Nazghor – Seventh Secular Crusade

Artist: Nazghor Country: Sweden Label: The Wild Hunt Formats: CD Year: 2022 Swedish Black Metal band Nazghor was founded in 2012 and have been releasing six albums from 2013 to 2017, which made them one of the most prolific Swedish…

Pure – Seeds of Despair

Artist: PureCountry: SwitzerlandLabel: Obscure Abhorrence Productions / Onism Productions / Satanath RecordsFormats: Cassette tape / CDYear: 2021 Despite a fairly lengthy history that started in 2013 and brought forth four full-length albums, the Swiss one-man band Pure mostly spent the early years of its existence…

Order – The Gospel

Artist: OrderCountry: NorwayLabel: Listenable RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2021 A superficial glance at the band Order shows an entity that was founded in Norway in 2013. It also reveals that their 2021 album ‘The Gospel’ is their second album, following a 2016…

Askeregn – Brennende Åkres Grøde

Artist: AskeregnCountry: NorwayLabel: Terratur PossessionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 Some years ago, it felt like a true achievement to obtain Terratur Possessions releases. Not because they were limited in quantities or because they lacked distribution. Simply because…

Mimorium – The Route of Haeresis

Artist: MimoriumCountry: FinlandLabel: Korpituli Productions / Spread Evil ProductionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 In 2022, the Finnish band Mimorium was ready to unleash it’s third opus unto the world. The second album, ‘Blood of Qayin’, received quite…

Blodt​å​r – Blodt​å​r [EP]

Artist: Blodt​å​rCountry: SwedenLabel: Nordvis ProduktionFormats: 12″ EP / CD EPYear: 2021 Around the turn of the year, the Swedish Black Metal band Blodt​å​r released their self-titled debut EP, with the CD version by the very end of last year and…

Sepulchral Rites – Death And Bloody Ritual [EP]

Artist: Sepulchral Rites Country: Chile Label: Dunkelheit Produktionen Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2022 Last year the Chilean, all-female Sepulchral Rites released their debut EP ‘Death And Bloody Ritual’ through Germany’s Dunkelheit Produktionen, and with their regressive sort…

Alburnum – Buitenlucht

Artist: AlburnumCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Babylon Doom Cult RecordsFormats: Cassette CD / CD EPYear: 2022 The Dutch band Alburnum is a relatively new act from the ever-fertile Black Metal scene of the city of Utrecht. Like many (very) local scenes, a…

Nocturnis – Unsegen

Artist: Nocturnis Country: Greece Label: Black Sunset Formats: CD Year: 2022 After an independently released EP in 2020, the young German band Nocturnis returns with a full-length album released through Black Sunset, a division of the German MDD Records label.…

Skepticism – Companion

Artist: Skepticism Country: Finland Label: Svart Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2021 One of the longest running extreme Doom Metal bands definitely is Skepticism. Together with their Finnish compatriots and peers of Thergothon, Skepticism singlehandedly helped shape the Funeral…

Orphique – Consécration Cadavérique

Artist: OrphiqueCountry: CanadaLabel: Sepulchral ProductionsFormats: CDYear: 2022 The Black Metal scene in Québec, Canada, has grown out to be one of the most respected, high quality scenes to spawn across the globe. Owing its name to a Forteresse album, the…

Unleashed – No Sign Of Life

Artist: UnleashedCountry: SwedenLabel: Napalm RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2021 By the end of last year, one of the most renowned Swedish Death Metal bands released their fourteenth album, proving once again that Unleashed definitely belong to The Immortals. While a…

Blut Aus Nord – Disharmonium – Undreamable Abysses

Artist: Blut Aus NordCountry: FranceLabel: Debemur Morti ProductionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2022 One of the longest running French Black Metal bands definitely is Blut Aus Nord. Having its roots way back in 1993, then initially formed as Vlad and released two really…

Orlok – The Dark Knell

Artist: OrlokCountry: FinlandLabel: Werewolf RecordsFormats: CDYear: 2021 Werewolf Records presents the second album of the band Orlok entitled ‘The Dark Knell’. Formed in Lappeenranta, Finland in 2008, the band is a solo-project by none other than Grav Werwolf. You may…

Ablaze My Sorrow – The Loss Of All Hope [EP]

Artist: Ablaze My SorrowCountry: SwedenLabel: Black Lion RecordsFormats: 12″ EP, CD EPYear: 2023 To my mind, Ablaze My Sorrow has always been one of those bands that missed the boat. Deeply rooted in the melodic Swedish Death Metal scene, the…

Protector – Excessive Outburst Of Depravity

Artist: Protector Country: Germany Label: High Roller Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2022 The history of Protector is a rather messy one, with lots of band members getting in and out of the band and also…

Krolok – Flying Above Ancient Ruins [Reissue]

Artist: KrolokCountry: SlovakiaLabel: Osmose ProductionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2022 I remember the artwork for ‘Flying Above Ancient Ruins’ catching my eye in one of the distros that I regularly check. As if that wasn’t enough, finding out that the band…

Krolok – At the End of a New Age [Reissue]

Artist: KrolokCountry: SlovakiaLabel: Osmose ProductionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2022 With the signing of the Slovakian band Krolok to Osmose Productions for their new album ‘Funeral Winds & Crimson Sky’, both parties also decided to re-release a large part of the…

Graceless – Chants From Purgatory

Artist: Graceless Country: The Netherlands Label: Into It Records / Raw Skull Records Formats: LP / Cassette tape / CD Year: 2022 Dutch Death Metal outfit Graceless have been a band that has received quite some exposure over the recent…