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Lawless Darkness (Season of Mist). Review by Matthew Moyer.

A tangle of corpse paint, murky ideologies, and total atonal extremity, this is music for the committed outsider.

Monoliths and Dimensions (Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Helvete - Det Iskalde Mørket (Candlelight). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Black Cascade (Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.

What? You’ve watched every episode of Metalocalypse and find yourself with nothing left to fill the sick, black void in your soul? Get thee to the source, man. Scott Adams recommends this Viking-fueled history of Black Metal.

Matthew Moyer wonders whether Maybelline or perhaps a more sinister faction is responsible for Gorgoroth’s awesomeness.

Anthology (Candlelight). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Apocalyptic Visions (Ván Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Manifesting the Raging Beast (Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Sworn to the Dark (Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Stench of Redemption (Earache Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

In Sorte Diaboli (Nuclear Blast). Review by Jen Cray.

Blood Inside (The End). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Apocalypse Dudes + Ass Cobra (Epitaph Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Kali Yuga Bizarre (World War III Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Beyond the Apocalypse (Candlelight). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

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Scattered Ashes (Candlelight Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.