Minneriket – Gjennom meg går ingen til hvile 9/10 Gjennom meg går ingen til hvile (GMGITH) is the result of six-year labor of love for solo artist Stein Akslen, the result is an album full of collaborations that continue the Norwegians journey through the realm of Romantic Black Metal. The result is surprising, diverse, Heavy, Beautiful, abstract, and purposeful. The list of artists is long and diverse but compliments the classical tone that also lurches and hurls itself

Novichoke – Wounds 9.5/10 Forewarned is forearmed and Novichoke epitomizes its namesake with a crushing three track ep that is savage, barbaric, and utterly brutal. Taking the traditional elements of Death and Black metal to create a sonic noise piece of work that is marching in war like quality. Descendant is torturous with its huge relentless march and experimental sonic battery, Rite of suicide is inherently violent with a great riff that swirls and attacks, and Wound

It has been over 11 years since the release of Akelei’s last album, the fantastic De zwaarte van het doorstane. Finally, after a long hiatus Akelei have returned with the impressive Een Van ons, a release that is both personal and passionate. It is atmospheric, heavy and was inevitable as Misha Nuis (Vocals Guitars) explains ‘’Akelei was always going to return with new music. There were hurdles, certainly. Changes in personal life, changes in the band, changes in the world. W

Unmother is the brutal reflection of the dystopian society that threatens to engulf them. Declwa (guitars and bass) and Azoso (guitars and vox) are half of the London based outfit that refuse to compromise when others choose to do so and accept the untenable to their core beliefs. ‘’The band was created by the need to play the -back to the roots black metal- music that we grew up with. All of us are musicians in other bands in different genres but none of the genres that we d