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                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”

                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”

                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”

                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”

                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”

                This Greek entity was initially crossed back on the 2022 EP titled Thalassa, and here we are two years later already as WAVES IDLE SYMMETRY returns with Ametron, the first full-length gaze into their dark visions. This work expands on the debut’s maniacal course, with heightened doses of melody and power surging through itsContinue reading “Analysis | WAVES IDLE SYMMETRY Treads Hellish Dimensions on Ametron”

                Darkness calls once again as VRYKOLAKAS returns to prowl our sonic realms, and after crossing the dreaded and ruinous planes of The Necromantic Revocation, these Singaporean deathlords have resumed their path aimed to emulate the more ominous of pioneering death metal spirits. The next chapter has marked 2024 with a fifth full-length mass ofContinue reading “Analysis | VRYKOLAKAS Raises Unholy Terror on Nocturnal Dominion of Death”

                Darkness spreads like the plague as one of Australia’s most formidable entities returns with their newest affliction, and a title relating the work to weaponry proves appropriate for the attack executed within its rites. PESTILENTIAL SHADOWS have skillfully infected various planes with havoc and dread over the years, and Devil’s Hammer takes those elementsContinue reading “ANALYSIS | PESTILENTIAL SHADOWS Decimates All Being with Devil’s Hammer”

                The paranormal is interwoven deeply among the fabric of our existence, and HAUNTOLOGIST has pursued a new profession around this field, with Hollow recorded as their debut study of its material. Here they’ve joined methods focused on black metal with post-rock elements and other atmospheric notes to conjure urban varieties of the otherworldly, whereContinue reading “Analysis | HAUNTOLOGIST Explores Neurotic Dimensions on Hollow”

            An old practice where the true name of a god is learned to harness its power has been reaped in the US by blackened occultists ONE MASTER, whose first full-length grimoire since 2017 has now clawed its way into our material domain, and their mastery in dark arts takes effect as it matches thisContinue reading “Analysis | ONE MASTER Orchestrates Lingual Potency on The Names of Power”