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State Sanctioned Death: A Comment on Australia’s Extreme Metal Grant Controversy

Written by Andrew. An interesting tidbit caught my eye on Facebook this morning; Neil Mitchell, a Melbourne based radio host (and “one of Australia’s most experienced journalists,” claims the website ...

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“Sorcery and Religion in Ancient Scandinavia” by Varg Vikernes

Over the years, it’s become abundantly clear that black metal began as a movement for paganism. The more history that comes to light, i.e., the more Varg Vikernes gives interviews, ...

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Post-industrial News, 9th May 2012

LITERATURE The “Heidnisches Jahrbuch 2012″ by Holger Kliemannel and Wolfgang Bauer has been released recently from EDITION ROTER DRACHE in Germany.  This book is 440 pages and contains 50 illustrations ...

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Ne Obliviscaris – Portal of I

It might be bad form to admit this, but when I discovered ...
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Brighter Death Now – Innerwar [Reissue]

I feel like Brighter Death Now should need little to no introduction ...
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Burzum – Umskiptar

Varg Vikernes has been really busy after finally being released from that ...
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Stone Breath – The Night Birds Psalm

The more output that Stone Breath has in their now nearing two-decade ...
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Arcana – Emerald

What is there to say about Arcana that has not already been ...
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Secrets of the Moon – Seven Bells

As the black light of knowledge emanates from the most arcane and ...

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Falkenstein – Kraftort

Tobias Franke returns, reprising the role that he played in 2008′s Heimatfolk release schedule and offering up his third record overall with “Kraftort”.  We unfortunately didn’t get to hear “Heiliger Wald” which was released on Tobias’ own label Kraftplatz Records, but “Kraftort” appears to be a necessary and expected continuation of the work that he [...]

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Sturmpercht / Rauhnacht – Zur Ew’gen Ruh

From the cold Austrian alps blows in this two-track EP that serves as a ghostly fingerprint in the realm of Germanic Folklore.  Though the artists take a separate approach towards finding the spirit of the featured songs of the same name, both achieve an element of surrealism and ancient mysticism.  As a separate entity however, [...]

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Soulsearch – Liedersammlung

This review is long overdue to say the least, and in keeping with that line of thought, this very release in itself celebrates a young career that was sadly far too short for the intelligence and musical prowess found within their music.  Soulsearch was a project that hailed from Salzburg, Austria and took form in [...]

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This Immortal Coil – The Dark Age of Love

I remember a time when nearly unlistenable cds of gimmicky nu-metal and corporate monopop cover songs whose best quality was generally the incongruity between the songs of their target group and the anonymous studio string quartets hired to play them were plague and bane of the bargain bins in the local record stores. However, I [...]

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Pleasure and Patience: Talking with James from Ahlzagailzehguh

Ahlzagailzehguh is a name that has popped up in noise for well over a decade now, associated with top quality noise releases that range from violent cut-ups to long, sustained blasts of pummeling wall noise. A no-frills and full-contact approach puts the project in league with a 90s harsh noise spirit and is typified by [...]

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