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Review: Verletzen – Usurping The Throne Under The Crown of Blasphemy

English: Verletzen, which means “to wound” in German, is a band whose name I had seen floating around before, but one I

English: A new release on Nuclear War Now! from Belgium, but by whom exactly? For now, that remains a mystery. Concrete information

English: Where the mysterious Dutch outfit Nachtheem was once accused of being little more than a copy of Vermod, the individuals behind

English: There are bands that wear their influences on their sleeve, and there are bands that stitch those influences directly into their

Posted on 11 June 2026 / by D.L.B. /

English: With Merg & Been, we mostly write about new releases. As a dear friend of the founder of this platform, I

English: On Tuesday 2 June, Bibelot in Dordrecht was transformed into a true underground bunker where emotion and raw intensity came together.

English: The EP Departure, released in 2025 by Dutch band Ethelmer, has been available online for several months. Although I make a reasonable

English: Walg is now a well-established name in the Dutch black metal landscape. The Groningen-based band will release their new full-length VI

English Walg is a two-man formation from Groningen (the Netherlands) that has been carving out its path at a murderous pace since

English: It is not until this very moment I ever heard from Montreal based Burning the forgotten. They had a debut, called