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Review: Araphel – The Enchanter

It’s happening more and more often that I’m presented with an album that is clearly influenced by the Greek Black Metal scene

There is a certain kind of black metal that does not immediately overwhelm with speed or volume, but instead creeps in slowly,

From the shadowed heart of Spain’s underground emerges Occult Shrine, a band devoted to Black Metal in its most arcane and unrepentant form.

Emerging from the Dutch underground with a sound as uncompromising as it is immersive, The Chösen stand as a manifestation of Black Metal’s enduring

This release sat on my desk for quite some time, simply because I wasn’t entirely sure what to make of it. The

The Greek duo Likno, consisting of Neuroplinter and Flægra, suddenly emerged on the underground firmament in 2024 with their self-titled debut album,

When Necromantia chose to walk The Fiery Path in 1993, the still-young Black Metal scene was struck like lightning. That album functioned

Under the guidance of WolfKult, not to be confused with the label of the same name, the Czech project Isen released its

Man, what is in that Belgian water? Or is something special leaking out of reactor 4 in Doel after all? Belgian black

Once again, one that slipped through the cracks, and this time I must admit to feeling a fair amount of shame, especially