Category: Reviews
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Slagmaur: Hulder’s Ritual Review
If black metal is all about uncompromising bands that are musically extreme with behaviour to match, then Slagmaur must rank in the top five. A discography full of albums that repeatedly push the boundaries of black metal coupled with on, and off-stage antics that would frighten any self-respecting satanist, this is a band who hung…
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Worm – Necropalace Review
Release Date: February 13, 2026 Label: Century Media Country: USA Genre: Black/Death/Doom Metal Moving away from the murky depths of the swamp, Worm have relocated to an ancient vampiric castle overflowing with fog. This evolution reveals a different facet of the band, albeit keeping the atmosphere that Worm has become known for. Straying somewhat further from death and…
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MØL – Dreamcrush Review
Release Date: January 30, 2026 Label: Nuclear Blast Records Country: Denmark Genre: Post-Black Metal/Shoegaze Words truly cannot do this album justice. MØL have fully mastered the language of emotion with their 3rd full-length album, Dreamcrush. As strong as their previous releases Jord (2019) and Diorama (2021) are, Dreamcrush somehow manages to surpass both in musicality…
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Mayhem – Liturgy of Death Review
Century Media, released on 6 February 2026 Two thoughts kept bouncing around my head as I listened to the new Mayhem album, Liturgy of Death; firstly, ‘no compromise’. This album makes no concessions to anyone, except the musicians themselves. That, as a result, leaves the album in danger of ‘polarising’ the fan base. It is…
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Lamp of Murmuur – The Dreaming Prince in Ecstacy
November 14th will see the end of a two year hibernation from Lamp of Murmuur with M’s new album “The Dreaming Prince in Extacy”. Lamp of Murmuur is one of my favorite current USBM bands with the “Burning Spears of Crimson Agony” and “Submission and Slavery” as true genre highlights. Both bearing a uniquely savage…
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Cemetery Moon – Dominion of Ashes Review
There are times in life where you encounter something that you immediately know is special – that was my experience the first time I listened to Cemetery Moon. Based out of Connecticut and beginning as a one-man black metal project, they released their debut self-titled album in 2023 and are returning on October 24th to…
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TESTAMENT – PARABELLLUM Review
All of the cliché sayings come to mind when I hear new material from a long-running band – “True to form”, “Haven’t missed a beat”, etc. However, these cliche’s hold some weight with the latest album from Testament. The release of “Para Bellum” marks the 14th album from the Bay City Thrashers and probably my…
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Diabolus, mecum semperterne! New single review:Gratias agamus domino infero deo nostro
If you wanted a band which brought together musicians from the entire Trondheim black metal scene, from 1992 to the present day, then look no further. Diabolus, mecum semperterne! (roughly translated as The devil, always with me) consists of musicians who have played in some of the most important bands in the scene. On guitars/bass/synths…