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Latest Updates
- August 21, 2026
- review Cvinger - Rites ov Flesh
- review Plagued - Rotting Dominions [EP]
- review Recremation - Morbid Purulence [EP]
- review Casket - In the Long Run We Are All Dead
- review Psicorragia - Nekromanthra
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Zaratus - In the Days of Whore
- August 20, 2026
- review Reekmind - Glints from the Crematorium [EP]
- review Mithotyn - Nidhogg [Compilation]
- review Ashen Tomb - Ecstatic Death Reign
- August 19, 2026
- review Gosudar - Egocidal Maze Descent [EP]
- review Resurrected - Perpetual
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Shitangel - Demo XXX [Demo]
- August 18, 2026
- review Blood Countess - Imperatrix Sanguinis
- review Black Witchcraft - Ex Ossibus Templum Ei Erigemus
- August 17, 2026
- review Natas / Not-Us - Nuclear Waste 1985-1993 [Compilation]
- review (Short) Come Back from the Dead - Ad Nauseam [EP]
- review Chamber of Mirrors - Tales of Blood
- news Mutation joins forces with Hells Headbangers for the release of 'Esoteric Order of Debauchery': "Mutation aren't here to evolve Death Metal; they’re here to drag it back to its most primal form and make it bleed again."
- August 16, 2026
- review Kyūketsuki - Harakiri Black Metal
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Útgarðar - Fire Smoked upon the Wolf's Back
- review Veia - Tuchulcha / Il ritorno di Tuchulcha (Promo MMXXV) [Demo]
- 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."
- fanzine The Metal Grimoire - Issue #1
- review Riena - Miekka Ja Varjo [EP]
- review (Short) Treacher - Hibernation of Death
- review Suttungr - Eburoons vuur
- August 14, 2026
- news Night Hag return with new album via Rotted Life: "No gimmicks, no polish: just seven tracks of crawling decomposition, oppressive atmosphere, and unrelenting sonic filth."
- review Ninth Realm - Damnation's Veil
- review Hulder - Verbolgen
- review Messticator - Total Mastery
- review Hexella - The Ancient Gaping Mouth
- August 13, 2026
- news Extremely Rotten Productions ready with new album from Azatoth: "'Carnal Lust of Blasphemy' contains eight tracks of total putrid blasphemy that take you to a trip through the visceral hellscapes of the underworld."
- review Revolting - Supernatural Anthems
- review Verletzen - The Blackened Crusade [Re-Release]
- review Verletzen - Usurping the Throne Under the Crown of Blasphemy
- review BlackStream - Psychedelic Grimoire : A Retrospective in Terror
- August 12, 2026
- review Neolith - Inbir
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Valosta Varjoon - Das Flammenmeer
- review Túmulo - Evangelho do Canhoto
- review Vymtocimyx - Becoming [Demo]
Latest Reviews
- August 21, 2026
- review Cvinger - Rites ov Flesh
- review Plagued - Rotting Dominions [EP]
- review Recremation - Morbid Purulence [EP]
- review Casket - In the Long Run We Are All Dead
- review Psicorragia - Nekromanthra
- August 20, 2026
- review Reekmind - Glints from the Crematorium [EP]
- review Mithotyn - Nidhogg [Compilation]
- review Ashen Tomb - Ecstatic Death Reign
- August 19, 2026
- review Gosudar - Egocidal Maze Descent [EP]
- review Resurrected - Perpetual
Latest Interviews
- 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"
- April 3, 2026
- interview Ashen - "We actually had no intentions for the band to go anywhere or do anything."
Latest Short Review
- 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]
- July 17, 2026
- review (Short) Paganizer - Flesh Requiem
- review (Short) Paganizer - Forest of Shub Niggurath [EP]
Buried by Time and Dust
- 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]
- August 5, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Ulvegr - Isblod
- July 26, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Desecresy - Deserted Realms
- July 23, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Xorsist - At the Somber Steps to Serenity
- July 17, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Triumph - Retaliation Warfare
- July 16, 2026
- review (Buried by Time and Dust) Reverence to Paroxysm - Lux Morte
The Past is Alive
- 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]
- February 22, 2026
- review (The Past is Alive) Obfuscate Mass - Confused Darkness [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
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