Antropomorphia – Devoid Of Light

Artist: Antropomorphia Country: The Netherlands Label: Testimony Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 For me, Dutch Death Metal veterans Antropomorphia are a textbook example of one of the most underrated bands, not only on the international stage but maybe…

Grafjammer – De Tyfus, de Teerling

Artist: GrafjammerCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Zwaertgevegt / Black Tapes / Folter RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2025 Necrorock returns! The Dutch perverts of Grafjammer are back in early 2025 with full-length number four, ‘De Tyfus, de Teerling’. It took…

Demstervold – Afgrondstocht

Artist: Demstervold Country: The Netherlands Label: New Era Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2024 After the impressive ‘Den Svartne Spökerii’ demo tape from 2017, which was released through Jeroen’s own then resurrected Black Abyss Productions, we were treated with…

Volc Vermaledide – Zinnennevel [Demo]

Artist: Volc VermaledideCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Wolfkult ReligionFormats: Demo tapeYear: 2024 The Dutch band Volc Vermaledide finds its origins in 2001, and is the brainchild of Satanael M Raben, formerly in Cirith Gorgor and Walpurgisnacht and currently also in Asregen. After…

Wirdha / Nachtheem – Wirdha / Nachtheem [Split]

Artist: Wirdha / NachtheemCountry: Sweden / The NetherlandsLabel: Tour de GardeFormats: Split TapeYear: 2024 On this Tour de Garde released Split Tape, Wirdha and Nachtheem found each other. Wirdha is a new entity with anonymous Black Metal veterans from Sweden.…

Owl – Wat Overblijft

Artist: Owl Country: The Netherlands Label: Zwaertgevegt Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2024 Earlier, in spring this year, Jeroen Putman released a new album with Owl. Although I interviewed him for his previous record, the existence of this new work had…

Mergelland – De Lichtenberg Sessies 2020 [EP]

Artist: MergellandCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Merg & Been / Wolfkult ReligionFormats: Cassette EPYear: 2024 Before Wurgilnõ there was Mergelland. Consanguineus’ musical dedication to the region of Limburg started in 2020 and resulted in an EP and a single. Work started on…

In Aphelion – Reaperdawn

Artist: In Aphelion Country: The Netherlands / Sweden Label: Century Media Formats: LP / CD Year: 2024 With ‘Reaperdawn’ the Swedish/Dutch alliance of In Aphelion delivers their second full-length album, and while the band is regarded as a new band…

Wurgilnõ – Krijtland

Artist: WurgilnõCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Fetzner Death Records / Rotting Sun RecordsFormats: Cassette tape / CDYear: 2024 That Consanguineus’ will, passion and inspiration does not wane has become clear with the pace at which he has propelled his latest project Wurgilnõ.…

Bok – Metastasis Dei [Demo]

Artist: Bok Country: The Netherlands Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo tape Year: 2024 Although the musician behind this new Dutch Black Metal band gained his experience in bands like Göll and Experimentum, with Bok he takes all the reins in his…

Witchfukker – Tapestry of Unspeakable Horrors

Artist: WitchfukkerCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: De Pankraker Records / Destruktion RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tapeYear: 2024 Off the back of the excellent ‘Deathaemorrhage’ demo, Witchfukker returns with the first full-length of the band’s career. On ‘Tapestry of Unspeakable Horrors’, they look…

Nachtheem – Nacht, Zij met Ons… [EP]

Artist: NachtheemCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital EPYear: 2024 Nachtheem is a mysterious new entity hailing from The Netherlands that released their debut EP ‘Nacht, Zij met Ons…’ at the dawn of 2024. While that release initially passed me by unnoticed,…

Ûngrûn – Itjinge Tonei Barre Scil

Artist: ÛngrûnCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: New Era ProductionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 Friesland may be a province situated in the north of the Netherlands, but in a lot of ways it can be seen as a country within…

Dead Head – Shadow Soul [EP]

Artist: Dead Head Country: The Netherlands Label: Hammerheart Records Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2024 If Dead Head has proven anything over their extensive career it definitely is that keeping your musical course straight can be very much…

Funeral Winds – 333

Artist: Funeral Winds Country: The Netherlands Label: Osmose Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2024 Although Funeral Winds never officially stopped it went on some sort of hibernation after the ‘Nexion Xul – The Cursed Bloodline’-album from 2007. Hellchrist Xul…

Asagraum – Veil of Death, Ruptured

Artist: AsagraumCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Edged Circle ProductionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 That the Dutch Black Metal scene has been thriving has been noticeable within the borders of the country for many years. But also internationally, bands are…

Wurgilnõ – Angst [EP]

Artist: WurgilnõCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Merg & Been / Rotting Sun Records / Wolfkult ReligionFormats: Cassette EPYear: 2023 The Wurgilnõ debut ‘De Doden Rusten Niet In Vrede’ came like a bolt from the blue earlier in 2023, and riding that momentum…

Salacious Gods – Oalevluuk

Artist: Salacious Gods Country: The Netherlands Label: Hammerheart Records Formats: Vinyl / CD Year: 2023 It is remarkable to realise that the time that was between the first and last time I heard from Salacious Gods is many times shorter…

Owl – Terug Naar De Kou

Artist: Owl Country: The Netherlands Label: Zwaertgevegt Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2023 Although The Netherlands is a small country, it still hosts an interesting Black Metal scene that manifests itself in the most unexpected places. Take for instance the very…

Urfaust – Untergang

Artist: Urfaust Country: The Netherlands Label: Ván Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2023 Ever since their inception in 2003, Urfaust has been the most unique entity within the Dutch Black Metal scene – which, on its own, can already…

Beenkerver – Twee Wolven [EP]

Artist: Beenkerver Country: The Netherlands Label: Vendetta Records Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2023 Last year we could already enjoy the by no means insignificant ‘Ontaard’, the debut album of this new musical project by Niels “Beenkerver” Riethorst, who we previously…

Onheil – In Black Ashes

Artist: Onheil Country: The Netherlands Label: Black Lion Records Formats: CD Year: 2023 As a young metal fan around the turn of the millennium, just taking his first steps into Black Metal, there was one band in the Netherlands that…

Wurgilnõ – De Doden Rusten Niet In Vrede

Artist: Wurgilnõ Country: The Netherlands Label: Merg & Been / Fetzner Death Records Formats: Cassette tape / CD Year: 2023 Followers of the Dutch Black Metal scene have of course been aware of it for years, but where initially there…

Wyvern – Drakendoder [EP]

Artist: Wyvern Country: The Netherlands Label: Heidens Hart Records Formats: CD EP Year: 2023 After the two demo tapes from 2019 and 2020, both of which saw the light of day via Tour de Garde and Zwartkunst Smederij, the mysterious…

Perfide – Ultieme Vrijheid: Los van Christelijke Ketenen [EP]

Artist: PerfideCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital EPYear: 2023 As part of the never-ending desire to expand their wealth during the golden age, many overseas colonies were added to ‘De Republiek Der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden’ (‘The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands’),…

Infinity – The Untamed Hunger

Artist: Infinity Country: The Netherlands Label: Immortal Frost Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2023 Despite Infinity not being very prolific in their early days after their formation in 1995, the band got a taste for it in the 00s…

Helleruin – Devils, Death And Dark Arts

Artist: Helleruin Country: The Netherlands Label: New Era Productions Formats: LP / Cassette tape / CD Year: 2023 Even for many a seasoned connoisseur, Helleruin’s sudden rising star must have come as a surprise. If I may speak for myself:…

Sammath – Grebbeberg

Artist: Sammath Country: The Netherlands Label: Hammerheart Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2023 The award for most persistent Dutch Black Metal band goes to Sammath without question; ever since their formation in 1994, the band has stuck (for the…

Gärgäntuäh / Kastijder – Föltrit / Reinigend Vuur [Split LP]

Artist: Gärgäntuäh / KastijderCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: New Era ProductionsFormats: Split LPYear: 2023 With the demos ‘Dödenlicht’ and ‘Kastijder’, New Era Productions had released two gems from the Dutch Black Metal underground courtesy of the bands Gärgäntuäh and Kastijder respectively. Both…

Botulistum – Botulistum

Artist: BotulistumCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: New Era RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 It has taken a while, but this band, founded in 1998, has finally arrived at its debut album in 2023. Like some kind of nocturnal animal…