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Black Mind’s Eye: The art of Anthony Roberts

by Alex on Jan 11, 2012 • 3 Comments

An interview and feature concerning the art of Anthony Roberts, whose work has graced the output of Electric Wizard, Urfaust and Unearthly Trance.

Features

Wildernessking – The Writing of Gods in the Sand

by Richard on Jan 6, 2012 • 8 Comments

Exclusive to Lurker's Path, stream the astonishing debut album from Cape Town's Wildernessking.

Features / Interviews

The lost art of the music video: An interview with Justin Oakey

by Richard on Jan 4, 2012 • No Comments

Having produced sterling videos for Godstopper, Gates and Hexvessel among others, filmmaker Justin Oakey guides us through life on his side of the lens.

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Starve/Terzij de Horde – A Chosen Hollow

by Richard on Jan 3, 2012 • 2 Comments

Stream the new split from the Netherland's finest in its entirety. Sludge-merchants Starve come to blows with the forward-thinking black metal of Terzij de Horde in a unified concept of "a chosen hollow".

Interviews

An interview with Caïna

by Rob on Nov 17, 2011 • No Comments

Andy Curtis-Brignell guides us through the world of Caïna's final album, Hands that Pluck.

Articles / Features

Label Spotlight II: None Shall Defy

by Richard on Nov 9, 2011 • No Comments

LURKER talks pure black metal and the merits of vinyl with None Shall Defy. The article includes reviews of Deathgate Arkanum, I Shalt Become, Animus Mortis, Akitsa, Horns and Die Toten kehren wieder mit dem Wind.

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The History of Leviathan; He Whom Shadows Move Towards

by Alex on Oct 30, 2011 • 1 Comment

Reflections on Leviathan's history including a review of the upcoming album True Traitor, True Whore. Deciphering legend within Wrest's briar.

Articles / Features

Blut Aus Nord’s 777 Trilogy

by Alex on Oct 5, 2011 • 6 Comments

An exploration of the themes at play in the 777 trilogy and the ideological background of this acclaimed entity.

Interviews

Probing the Archaic: Interview with Antediluvian

by Alex on Sep 14, 2011 • 1 Comment

This fall Antediluvian will release 'Through the Cervix of Hawaah'. Haasiophis discusses music, the bible, the reptile brain and other oddities.

Interviews

An interview with Lev Weinstein (Krallice, Bloody Panda, Astomatous)

by Rob on Aug 24, 2011 • 5 Comments

LURKER catches up with one of the finest drummers in metal today.

Articles / Features / Reviews

LURKER’s guide to: Progressive Rock

by Richard on Jul 7, 2011 • 11 Comments

During a month of music-induced delirium, one lurker gazed a little too deep into where rock has been and where it is going.

Interviews

Conversing with Nortt

by Alex on Jun 21, 2011 • 5 Comments

Nortt speaks about his monuments to melancholy.

Articles / Reviews

Paracletus: The trilogy comes full circle

by Richard on Nov 7, 2010 • 31 Comments

Deathspell Omega is the most relevant band in black metal. This is non-negotiable. They have received as much criticism as praise for their challenging take on the genre but remain untouchable and transcendent. Now with the final part of the trilogy Paracletus impending, LURKER looks into Deathspell Omega's past and...

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End of week lists #2, #3 and #4

by Rob on Jan 28, 2012 • No Comments

Three more weeks of excellent listening.

Reviews

Dodecahedron

by Richard on Jan 24, 2012 • 8 Comments

Lurking in the heart of the Netherlands, another faceless unit rises to rend black metal's corpse asunder.

Reviews

Monarch – Omens

by Daniel on Jan 23, 2012 • 1 Comment

Feedback-fuelled incantations of a French witch.

Reviews

Year of the Goat – Lucem Ferre

by John on Jan 22, 2012 • 2 Comments

Masterful hymns from the Sabbatic craft.

Reviews

Embrace of Thorns – Praying for Absolution

by Nick G on Jan 15, 2012 • 3 Comments

Embrace of Thorns return to destroy all in their path.

Reviews

Saturnalia Temple – Aion of Drakon

by John on Jan 15, 2012 • 3 Comments

Mind-bending occult doom.

Articles

End-of-week list #1

by Rob on Jan 15, 2012 • 12 Comments

My seven picks for the first week of 2012.

Articles / Reviews

Demos from the dark past: Timeghoul

by Richard on Jan 12, 2012 • 6 Comments

A masterclass in true-to-form death metal. Dark Decent Records have released Timeghoul's demos as a compilation, and about time too.

Reviews

Asva – Presences of Absences

by Daniel on Jan 11, 2012 • 6 Comments

Good things come to those who wait. Asva's latest album, Presences of Absences, was brewed to perfection over three years and it's their most daring effort to date.