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Review / Gravpel – Power To The Filthy Masses
A black metal horde bent on revolution.
The Very First Astral Noize Video Essay Is Out Now
In the first part of our trilogy on censorship, police violence and the profit motive within the black metal and drill scenes, we examine the commonalities the black metal scene has with the UK drill scene, and what these two things say about censorship and state violence.
Review / Vow – Icarian
A blackened sludge odyssey.
Review / Wolves in the Throne Room – Primordial Arcana
The lords of Cascadia return with heightened focus.
Review / Aamutähti – Demo 2021
A promising, punkish black metal demo.
Review / madam data – The Gospel of the Devourer
A vital collision of noise and metal.
Review / Necrosexual – Seeds of Seduction EP
Black metal collides with burlesque on a riotously fun EP.
Review / Fluisteraars – Gegrepen door de Geest der Zielsontluiking
A vocally virtuosic black metal journey into the Dutch forests.
Review / Xanathar – The Towers
A perfectly-formed EP of raw black metal and optimistic dungeon synth.