Releases – September 2023

Two pioneers of the Québec Black Metal scene, Athros (Brume d’Automne, Forteresse) and Monarque(Monarque, Forteresse) revisit the very early days of Black Metal on Sacrenoir’s raging debut album. Falling in somewhere their respective bands and old Darkthrone and Gorgoroth, or even Bathory, Comme des Revenants Parmi les Ruines is cold, raw, classic Black Metal, the likes of which has seldom been heard within the québécois scene. For fans who will never get enough of that early 90s sound, this is an album you ...

Hammerfilosofi was formed in the year MMXX in the midst of global chaos, shutdowns, death, panic and pestilence. For some, a time of despair and mass hysteria, but for others, a time of solitude, ofcontemplation and of inner strength. The idea behind the band, according to Fuoco Cammina Con Me was quite simple: “We are taking Black Metal back to its primeval and genuine meaning and purpose. Hammerfilosofi is the cleansing fire that aims to eradicate every trace of the civilized, the harmless, and the mediocre. It is ...

A core member of the ATMF sub-label A Sad Sadness Song, 5 years after the acclaimed album “Through The Void, Above The Suns” Deadly Carnage are ready to enchant the scene with a new work,“Endless Blue”. Musically speaking the band continues on its personal path to bring avant-garde and progressive elements to their dark doom metal. The concept behind “Endless Blue” sinks its roots in Japanese folklore, a mysterious, fascinating and often cryptic world of mountains and fathomless abysses populated by ancestral spirits like Yokai, Oni and Yurei.Freely ...

Dead and Dripping create their own kaleidoscopic world of dizzying and pummelling brutal/technical death metal where they relentlessly whip up a maelstrom of mind-boggling riffs and drum patterns. It’s too easy to drown yourself in their undulating waves of intense blasting and slower breakdowns and one can’t be blamed to lie corpse-like amid it all. There’s even an interlude right in the middle of this album serving as a flotation device but as it’s aptly titled, it’s only hopeless given the sheer magnitude of ...

After releasing landmark full length albums in the same year in 2018, Swedish death metal titans and label mates Feral and Crawl join forces for this exciting split release containing all new songs to mark their return. Feral are masters of their craft and having honed their hefty sound to perfection, they showcase their knack for writing excellent song structures and deliver them with even more force than before. Crawl meld death metal and crust effortlessly to create a violent and compelling form of ...

LP pressed on solid-green vinyl, comes with printed inner-sleeve. On their second full-length album, the russian four-piece band Varhara steers toward a radical change in style compared to their debut “Осы“ (2021). While firmly rooted in the dense and contemplative post-black stylized by russian bands such as SOMN, Rozh and Olhava, “Пустоцвет” (Voidflower) is filled with gothicdoom overtones, balancing on the dreamy, light and heavier sides of black metal. Full of sorrow and of hope, escapism from a reality too bleak to be accepted.Tracklist:A1. WindA2. WaxA3. ExterminatorB1. PhantomB2 ...

Somewhere on the brink of depressive BM, funeral doom and post‐black, Sáasil created their first album “Ephemeral”. “Ephemeral is an album that showcases the harsher side of black gaze, and blends it with some of the most melancholic and ethereal atmospheric crescendos, ultimately, creating a post‐black fury of light and dark, good and evil”. Sáasil, a Mayan word meaning “light”, is the collaborative project created by Carlos Herrera (Non Somnia) and Victoria Hazemaze..Tracklist:1. Roses2. The longest winter3. Tomoe Gozen4. Narea5. Memento Finis6. In My Last NightGENRE: ...

With “Ofelia”, his first full‐length effort, Danish one‐man band Martre throws the listener in medias res into a distorted dimension filled with grief, rage and torment. No intro, no predictable solutions, no respite, “Ofelia” is confrontational music, a furious fit of blackened‐grindcore aimed at the very concept of death.Tracklist:1. Armor Of Gold2. Silence Of The Damned3. Show Me Your Darkness4. Voices In The Ashen Winds5. Ofelia6. I Dødens Have, Pt. I7. I Dødens Have, Pt. II8. I Dødens Have, Pt. III9. I Dødens ...

Following a successful series of releases, the prolific and creative drive of Nostalghia forced its way into a new creature.“Duelo” is an album born out of sheer impulse and emotional necessity, aptly shaped in a straightforward and painfully intense mix of dark blackgaze and dsbm. In the words of Nostalghia’s mastermind Alex Becerra: “Duelo is the album that I never thought I would have to make. It speaks from the bottom of my depression, one I’m still struggling to overcome”..Tracklist:1. Premier Deuil2. Self Inflicted3. Anywhere ...

Rising like a mythical creature summoned from the unplumbed abyssal depths, Gateway immediately takes to stomping on hapless souls on land, gaining momentum despite its immeasurable girth and flattening objects into oblivion. Covered in slime and rot, the fearsome, inexorable entity reeks of a primordial evil conjured only by forbidden rituals. The Belgian band harnesses the power of both death and doom metal to unleash a catastrophe of biblical proportions, ruthless in its execution and dealing powerful blows with finality. The music plods on ...

Serpent of Old from Turkey meld influences from various genres to play an absolutely mesmerizing form of predominantly death/black metal music that does so much more. The music seamlessly transitions from ambitious progressive riffing to parts that are dark and doomy, even indulging in fiery solos and doleful tunes that showcase their emotional depth. A multifaceted beast, it keeps changing things up without betraying the true nature; everything is intuitively done and executed to perfection. It’s the only way Serpent of Old are able ...

Counterbalancing technical death metal with brutal death elements, Orphalis may have found the perfect stylistic balance for the kind of music they are playing on their fourth full length which is astonishingly fluid given its dynamic and multifaceted nature. Their structuring is intuitive and yet unpredictable which keeps things both engaging and exciting. Moreover, with their knack of providing standout parts in each of the songs when you least expect it, it’s impossible not to remain awestruck.In addition to the myriad music patterns ...

While most bands are content reinterpreting established forms of death/grind music, Terra Builder are constructing their own contemporary version of the same. The songs have the desired cathartic expression but are more meticulous and calculated than normal, and in their case, even have elements of black and sludge metal. It all comes together brilliantly, as they channel their diverse influences through a coherent and consistent sound that they can begin to call their own. Charting through varying terrains, their unpredictable progressions often culminate in ...

Underground death metal heroes Thorn conjure up their third full length which is easily their most mature and immersive one yet. They’ve elevated their unique style of barbaric old school death metal blended with emotionally-charged atmospheric parts which very few bands are able to pull off convincingly. As if reminiscing about bittersweet memories, the music instinctively oscillates between angry, bludgeoning parts and poignant, wistful tunes. This contrast works beautifully for their kind of doomy death metal music, and even better so on this album ...