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Acathexis – Immerse (Amor Fati/Extraconscious Records) Acathexis’ self-titled debut from 2018 is one that still bears repeated listens, personally, many years later. With some of the best known and hardest working musicians within black metal behind the band, it was always clear that this is a band to watch. Featuring Jacob Buczarski, Déhà and Dany Tee (each with a list of credits … Read more

Arkhtinn – 三度目の災害 (Prava Collective) The mysterious Prava Collective release music by a handful of artists (who may or may not be in every band or at least more than one), each digital drop containing a plethora of music that encompasses the entire label’s roster while Amor Fati handle the physical side of things. Arkhtinn were the first to come out of … Read more

It's time, once again, for Only Death Is Real to make an appearance. This is the twenty second edition of the column and I'll be honest with you, writing is becoming harder each time. Sitting down to purposefully do something is difficult, opening the laptop seems to get scarier and just hitting the keys and trying to say something cohesive … Read more

Music is often a vessel in which ideas not easily described can be laid out and processed in ways other than conversation. For Luxembourgish dark folk band ROME, that is certainly the case, as founder Jerome Reuter explains to us in the following interview. Disclaimer: the interview was sent at the beginning of the year and, as will become apparent … Read more

It’s been said before, probably by me, that ROME is one of the hardest working musical projects out there. In the last year alone Jerome Reuter (the main driving force of the band) has released two full lengths, a live album and gone on at least two European tours. How … Read more

Cult Of Luna + A.A. Williams and Brutus Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland Cult Of Luna’s power lies in their ability to build layers of sound and with it, layers of emotion. Their live show has long been held in high regard for its stunning light effects, the huge walls of sound that … Read more

Conjurer + Earth Moves and Armed For Apocalypse KIFF, Aarau, Switzerland Conjurer's rise has been one that seems particularly fast with the band making huge strides in only three years of existence. However, it’s been as much a case of working hard as being in the right place, at the … Read more

Sunn O))) with Caspar Brötzmann, 09/10/2019 Kaserne, Basel CH On this cold, somewhat rainy evening in Basel, the expectations for what will come are high. Sunn O))) are riding the waves of Life Metal, released earlier this year to great acclaim and a partner to the still to come Pyroclasts, and this evening feels like … Read more

Released originally in 2018 in limited quantities, We Are Falling is the most recent full-length from Polish forest folk act By The Spirits. After gaining cult status within the neo-folk scene after its release and the band going on to play with several well known figures in that musical world (Of The Wand … Read more

French band Diablation may be a new name for the underground black metal scene, yet they have long been a part of the French musical world with members who have previously played in Seth and Ad Inferna, making up the band. They are soon to release their debut album, Allégeance, via … Read more

The long running Roadburn Festival will be back for a special edition in 2021. Having been postponed in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Festival also announced that the 2021 edition would not be able to take place in the way that fans are used to. However, the organisational … Read more

“Eerie Freezing Winds” marks Obscurae’s return from the cold and is the second single to be released from their forthcoming album, To Walk the Path of Sorrows. While, technically, many of these songs have been available before, the band have reworked and rerecorded them in order to be in line … Read more