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Totengott – Beyond the Veil (2024) – Review

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2024 may very well turn into a new year where abject metal malevolence hits hard all over again. Seems to be a sign of the time with all that upheaval going on in the world around us.

So, here’s to Totengott from – Spain (not Germany). Starting out as a Celtic Frost cover band, they found their very own sound in some weird thrashy, doom-laden Black Metal thing. And it’s a sound that piqued the interest of the folks over at the RMR Review Desk. Which can be good – or bad, depending. And yet, magic spells galore spew forth … [...] Click to raid more!

Sarcoptes – Prayers to Oblivion (2023) – Review

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Sarcoptes do like it dreary – and brutal to a fine point. Already their rough-hewn EP Plague Hymns was a friggin’ scorcher and it landed them straight on the 2020 Top 3 year-end list for EPs.

And the band truly does like its themes, too. There’s no light or joy left in that dystopian and depressive end-of-world view of theirs. Grim topics such as disease, endless war, massacres, and catastrophes abound. That’s their daily rotten bread. All of that served with a mighty stew of gore and tribulation and an avalanche of energy to turn Anaal Nathrakh yellow1 with … [...] Click to raid more!

Vulture Lord – Desecration Rite (2021) – Review

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You might have guessed it. It is time to, yet again, descend into the darkened pit of diabolical lore and corpses BBQed on glowing tridents. On the menu are Vulture Lord, the band that remained without a major release for some 18 years since their second full studio record hit the airwaves. To top all that, this band pretty much is a leftover of the old Scandinavian Black Metal lore. After all, they did start in 1995 or so.

And – long after the demise of their former guitarist Trond Bråthen aka Trondr Nefas in 2012 – they are … [...] Click to raid more!