Category Archives: Album Reviews

            A specter lurking in the Australian necrosphere has revived its shadowy presence from the 90’s, and after conjuring Marble Nights of Ecstacy amid 2020’s accursed era, DREAM UPON TOMBS now follows that EP with a first full drift through sepulchral edifices. The likeness of past haunts is easily recognized on Palaces of Dust, whereContinue reading “Analysis | DREAM UPON TOMBS Answers a Deathly Summoning on Palaces of Dust”

            Winter may be done for this year, but its icy effects are easily prolonged by this Danish duo, who’ve now followed 2021’s self-titled debut EP with the first full exposure to KOLD’s elemental wrath. This name pointedly depicts the harsh but equally alluring realms of their homeland, which become manifest in the aural stormContinue reading “Analysis | KOLD Revels in Solitude on Intet Mere Er”

            Colossal forces have been heralded in the return of SERMON, who’ve awakened like the Ancient Ones from a slumber dating back to 2004, and these Turkish doom-purveyors seek to reclaim the prestige of their early demos with a vengeful resurgence. This 2021 revival was followed by three new tracks unveiled last year, and nowContinue reading “Analysis | SERMON Preaches Extinction Through Till Birth Do Us Part”

            Annihilation has arrived in a mutual plague cast by THE SINISTER INITIATIVE and AVANTGARDE MUSIC, which joins prominent artists from entities including MANES, AJATTARA, and SHINING into the malignance hailed as HØSTSOL, a name aptly reflecting the bleakness perceived before imminent demise. Its claws extend to the cold beyond on this first full offering,Continue reading “Analysis | HØSTSOL Raises Uncreation with L​ä​nge Leve Dö​den”

            Last year was set to be laid to rest when I crossed paths with this dejected entity from Mexico, who first emerged during the treacherous 2020 era with an EP titled Jornadas de Automutilación, and that formative abyss has since extended to a couple of split releases. This past December then saw the unleashingContinue reading “Analysis | FEELING WORTHLESS Commits to Demise on CDVR”

            Inspired forms of darkness have long distinguished the extreme Hellenic scene, and its unlimited potential continues on this latest incarnation from MOEROR. After carving an identity that struck notably among the urban psychosis of 2020’s The Ghosts of Amour Propre, these experimentalists endured the untimely passing of their vocalist, X., who is also knownContinue reading “Analysis | MOEROR Embraces the Depths on All That We Seem”

            If there was ever a cause to abandon all faith in humanity, our recent plague certainly delivered in spades, and those already tending toward this outlook were easily reinforced by its effects. As body counts rose along with the despicable side of human nature, Spain attempted to restore hope in society through the wordsContinue reading “Analysis | EMPTY Raises the Affliction on Omnia Amet Lorem”

            Many years have passed since a full act of devilry was cast by the eminent QUIJA, and now a cosmic vortex broods over Spain as they resurface with the next chapter of their immortal legacy. This manifestation forms the gateway to liberate a mighty and terrible pantheon upon our earthly sphere, which was firstContinue reading “Analysis | QUIJA Spawns Oblivion From the Fathomless Hysteros”

            Night has fallen once again, and it may last forever as KRVNA returns like the plague from Australia’s ruinous domain. It seems the lifeforce consumed during last year’s Long Forgotten Relic demo, along with the subsequent full-length feeding on Sempinfernus, has provided sustenance required for elevated levels of influence, because now this supreme vampiricContinue reading “Analysis | KRVNA Conquers Mortality on For Thine is the Kingdom of the Flesh”

            This shadowy coven of Chilean origins has brought forth a new sacrificial offering, and with it comes the inner serpent’s ascension toward higher planes of realization. HETROERTZEN are known for embracing deathly auras, along with vampirism and other black mystical forms, and their grim collective now advances through a seventh full conjuration titled PhosphorusContinue reading “Analysis | HETROERTZEN Transcends the Flesh on Phosphorus Vol I”