SEPTEKH Release Debut Studio Album ‘Plan For World Domination’ May 2nd, 2014 Mörkö, Sweden-based blackened death / thrash metal group Septekh issued debut full-length studio album Plan For World Domination on May 2nd, 2014 through Abyss Records. The effort was also released as a limited (200 hand numbered copies) double vinyl LP via Studio 508 […]

MALHKEBRERevelation I, Voidhanger (2014)Rating: 7.5/10 I was introduced to this French black metal quartet by way of a rather grim / hilarious (delete where applicable) photograph in which the foursome – naked and spattered with blood – were knelt in some dank chamber and worshipping some unholy altar. Of course, not all of us want […]

SEPTEKHPlan For World Domination Abyss (2014)Rating: 8/10 After three EPs, Sweden’s Septekh have finally released their debut 13-track full-length album, and it’s one that showcases their talent for blackened thrash metal. This quartet are an interesting bunch, however, because they are not afraid to mix their extreme metal spurts with sprigs of traditional metal, which […]

SPECTRAL LOREIII I, Voidhanger (2014)Rating: 7.5/10 Blessed with fantastic sleeve art by Benjamin Vierling, Greek progressive black metallers Spectral Lore has dropped its fourth full-length opus since their 2005 inception. III follows on from 2012’s Sentinel, and it’s fair to say that as the band has progressed it has gotten better. All of the improvements […]