Report | LENAX – Infection

                The Left Hand Path is known for calling to those who pursue individual paths of illumination and freedom, and these concepts are at the core of US blackened cult LENAX’s first full-length conjuring titled Infection. It follows the course forged on their debut EP, 2023’s Purity, with dark ceremonial acts being recognizable in ominousContinue reading “Report | LENAX – Infection”

Analysis | DIONE Raises Other Worlds on Astrolatry

                The cosmos is a source of endless wonder and mystique, where symbolic elements, mythologies, and other imagined worlds are inspired and marked within our collective human consciousness, and the sonic arts continue to represent one powerful medium for expressing those ideas. Such influences likewise call to the creative manifestation known as DIONE, the blackenedContinue reading “Analysis | DIONE Raises Other Worlds on Astrolatry”

A Profound Alignment in the Cosmos – An Interview with Fulmineos, of ORDINUL NEGRU

                One of 2024’s most noteworthy manifestations is still resonating across multiple dimensions of space and time, with the aural wonders of Dodekatemoria evoking both an inward and outer cosmic vastness that prompts extensive meditations, and illumination is further achieved here as my inquiries into its essence are answered by Fulmineos, the founding mastermind ofContinue reading “A Profound Alignment in the Cosmos – An Interview with Fulmineos, of ORDINUL NEGRU”

Report | CHAOS INCEPTION – Vengeance Evangel

                Ancient horrors are revived on this newest summoning from CHAOS INCEPTION, and though it is the first release from these US death maniacs since 2012’s The Abrogation, they are undoubtedly set to dominate with the mighty forces amassed on Vengeance Evangel. Consistent with an assault from some otherworldly weaponry, “Artillery of Humwawa” wastes noContinue reading “Report | CHAOS INCEPTION – Vengeance Evangel”

Analysis | ASPAARN Exercises Primal Intensity on Oblations in Atrocity

                There is a genuine allure toward the wilds and lore of Switzerland’s most forbidden parts, and those elements fit the uncompromisingly harsh aural breed favored by one-man blackened beast ASPAARN, who recently unleashed the next venture into the stormy and battle-torn ages of his homeland titled Oblations in Atrocity. This new chapter pursues theContinue reading “Analysis | ASPAARN Exercises Primal Intensity on Oblations in Atrocity”

Report | BARSHASKETH – Antinomian Asceticism

                Ascetic principles have come to be associated mostly with mainstream religious ideals, but BARSHASKETH of the UK have effectively reappropriated them for left-hand path ambitions on Antinomian Asceticism, their latest work and one which undoubtedly raises The Self through its ritualistic fury. A storm is unleashed in the relentless pursuit of this endeavor onContinue reading “Report | BARSHASKETH – Antinomian Asceticism”

ANALYSIS | KING SATAN Embraces the Absurd on The Devil’s Evangelion

                Our (un)worldly existence isn’t getting any less bizarre, and delving through the stranger parts of its hidden mechanics is the specialty of renowned Finnish eccentrics KING SATAN, who’ve concocted another batch of chaotic formulae to incarnate their next era. The result is an opus which basically follows where 2022’s Occult Spiritual Anarchy left off,Continue reading “ANALYSIS | KING SATAN Embraces the Absurd on The Devil’s Evangelion”

Report | OLD WAINDS – Stormheart

                I’m one of those rare individuals who enjoys a good snowy winter, and nature has been delivering gloriously in my area so far this season, much to the displeasure of most others I regularly interact with. The raw and dark substance of black metal is really complemented by this climate, and one example whichContinue reading “Report | OLD WAINDS – Stormheart”

Analysis | ORDINUL NEGRU Delves into Hidden Dimensions on Dodekatemoria

                An individual connection to the universe is among the most significant aspects of our existence, and the inquisitive drive to uncover mysteries surrounding it is fully exercised on the latest meditation from ORDINUL NEGRU. The two preceding EPs, 2020’s Nebuisa and 2021’s “A Sojourner Wandering Through the Barren Openness,” provided glimpses into its developingContinue reading “Analysis | ORDINUL NEGRU Delves into Hidden Dimensions on Dodekatemoria”

Report | RAVENOIR – Nocturne

                Netherworlds are further immersed in shadow as the eminent RAVENOIR unveils their newest portent, which arrives just over a year after the dark gathering raised on Cultus Inferi, and some distinct elements from that mass have now been focused even more to form the funereal essence of Nocturne. Its vast and grandiose auras drawContinue reading “Report | RAVENOIR – Nocturne”