"Nostalgia" EP by Coldworld

Black Metal from Germany.

Released 23-July-2018.

Coldworld, is a one-man band created in 2005 by Georg Börner (all instruments, vocals and lyrics). This year it has returned with a couple of EP's ("Interludium" and "Nostalgia" both in July) and a split with Farsot titled "Toteninsel" in September.

"Nostalgia" caught my eye as it's a good tribute to 90s black metal, not a repertoire of old covers but original music in raw 90s style, with great cold atmospheres and an old school sound. Recommended!


Digital and CD (Coldworld/Bandcamp)
https://coldworldofficial.bandcamp.com/album/nostalgia

https://www.facebook.com/ColdWorldOfficial/

"Att Öde Vara" EP by Svältvinter

Black Metal, Sweden.

Released 13 July 2018.

This self released EP came out in July on bandcamp. Killer straightforward, fast-paced black metal with venomous harsh vocals and catchy riffs. Recommended, Check it out!


Digital and CD (Svältvinter / Bandcamp)
https://svaltvinter.bandcamp.com/album/att-de-vara


https://www.facebook.com/SvaltvinterBlackmetal/

Band Members:
Skogsfödd: Drums
Fjällvind: Bass
Irrbloss: Guitar
Svältrot: Vocals
Cornicula: Guitar

"Visions Of Doom" EP by Finis

Black/Death Metal from Germany.

Released on 9-July-2018.

First time I've listened to Finis, a mysterious trio from Germany,  and to their debut EP "Visions of Doom" relesed by Iron Bonehead Productions on CD and 12" vinyl format. The CD version shall include the band's sold-out debut demo, At One With Nothing, as bonus tracks.

It is best described by the label as a ghostly and gangrenous creation with their compositions patiently building, swirling about the listener in an entrancing haze, and then layers fall off while others are built back upon, creating further trance - and even more tension. It's subtly bewitching, and more so uniquely done when placed within the wider context of the modern black/death underground.

Digital, CD and Vynil (Iron Bonehead Productions/Bandcamp)
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/finis-visions-of-doom

"III" by Teuras

Black Metal, Finland.

Release Date July 2018

This three member band has been active since 2013 with their third album "III" being released this summer. Overall is a good black metal album with some tracks having intense fast blasts beats I enjoyed such "Diabolus Ab Inferi" and "Return to Winterborgir" being my favourite, other tracks are perhaps more generic and reminiscent of Immortal and Abbath but still enjoyable and confident many of you will appreciate this album.

Band Members:
Suu - Vocals & Guitar,
Sorkka - Bass
Tauti - Drums

Digital (Teuras, Bandcamp)
https://teurasband.bandcamp.com/album/iii
CD's:
https://www.levykauppax.fi/artist/teuras/iii/?fbclid=IwAR0_5IB-omdZeQQz71Zw-1LVfXsppnVwkMoTmiNZXLkpPnUfnSh6ECctbuQ

Physical copies direct from the band also.
https://www.facebook.com/teurasband/

"Order of Vengeance" by Runespell

Black Metal from Australia.

Released 6-July-2018.

Hailing from the shit-hot true Australian black metal scene, Runespell is the work of one Nightwolf, considered by those in the know to be arguably the busiest man in OZBM, maintaining as he does the equally prolific Eternum and Blood Stronghold. While bearing aesthetic similarities to those two bands - this is the purest, most mystical black metal after all - Runespell is a majestic rumination on the mysteries of war and bloodshed, vengeance and valor, memory and destiny.

Order of Vengeance is the second album that followed shortly after the first album "Unhallowed Blood Oath", also released by Iron Bonehead last year.


Digital, LP and CD (Runespell & Iron Bonehead Productions/Bandcamp and Store)
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/runespell-order-of-vengeance

MORE INFO:
http://www.ironbonehead.de
http://www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions

"In Nomine Rex Inferni" by Occultum

Black Metal from Poland.

Release Date July 2018.

Occultum returns with the second album “In Nomine Rex Inferni”; a classic, uncompromising black metal. An altar dripping in blood, filled with venom, cloaked in death. Seven hymns for Lord of Darkness glories, glory of Death, possession in Darkness embrace! Instinctive hatred turned into a disdain for holy symbols. Armageddon which nothing will stop. Album released on the gold CD. All copies are hand numbered.

Digital and CD (Old Temple, Bandcamp)
https://oldtemple.bandcamp.com/album/occultum-in-nomine-rex-inferni
https://www.shop.oldtemple.com/occultum-in-nomine-rex-inferni-p-805.html

https://www.facebook.com/eryk.temple

"Refuse to Exist!" by Goatskullt

Black Metal from Helsinki, Finland.

Release Date June 2018.

Goatskullt, a threepiece black metal band from Helsinki that plays a style of raw and old school black metal have released their debut full length album Refuse To Exist!

"... Dark  sounding  synths  start  off  the  album  before  going  into  a  heavier  direction  while  the  faster  sections  of  the  songs  also  use  a  great  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats  which  also  gives  the  songs  a  more  raw  feeling  along  with  the  vocals  being  mostly  hateful  black   metal  screams.

 A  great  amount  of  90's  influences  can  be  heard  in  the  bands  musical  style  while  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  decent  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  along  with  some  melodies  also  being  added  into  the  guitar  riffing  at  times,  spoken  word  parts  and  melodic  vocals  can  also  be  heard  briefly  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them and  as  the  album  progresses  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing  can  also  be  heard.

 Goatskullt  plays  a  style  of  black  metal  that  is  very raw  in  the  90's  tradition,  the  production  sounds  very  raw  and  old  school  while  the  lyrics  are  written  in  a  mixture  of  Finnish  and  English  and  cover  Satanism  and  Anti  Life  themes..." (Occult Black Metal Zine)

http://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/2018/06/goatskulltrefuse-to-exist2018-full.html


Digital (Goatskullt, Bandcamp)
https://goatskullt.bandcamp.com