Reviews
Horse Latitudes - Awakening

Horse Latitudes – Awakening

Obelisk riffs of ritual and tradition, revelations from the mouth of madness, reverberations that move the soul. Horse Latitudes return.
Lunar Aurora - Hoagascht

Lunar Aurora – Hoagascht

Only a band with all the mystique, prestige and influence of Lunar Aurora can reawaken something quite profound within this cold husk.
Teitanblood - Purging Tongues

Teitanblood – Purging Tongues

... and we will descend into the eternal torment...
Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel

Drudkh – Eternal Turn of the Wheel

Despite its strengths, Drudkh's new offering is impossible to love.
Profetus - …to Open the Passages in Dusk

Profetus – …to Open the Passages in Dusk

As is tradition, it takes a Finnish band to show the others how to play funeral doom fit for the house of God.
Northward - In Sturmes Wind

Northward – In Sturmes Wind

Northward surprise with their ability to channel the fuzzed out euphoria of Forest and Branikald through the blasting melodies of Ukraine circa 2003. Mandatory.
Orange Goblin – A Eulogy for the Damned

Orange Goblin – A Eulogy for the Damned

The UK stoner rock heavyweights return with spliffs a-blazing to unleash this surprise hit.
Mario Diaz de Leon – Hypnos

Mario Diaz de Leon – Hypnos

"Pulsating hypnotic ecstasy" seems to aptly sum up composer Mario Diaz de Leon's new album.
Dodecahedron

Dodecahedron

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

Monarch – Omens

Feedback-fuelled incantations of a French witch.
Year of the Goat - Lucem Ferre

Year of the Goat – Lucem Ferre

Masterful hymns from the Sabbatic craft.
Embrace of Thorns - Praying for Absolution

Embrace of Thorns – Praying for Absolution

Embrace of Thorns return to destroy all in their path.