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Latest Updates
- September 2, 2026
- review Lesovik - Keď na nebi zažiaria hviezdy [EP]
- review Scythe - Boiled Alive
- review Skjult - A Perfect Devouring Light
- review Papa Necrose - Anthropomorphy Execution
- September 1, 2026
- review Haemoth - Black Dust
- review Shroud - Pax Nocturna
- news Naked Whipper and WolfKult Religion join forces for new releases: " It really is an honour to me to be able to work on not one, but two releases of the black sadogrinders"
- review Wharflurch - Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters
- August 31, 2026
- review Harrowed - The Eternal Hunger
- review Fyraun - Kings ov Kings
- review Speedslut - Cimbrian Rites
- review Unchurch - Unchurch
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Unchurch - Ode to Blasphemy [EP]
- August 30, 2026
- review Asphyxiater - Process Of Suffocation
- review Cardinal - Nocturne
- review Türböwitch - Under Haunted Skies
- August 29, 2026
- review (Short) Dark Indication - Suppressed Horror
- review Exorcised - Fire & Sulfur
- review (Short) Hädangången - Vädjan
- review Rothadás - Töviskert... a kísértés örök érzete... lidércharang
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Valosta Varjoon - Boarisch Grattlig
- August 28, 2026
- review Kerkerengel - Raadon Unia
- interview Warp Chamber - "Death metal and tradition can be a funny thing."
- review Darkthrone - Pre-Historic Metal
- review Beast Majesty - Unholy Revenge [EP]
- review Skullchurn - Of Death and Rebirth [Demo]
- review Pharmacist - Vertebrae After Vertebrae
- review Dulom - Axiom Zero
- August 27, 2026
- review AncientMyth - Echoes Beneath the Black Tide [EP]
- review Putrisect - Putrisect [EP]
- review Chotzä - Negu, Nietä, Schtachudraht
- review Poisoned Priest - Goat Cult Bizarre
- review Lord - Proclamation of Balthar Enthroned
- August 26, 2026
- review Ursula - Lords of Impermanence
- review Cartilage - Operating Altar
- review Fournier - Fournier [Demo]
- review Teufelsberg - Ignivore [EP]
- review Rudra - Antithesis
- review Servant - Death Devil Magick
- August 25, 2026
- review Fleshcrave - Godhand [EP]
Latest Reviews
- September 2, 2026
- review Lesovik - Keď na nebi zažiaria hviezdy [EP]
- review Scythe - Boiled Alive
- review Skjult - A Perfect Devouring Light
- review Papa Necrose - Anthropomorphy Execution
- September 1, 2026
- review Haemoth - Black Dust
- review Shroud - Pax Nocturna
- review Wharflurch - Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters
- August 31, 2026
- review Harrowed - The Eternal Hunger
- review Fyraun - Kings ov Kings
- review Speedslut - Cimbrian Rites
Latest Interviews
- August 28, 2026
- interview Warp Chamber - "Death metal and tradition can be a funny thing."
- August 15, 2026
- interview Pulverised Records - "For me personally, there’s no definitive qualities in what I look for in a band because as much as this sounds ridiculous, I’m very much based on gut feeling these days."
- August 7, 2026
- interview ChaosWolf: "Every album I make is a farewell. An unsuccessful one. A failed goodbye."
- July 26, 2026
- interview Nerraka / Hellthrone Productions - "With social media today, it's very easy for people to misunderstand things or jump to conclusions"
- July 21, 2026
- interview LIK - "If more people and bands, like us, embrace the Old School Death Metal scene with all that comes with it, I am all for it!"
- July 18, 2026
- interview Witches Hammer - "I just wasn’t a fan of anything coming out in the 90s. I found it rather pedestrian and boring.."
- July 14, 2026
- interview Burying Angels - "Old school melodic Death Metal to me is more about writing great riffs and melodies, and usually the more simple it is, the better it sounds."
- June 20, 2026
- interview Luciferian Rites - "Something that I'm told and that echoes in my mind is, if you're going to do something, do it honestly."
- May 1, 2026
- interview Mutagenic Host - "We didn’t keep a single riff we did not think was absolute mustard."
- April 4, 2026
- interview Replicant - "We wanted Replicant to be raw and uncompromising"
Latest Short Review
- August 29, 2026
- review (Short) Dark Indication - Suppressed Horror
- review (Short) Hädangången - Vädjan
- August 17, 2026
- review (Short) Come Back from the Dead - Ad Nauseam [EP]
- August 15, 2026
- review (Short) Treacher - Hibernation of Death
- August 11, 2026
- review (Short) Petrification - Sever Sacred Light
- August 10, 2026
- review (Short) An-Xul - An-Xul
- August 8, 2026
- review (Short) Atonement - Ripping Death [Demo]
- August 5, 2026
- review (Short) Viogression - Thaumaturgic Veil
- July 22, 2026
- review (Short) Nocturnal Exorcism - Penumbra [EP]
- July 21, 2026
- review (Short) Noctivagum - De Arcanis et Ritibus Sulphuris [EP]
Buried by Time and Dust
- August 31, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Unchurch - Ode to Blasphemy [EP]
- August 29, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Valosta Varjoon - Boarisch Grattlig
- August 24, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Vassago - Storm of Satan
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Vassago - Knights of Hell [Re-Release]
- August 22, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Ulveriddr - Jörðhöll [Demo]
- August 21, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Zaratus - In the Days of Whore
- August 19, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Shitangel - Demo XXX [Demo]
- August 16, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Útgarðar - Fire Smoked upon the Wolf's Back
- August 12, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Valosta Varjoon - Das Flammenmeer
- August 6, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Diabolic - City of the Dead [Compilation]
The Past is Alive
- August 24, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Vassago - Knights of Hell
- July 15, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Dark Oasis - Lurking in the Darkness [EP]
- July 13, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Mutation - Void of Disharmony [EP]
- July 9, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Decollation - Cursed Lands [EP]
- July 8, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Dark Tranquillity - The Mind’s I
- July 7, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
- July 6, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer
- May 22, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Merciless - Realm of the Dark [Demo]
- April 14, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Necro-E - Devoured Periphery [Demo]
- March 15, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Ahrimah - Ain Soph Aur [Demo]
Latest Fanzine Review
- August 15, 2026
- fanzine The Metal Grimoire - Issue #1
- August 2, 2026
- fanzine Necroscope - Issue #41
- fanzine Necroscope – Issue #40
- July 31, 2026
- fanzine Conscious Rot - Issue #4
- fanzine Conscious Rot - Issue #3
- April 13, 2026
- fanzine The Medieval Hagiography - Issue #2
- March 20, 2026
- fanzine Devoured Death Zine - Issue #6(66)
- February 17, 2026
- fanzine The Medieval Hagiography – Issue #1
- February 7, 2026
- fanzine Altar - Issue #1
- December 30, 2025
- fanzine Zwarte Kunst – Issue #1
Latest Articles
- August 9, 2026
- article Highlights of the Month - May 2026
- June 18, 2026
- article Highlights of the Month – April 2026
- May 15, 2026
- article Highlights of the Month – March 2026
- March 30, 2026
- article Highlights of the Month - February 2026
Random Publication
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Phlegethon’s Majesty – Bygone Atonements
review | January 31, 2025