Black Metal Archives - Metal-Exposure

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CD review 2022

Katharos – Of Lineages Long Forgotten

Didrik May 13, 2022

Sometimes when there’s not much exciting things going on in terms of releases I have a look through every metalhead’s favourite site – Metal Archives – and click on a few bands with alluring-sounding...

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CD review 2022

Watain – The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain

Erik May 1, 2022

The last few decades Watain has managed to gather quite a following. With albums “Casus Luciferi”, “Lawless Darkness” and “Trident Wolf Eclipse” they manage to display pure blackness in excellent form. After four years...

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CD review 2022

Abbath – Dread Reaver

Erik March 30, 2022

If there should be a contest of which album cover is the most butt ugly: Abbath’s newest spawn “Dread Reaver” would surely be the winner of 2022. Luckily, I won’t only judge his third...

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CD review 2022

Dark Funeral – We Are The Apocalypse

Erik March 11, 2022

Together with Marduk, Dissection and a few other genre-breaking bands, Dark Funeral put Sweden on the black metal map in the beginning of the nineties. Their debut EP “Dark Funeral” and first full length...

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CD review 2022

Celeste – Assassine(s)

Erik March 2, 2022

If you have read my one and only live review of 2021 you might have noticed that I have already been acquainted with Celeste. And during a performance on the Soulcrusher festival I just...

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CD review 2022

Kluizenaer- Ein Abbild Der Leere

Erik February 4, 2022

Looking at the name of this band you might think that Kluizenaer (Hermit) comes from the Netherlands. Nothing is further from the truth since they come from Potsdam/Brandenburg, which is in fact Germany. With...

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CD review 2022

Helleruin / De Gevreesde Ziekte – Invincible / Ω

Erik January 7, 2022

If you have read my year list you have seen undoubtedly that Helleruin has made an entrance with its hellish’ “War upon Man”. In January they have collaborated with De Gevreesde Ziekte which has...

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CD review 2022

A taste of New Era Productions

Erik January 6, 2022

In the last few weeks of 2021 I ordered a few albums from New Era Productions which has an excellent E-shop selling known and lesser known Black Metal releases. But besides this, New Era...

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CD review 2021

Negură Bunget – Zău

Metal-Exposure December 28, 2021

It came as a bit of a surprise to find out that Romania’s pagan black metal band Negură Bunget (translating to dark, misty forest), would release a new album. The group, widely known to...

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CD review 2021

Editor’s pick 2021: Laetitia

Metal-Exposure December 25, 2021

Even more than ‘the’ pandemic year, 2021 has been a real challenge. After months in lockdown, it looked like the live music scene would slowly but surely re-open, just to have it shut down...