: Iron Bonehead ProductionsFormats: 12″ LP / CDYear: 2022 The sole member of Trolldom is the illustrious figure of Swartadauþuz. Anyone delving into the extreme (Black) metal scene of today will at least stumbled once upon…
Artist: TrolldomCountry: Iron Bonehead ProductionsLabel: Iron Bonehead ProductionsFormats: 12″ LP / CDYear: 2022 One of the two albums that got released at the very same time by Swedish Trolldom, the brainchild of Swartadauþuz. One of the brainchilderen, actually. As this…
Artist: EpitapheCountry: FranceLabel: Aesthetic Death / Gurgling GoreFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 Like their first-born, this second opus from France’s Epitaphe is wrapped in a beautiful cover. A magnificently crafted but ferocious scene of a mountain landscape…
Artist: CandelabrumCountry: PortugalLabel: Hells Headbangers RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 When the mid-10’s were rocked by an unexpected resurgence of raw, primitive and often quite low-fi Black Metal, introduced mainly by a handful of bands from an equally unexpected corner of the…
Artist: Hats Barn Country: France Label: Osmose Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2022 Although they have been around for 17 years now, it could very well be that the Black Metallers of Hats Barn from Lille, France, is a…