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Finnish black metal veterans BAPTISM return with ‘V: The Devil’s Fire’, their first new album in four years and their Season of Mist debut. As tracks like “Abyss”, “Satananda”, “Malignant Shadows” and the title track illustrate, BAPTISM founder and visionary Lord Sargofagian is unwavering in his pursuit of crafting of black metal anthems. BAPTISM are among the black metal elite, and ‘V: The Devil’s Fire’ refines the grim art of black metal orthodoxy into a sharper, more vicious weapon.
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CRAFT return to strike terror once again with their long-awaited new album ‘White Noise and Black Metal’. Their first new album in over seven years, ‘White Noise and Black Metal’ sees the notorious and highly influential Swedish black metal band reclaiming their throne as one of the most intimidating and caustic entities in the underground. A cold and calculated attack on hope and the light, CRAFT spew nihilism and negativity in its purest forms. ‘White Noise and Black Metal’ is a true manifesto of hostility, and a testament to the genre’s most elite and uncompromising band!

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As a rule within the Black Metal scene many followers always consider any band’s first album to be the best. This also applies to DRUDKH as they created their trademark Slavonic Pagan Metal sound with “Forgotten Legends”, which embraces epic folk-influenced melodies and creates cinematic and luxuriant atmospheres charged with melancholy. To this day the three epic tracks and one outro are regarded as one of the highlights of the Pagan Black Metal genre. With “Forgotten Legends” the acclaimed beginning of DRUDKH is finally available in a carefully re-mastered and improved version with additional artwork.

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After their Neo-Folk opus, ‘Songs of Grief and Solitude’, with this latest effort DRUDKH returns to their Black Metal roots, with five long compositions in the epic and melancholic vein of ‘Forgotten Legends’, although with better sound, organic drums, and brilliant bass playing, in sum displaying the sophistication of ‘Blood in Our Wells’.

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Translated from “hatred” in Gaelic, FUATH is the atmospheric black metal offshoot of SAOR’s Andy Marshall.
Taking inspiration from arguably black metal’s most fertile and explosive period — the early to mid-1990s — the music channels the unrelenting tenor and iciness of forebears DARKTHRONE and MAYHEM, as well as the mystery and atmosphere of bands like WINDIR.

‘II’ marks a huge progression from FUATH debut album ‘I’ (2016), with better-crafted songs, sharper black metal vocals from Marshall and enhanced production values.

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‘La Morsure du Christ’ is the phosphoric sequel to Seth’s acclaimed 1998 debut ‘Les blessures de l’âme.’

A grand recrudescence composed in alexandrine metre, these progenitors of French black metal celebrate the conflagration and demise of Notre Dame de Paris as the end of the Christian reign and the ultimate betrayal of God, with the grandeur of orthodox black metal.

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n a scene of countless carbon copies and soulless attempts to evoke the majesty of the ancient Swedish Black/Death Metal legacy, WATAIN stand alone solemnly. They are watching from the shadows, in genuine victorious sincerity. These Satanic Swedes’ heavily sought after debut release “Rabid Death’s Curse” is finally available again! Initially released in a very limited quantity exclusively to the underground, the originals have been capturing large amounts at internet auctions. Now re-mastered and complete in a glorious digi-pack with a bonus track and all new artwork.
“Watain being one of the best bands truly dedicated to keeping the flickering flame of black metal burning black. Utterly cult and underground yet undeniably skilled and intelligent. It’s feral, fast, frenzied and ferocious.”

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WINDIR’s third record ‘1184’ (2001) marked a stylistic change from its predecessor.
While the album is still very much rooted in black metal and heavily breathes atmosphere, Valfar and co-songwriter Hvall stared experimenting with electronic influences. Because of this, the album provoked mixed reactions upon its release.
Now, 20 years after its original release, ‘1184’ is seen as the album that pushed WINDIR to new creative heights and regarded by many fans as their absolute best.

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Regarded today as a hallmark in the folk / viking black metal scene, the influence of WINDIR’s sophomore record ‘Arntor’ (1999) is not to be underestimated and can be easily compared to that of BATHORY.
The roots that put down with debut ‘Sóknadalr’ were strengthened with this album. Combining icy guitar riffs and building atmosphere with epic melodies, ‘Arntor’ is the album that introduced the band to an international audience and is widely recognized as an inspiration for many folk / pagan metal bands today.