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Ex-Berzerker member speaks: The Senseless - "The Floating World"

Ex-Berzerker member speaks: The Senseless – “The Floating World”

Sam Bean (ex-The Berzerker, ex-Mithras) waxes poetic on the injustices of the extreme music industry and the science of metal solitude.
LURKER's guide to the Great Norwegian Death

LURKER’s guide to the Great Norwegian Death

Join us on a twelve-song journey through a long forgotten scene.
Wildernessking - The Writing of Gods in the Sand

Wildernessking – The Writing of Gods in the Sand

Exclusive to Lurker's Path, stream the astonishing debut album from Cape Town's Wildernessking.
The lost art of the music video: An interview with Justin Oakey

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

Having produced sterling videos for Godstopper, Gates and Hexvessel among others, filmmaker Justin Oakey guides us through life on his side of the lens.
Starve/Terzij de Horde – A Chosen Hollow

Starve/Terzij de Horde – A Chosen Hollow

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".
William-Adolphe Bouguereau

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Glimpses of a Golden Age at the hands of a French master.
Greed & Rapacity - Loki Bound

Greed & Rapacity – Loki Bound

Stream 'Loki Bound' in its entirety and revel in the blackened funeral mire of Greed & Rapacity.
Label Spotlight II: None Shall Defy

Label Spotlight II: None Shall Defy

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.
The History of Leviathan; He Whom Shadows Move Towards

The History of Leviathan; He Whom Shadows Move Towards

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

Nooumena – Argument With Eagerness

Experimental French outfit Nooumena leave this LURKER speechless with their debut venture into the realm of experimental, avant-jazz/rock. Stream the album here.
Blut Aus Nord's 777 Trilogy

Blut Aus Nord’s 777 Trilogy

An exploration of the themes at play in the 777 trilogy and the ideological background of this acclaimed entity.
Thrall's Vermin to the Earth

Thrall’s Vermin to the Earth

Heartfelt misanthropy. The sound of conviction. Orthodox black metal of its own calibre. LURKER discusses Vermin to the Earth with Thrall.