Industries of Inferno

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Dead Dog's Howl – Black Circle Transcendency (Fallen Temple, 2021)

Apr 19, 2021
Δίσκος γι’ αυτούς που αναζητούν βαθιές σπηλιές για να ονειρευτούν ακυκλοφόρητο υλικό των πρώιμων Necromantia.

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Drakonhail – L'autre lieu demo (Rempart Immortel, 2020)

Sep 15, 2020
Ένα demo που θολώνει τα όρια μεταξύ black metal και dark ambient και αποκαλύπτει μια πηγαία ενσωμάτωση των απόκοσμων αρχών του πνεύματος αμφότερων των ειδών.

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Drakonhail – L'autre lieu demo (Rempart Immortel, 2020)

Sep 15, 2020
Blending the line between black metal και dark ambient, this demo reveals a spontaneous immersion in the otherworldly principles of both genres’ spirit.

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Obskuritatem – Hronika iz mraka (Black Gangrene Productions, 2020)

Aug 8, 2020
An album full of spectral gliding iconography, in Hronika iz mraka the ugliness of decay meets the beauty of decadence and the mania of divine dementia flickers through thick twilight.

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Old Nick - Naive Black Metal (Grime Stone Records)

Jul 25, 2020
Δίχως να βαρύνονται από τα δεσμά της σοβαρότητας, οι Old Nick είναι μια όαση που θα ξεδιψάσει όσους ανακάλυψαν στο black metal ένα καταφύγιο από την κυρίαρχη πραγματικότητα αλλά και ένα όπλο ενάντια σε αυτήν.

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Channeler - Conscience (Deathhammer Records, 2020)

Jul 1, 2020
Well-crafted and passionate raw black metal that feels arcane, presenting the listener with vistas of otherworldly beauty.

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Spectral Lore & Mare Cognitum – Wanderers - Astrology of the Nine (I, Voidhanger, 2020)

Jun 18, 2020
A cosmic journey through the multitude of the planetary aspects.

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Herxheim – Incised Arrival (I, Voidhanger/Nuclear War Now, 2020)

Jun 3, 2020
Prowling upon some strange corners of the genre’s history, the album deserves the occult characterisation.

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At the Altar of the Horned God – Through Doors Of Moonlight (I, Voidhanger, 2020)

May 7, 2020
A rich, diverse album transcending genres and discarding traditional structure, earning with its sword the avant-garde descriptor.

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Malokarpatan – Krupinské Ohne (Invictus, 2020)

Apr 21, 2020
Steeped with epicness and whimsicality -as the best of tales are supposed to be- this is authentic folklore metal at its finest.

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Zalmoxis – A Nocturnal Emanation (Signal Rex, 2020)

Apr 8, 2020
A Nocturnal Emanation is a release with somnambulistic themes, grand sweeping atmospheres, a gnarled expedition into nocturnal mysteries.

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Knoest – Dag (Ván Records, 2019)

Sep 14, 2019
Graced with an good baritone frontman who raises the majestic and emotional bar, the album captures in a skilled way the spirit of forest wandering.

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Insulter’s Altar – Devastating the Original Sin (Independent, 2019)

Sep 2, 2019
Kind of a tour-de-force of the ideal late ’90s Norse sound, like Tsjuder had done in Desert Northern Hell.

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Neraines – Yggdrasil (The Satan Records, 2019)

Aug 29, 2019
Pagan instrumental black metal

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Nefarious Spirit – Nefarious Spirit demo (Underground Soundscapes, 2016)

Feb 2, 2017
High-caliber black metal, a demo that speaks tones of the band’s devotion to the black metal past.

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Ψ.Χ. – Το Φως Το Αληθινό (Independent, 2016)

Nov 15, 2016
Καλημέρα Απειλή, καλώς (επαν)ήλθες στο black metal με νυχτερινή φτερούγα για να σβήσεις τα κεριά, για να σαβανώσεις τα μωρά, για να βουτήξεις μέσα στην Παράδοση κάνοντας τα τζάκια να βήχουν σαν φυματικά.

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Funestus – In Perpetual Silence (Self-Released, 2016)

Jun 3, 2016
A demo that creates high expectations about this project, highly recommended for fans of traditional, grim yet atmospheric 90s black metal.

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Haxen – Haxen (Eternal Death records, 2016)

May 22, 2016
Ambience floating upon the wanderer’s path, a path ravaged by snow and trees.

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Sun Worship – Pale Dawn (Golden Antenna Record, 2016)

May 14, 2016
Giant plateaus of pure majestic inhumanity, now and forever reclaimed by the elements; the moment of arctic dawn after months of darkness, forever frozen in time.

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Isolert – No Hope, No Light…Only Death (Ogmios Underground, 2016)

May 7, 2016
Isolert kicks off its formal discography with a very good album, steeped in the genre’s tradition.

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Præternatura – Symmetry Of The Void (Independent, 2016)

May 6, 2016
An aesthetic aspect of the poetics of otherworldliness, massive and eerie at the same time.

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Ustalost – The Spoor Of Vipers (Sibir Records, 2016)

Apr 29, 2016
A solid debut which will hopefully turn a tad darker on the next step.

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Kaffaljidhma – I & II (The Throat, 2016)

Apr 22, 2016
Ambience floating upon the wanderer’s path, a path ravaged by snow and trees.

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Slutet – Slutet (Teratology Sound & Vision/Psychedelic Lotus Order Records, 2016)

Apr 15, 2016
Aphorisms that manage to absorb the listener in a ritual-like fashion.

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Book Of Sand – Occult Anarchist Propaganda (Mouthbreather Records, 2016)

Apr 9, 2016
Black metal done right; dark, slithering, raw, menacing, otherworldly.

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Cult Of Erinyes – Transcendence (Caverna Abismal Records, 2016)

Mar 14, 2016
An enjoyable but unfortunately short release, which intensifies the wait for the next full-length.

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Naðra – Allir vegir til glötunar (Vánagandr, 2016)

Feb 19, 2016
A Nocturnal Emanation is a release with somnambulistic themes, grand sweeping atmospheres, a gnarled expedition into nocturnal mysteries.

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Skáphe – Skáphe² (Fallen Empire Records, 2020)

Feb 11, 2016
The audio equivalent of fever mentality, an excellent specimen of contemporary black metal.

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Panphage – Storm (Ætergap Productions, 2015)

Dec 9, 2015

There may be no moment more glorious in black metal than when the underground shines with blazing inspiration. Panphage, a one-man band from Sweden, was a completely unknown to me entity before this summer, when I was introduced by...

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Volahn/Shataan/Arizmenda/Kallathon – Desert Dances & Serpent Sermons (Crepusculo Negro, 2015)

Dec 8, 2015

Crepusculo Negro is a label that I have been stalking for some years now, and one I am particularly fond of (as was evident in my last year’s list, including both Volahn and Arizmenda’s full-lengths), both due to the...

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Four from this year’s Crypt

Sep 19, 2015
4 notable 2015 releases

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Israthoum – Antru Kald (Daemon Worship Productions, 2015)

Jun 20, 2015
Not only there is not a filler to be found in this album, but it is almost impossible to find a single weak moment; here is magnificence extraordinaire.

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Macabre Omen – Gods of War, at War (Ván Records, 2015)

Jun 12, 2015
Not only there is not a filler to be found in this album, but it is almost impossible to find a single weak moment; here is magnificence extraordinaire.

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Ebonillumini – Arktos (Wickerman Recordings, 2015)

May 20, 2015
A rough diamond of an album which has more in kin with the avant-garde than experimental music, managing to convey its concept effortlessly.

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Akhlys – The Dreaming I (Debemur Morti, 2015)

May 12, 2015
Its most abstract, ambient-like structure, not as dense and complex as in the mother-ship’s creations, manages to conjure almost effortlessly a spectral soundscape of the night void, one from which it is not easy for the listener to escape unwounded....

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Drowning the Light – From the Abyss (Dark Adversary Productions, 2015)

May 2, 2015
Recommended for all who crave for dark, atmospheric black metal, the kind of which resounds deeply with the spirit of the necrotic.

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Leviathan – Scar Sighted (Profound Lore Records, 2015)

Apr 23, 2015
Μια στιβαρή επιστροφή των Leviathan στις Moribund δόξες.

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A Forest of Stars – Beware the Sword you cannot see (Lupus Lounge, 2015)

Apr 23, 2015
Υπακούει πιστά στο βικτωριανό, αλλόκοσμο, και παραμυθένιο όραμα της μπάντας – το άλμπουμ διαβάζεται σαν παλιό, καλό βιβλίο.

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Isolert – Isolated Soul demo (Independent, 2015)

Apr 15, 2015
A somewhat rushed release, that nevertheless creates promises about the future

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Nettlecarrier – Black Coffin Rites (Aftermath Music, 2015)

Apr 10, 2015
Το πιο πρόσφατο άρτιο δείγμα μιας σκηνής που αρνείται πεισματικά να παραδώσει τα όπλα, παρά τη μετακίνηση της καινοτομίας σε άλλες γεωγραφικές συντεταγμένες.

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Hæthen – Shaped By Aeolian Winds (Fallen Empire Records, 2015)

Apr 8, 2015
Embracing melody in a satisfying way, the album seems like a force of nature, imperious in its path through a northern forest.

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Vivus Humare – Einkehr (Eisenwald, 2015)

Apr 2, 2015
Οι Grifteskymfning έχουν ήδη αφήσει το στίγμα τους στην Σκανδιναβία των late 00’s/early10’s.

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Tome of the Unreplenished – Innerstanding (I, Voidhanger, 2015)

Mar 26, 2015
A record instrumental in its core, it is recommended for those into vividly sonicspacing atmospheric music.

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Grifteskymfning

Mar 17, 2015
Οι Grifteskymfning έχουν ήδη αφήσει το στίγμα τους στην Σκανδιναβία των late 00’s/early10’s.

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Kjeld – Skym (Hammerheart Records, 2015)

Mar 11, 2015
Quite addictive to those of us that feel most at ease with the traditional black metal part of our collection.

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Urkaos – I (Ancient Records, 2012)

Mar 7, 2015
Αέναη και ανέλπιδη περιφορά εντός των σπηλαίων της ανησυχίας σαν όφις κουλουριασμένος εντός των ερειπίων του πραγματικού σουηδικού orthodox black metal.

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Dödfödd – Demo 15 (Independent)

Mar 1, 2015
Ένα παλμικό μανουάλι για ιδιαίτερα γούστα, με πλήρη την μαυρομεταλλική ατμόσφαιρα.

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Gzekhratüs

Feb 4, 2015

Είναι κάποιες περιπτώσεις μπαντών που κάνουν το πρώτο κλικ μέσα σου, όχι απαραίτητα μουσικά, αλλά μέσω κάποιου άλλου αρτιστικού στοιχείου του πακέτου που παρουσιάζουν. Δε θυμάμαι πως πρωτοπέτυχα τους Gzekhratüs κάπου το ’13, αλλά όπως και να το κάνεις...

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BLACK METAL

Dead Dog's Howl – Black Circle Transcendency (Fallen Temple, 2021)

Drakonhail – L'autre lieu demo (Rempart Immortel, 2020)

Drakonhail – L'autre lieu demo (Rempart Immortel, 2020)

Obskuritatem – Hronika iz mraka (Black Gangrene Productions, 2020)

Old Nick - Naive Black Metal (Grime Stone Records)

Channeler - Conscience (Deathhammer Records, 2020)

Spectral Lore & Mare Cognitum – Wanderers - Astrology of the Nine (I, Voidhanger, 2020)

Herxheim – Incised Arrival (I, Voidhanger/Nuclear War Now, 2020)

At the Altar of the Horned God – Through Doors Of Moonlight (I, Voidhanger, 2020)

Malokarpatan – Krupinské Ohne (Invictus, 2020)

Zalmoxis – A Nocturnal Emanation (Signal Rex, 2020)

Knoest – Dag (Ván Records, 2019)

Insulter’s Altar – Devastating the Original Sin (Independent, 2019)

Neraines – Yggdrasil (The Satan Records, 2019)

Nefarious Spirit – Nefarious Spirit demo (Underground Soundscapes, 2016)

Ψ.Χ. – Το Φως Το Αληθινό (Independent, 2016)

Funestus – In Perpetual Silence (Self-Released, 2016)

Haxen – Haxen (Eternal Death records, 2016)

Sun Worship – Pale Dawn (Golden Antenna Record, 2016)

Isolert – No Hope, No Light…Only Death (Ogmios Underground, 2016)

Præternatura – Symmetry Of The Void (Independent, 2016)

Ustalost – The Spoor Of Vipers (Sibir Records, 2016)

Kaffaljidhma – I & II (The Throat, 2016)

Slutet – Slutet (Teratology Sound & Vision/Psychedelic Lotus Order Records, 2016)

Book Of Sand – Occult Anarchist Propaganda (Mouthbreather Records, 2016)

Cult Of Erinyes – Transcendence (Caverna Abismal Records, 2016)

Naðra – Allir vegir til glötunar (Vánagandr, 2016)

Skáphe – Skáphe² (Fallen Empire Records, 2020)

Panphage – Storm (Ætergap Productions, 2015)

Volahn/Shataan/Arizmenda/Kallathon – Desert Dances & Serpent Sermons (Crepusculo Negro, 2015)

Four from this year’s Crypt

Israthoum – Antru Kald (Daemon Worship Productions, 2015)

Macabre Omen – Gods of War, at War (Ván Records, 2015)

Ebonillumini – Arktos (Wickerman Recordings, 2015)

Akhlys – The Dreaming I (Debemur Morti, 2015)

Drowning the Light – From the Abyss (Dark Adversary Productions, 2015)

Leviathan – Scar Sighted (Profound Lore Records, 2015)

A Forest of Stars – Beware the Sword you cannot see (Lupus Lounge, 2015)

Isolert – Isolated Soul demo (Independent, 2015)

Nettlecarrier – Black Coffin Rites (Aftermath Music, 2015)

Hæthen – Shaped By Aeolian Winds (Fallen Empire Records, 2015)

Vivus Humare – Einkehr (Eisenwald, 2015)

Tome of the Unreplenished – Innerstanding (I, Voidhanger, 2015)

Grifteskymfning

Kjeld – Skym (Hammerheart Records, 2015)

Urkaos – I (Ancient Records, 2012)

Dödfödd – Demo 15 (Independent)

Gzekhratüs

Eternum – The Devouring Descent (2014 – Dark Adversary Productions)

Pagan Black Metal albums (part 5)

Pagan Black Metal albums (part 4)

Emptiness – Nothing but the Whole (Dark Descent Records, 2014)

Pagan Black Metal albums (part 3)

Pagan Black Metal albums (part 2)

Pagan Black Metal albums (part 1)

Smorzando – Smrad (Midwinter Records, 2008)

Sargeist – Feeding The Crawling Shadows (World Terror Committee, 2014)

Akrotheism – Behold the Son of Plagues (Odium Records, 2014)

2014 - Μια πρώτη ανασκόπηση

Dies Irae – Circle of Leth demo (Independent, 1994)

Black Metal ενάντια στον Πρωτοδισκακισμό

Black Metal against the “First-Album-Rules-Supreme” Law

In Flagrante Delicto – Ultio (Independent, 2013)

Gnome – Under the Blackmoon demo (Independent, 1996)

Thorns – Trøndertun (Independent, 1992)

Tardigrada – Widrstand demo (Fallen Empire, 2012)

The Howling Wind – Into the Cryosphere (Profound Lore, 2010)

Dark Sonority – Kaosrekviem (Terratur, 2012)

Dead Dog's Howl – Black Circle Transcendency (Fallen Temple, 2021)

Drakonhail – L'autre lieu demo (Rempart Immortel, 2020)

Drakonhail – L'autre lieu demo (Rempart Immortel, 2020)

Obskuritatem – Hronika iz mraka (Black Gangrene Productions, 2020)

Old Nick - Naive Black Metal (Grime Stone Records)

Channeler - Conscience (Deathhammer Records, 2020)

Spectral Lore & Mare Cognitum – Wanderers - Astrology of the Nine (I, Voidhanger, 2020)

Herxheim – Incised Arrival (I, Voidhanger/Nuclear War Now, 2020)

At the Altar of the Horned God – Through Doors Of Moonlight (I, Voidhanger, 2020)

Malokarpatan – Krupinské Ohne (Invictus, 2020)

Zalmoxis – A Nocturnal Emanation (Signal Rex, 2020)