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All it really takes is firing up your music-playing program of choice to realize that DarkThrone have been on an absolute tear over the past few years. Old Star released in 2019, and it was only last year that I was reviewing Eternal Hails, which is why I was pleasantly surprised when I was given the opportunity to review their latest effort, Astral Fortress.
Read MoreFinnish underground stalwarts, FÖRGJORD return to the fore with their latest exhortation into black metal miasma - Laulu Kuolemasta. A well-kept secret from Finland, the band is not quiet on their musical offerings, rather, delivering a high intensity, thoughtful evocation of raw, yet cogent black metal. Raw, bleeding, and with plenty of cadences to keep the rhythms moving forward, the production on Laulu Kuolemasta is laceratingly chilly, tinged with bitterness, and sung in native Finnish tongue.
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