Forgotten Tomb – Nightfloating

Artist: Forgotten Tomb Country: Italy Label: Agonia Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2024 Okay, let’s throw the cat among the pigeons. Forgotten Tomb is, hands down, the best Italian metal band. That indeed includes the respected…

Ruttokosmos – Apoteoosi

Artist: Ruttokosmos Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2024 Ruttokosmos might well be one of the most obscure acts from the deepest forests of the Finnish Black Metal scene. Although never officially disbanded, after only having…

Aznaitin – Aznaitin [Demo]

Artist: Aznaitin Country: Aznaitin Label: Morken Tapes Formats: Demo tape Year: 2024 Aznaitin, an anonymous Spanish entity from the Andalusian region, is a new act entering the Spanish Black Metal firmament. This self-titled demo tape is the band’s first feat,…

Vuosisata – Kuilu [Demo]

Artist: Vuosista Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo tape Year: 2024 ‘Kuilu’ might seem the first ever release for this Finnish Atmospheric Black Metal band, it is actually its second outing. Before switching to the name of ‘Vuosisasta’ the band…

Voidwind – Clad In Your Misery

Artist: VoidwindCountry: FinlandLabel: Misantropia RecordsFormats: CDYear: 2023 Soothing, longing, sorrowful and intriguing: just some words that describe the music of Voidwind on their album ‘Clad in Your Misery’. Besides that it’s released by the Finnish Misantropia Records, not a whole…

Mortem Agmen – Where Life Ends Forever [Demo]

Artist: Mortem AgmenCountry: GermanyLabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: Digital demoYear: 2023 Although Mortem Agmen is a new band, the German trio behind this act is not exactly inexperienced. Over the past years, the three musicians have gained their experience in a wide range…

Bræ – Av Vålnader Bortom Allt

Artist: BræCountry: Belgium / SwedenLabel: Amor Fati ProductionsFormats: LPYear: 2023 The debut album of Bræ entitled ‘A Thousand Ways to End it all’ was released in 2021 without any background information about the band. For the follow-up ‘Av Vålnader Bortom…

Bræ – A Thousand Ways to End it all

Artist: BræCountry: Belgium / SwedenLabel: Amor Fati ProductionsFormats: LPYear: 2021 When the new Bræ album caught my eye, the boss of VM Underground was kind enough to point out that the review material of their debut album ‘A Thousand Ways…

Insikt – Wanderings through a Cursed Mind

Artist: InsiktCountry: SwedenLabel: Amor Fati Productions / Mysticism ProductionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2022 Insikt is one of the many vessels of Swedish Black Metal mastermind Swartadauþuz, of which the first and thus far only release ‘Wanderings Through a Cursed Mind’…

Sterveling – In de Schoot der Aarde [Demo]

Artist: StervelingCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Demo tapeYear: 2022 Sterveling is the brainchild of M.vdW, who is or was active in the Avant-garde Metal band Prospectors, Black Metal band Weltschmerz, the Death Metal band Iron Harvest and the dissonant Black Metal…

Selvhat – Avskjed [Compilation]

Artist: SelvhatCountry: NorwayLabel: Terratur PossessionsFormats: LPYear: 2022 Before releasing his sole album, ‘Gjennom Mørket Famlende’ in 2008 and the ‘Einsam In Ewigkeit’ 7” EP from 2007, Steingrim Torson recorded a bunch of demos and rehearsal tapes, of which only a…

Selvhat – Gjennom Mørket Famlende [Reissue]

Artist: SelvhatCountry: NorwayLabel: Nordkult Rituals / Terratur PossessionsFormats: LPYear: 2022 On a tragic April night in 2009, Steingrim Torson left this mortal coil. The highly talented Norwegian musician had made his mark in several bands from the Trondheim scene, including…

Nocturnal Depression – When My Time Has Come [EP]

Artist: Nocturnal Depression Country: France Label: Ars Macabra Audio Formats: CD EP Year: 2022 When I first encountered Nocturnal Depression, a Depressive Black Metal band from France, I was not quite impressed. I have always thought that the term of…

Forgotten Tomb – Springtime Depression

Artist: Forgotten Tomb Country: Italy Label: Adipocere Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 If you talk about the real black metal of today, you will certainly tell about the enormous amounts of bands emerging the scene with their raw and blaspheme…