Claimed by claw of Ursa / Sigil etched through flesh and bone…
A cool breath of air is gracing the lands of Worm Gear this week; a welcome respite from the heat, and a refreshing change of mind and weather. Summer is passing quickly (maybe a little too quickly), and a drought of rain is mirroring a drought of new music… We still stagger with reviews for Pantheon of Blood and Infera Bruo from Jim and Marty.
How are you weathering this dry spell? Revisiting old classics? Catching up on albums from this spring or the past year? Is there something amazing that’s flown under our radars? Keep the comments rolling and share your thoughts with us!
Marty Rytkonen
Today is the Day – In the Eyes of God
Windir – Arntor
Ihsahn – After
Sodom – The FInal Sign of Evil
Septic Flesh – Mystic PLaces of Dawn
Siouxsie and the Banshees – A Kiss in the Dream House
Alda – Tahoma
Bastard Priest – Under the Hammer of Destruction
Bilskirnir – Wotansvolk
Impaled Nazarene – Soumi Finlad Perkele
Jim Clifton
Timeghoul – 1992-1994 Discography
Thou Art Lord – The Regal Pulse of Lucifer
Bathory – Nordland I & II
Vemod – Venter På Stormene
Satan – Life Sentence
Sanctuary – Into the Mirror Black
Death – Individual Thought Patterns
Death – Spiritual Healing
Death – Human
Varathron – Stygian Forces of Scorn
Jake Moran
Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings
Raising Holy Sparks – Beyond the Unnamed Bay
The Cloisters – Little Summer / Little Winter
The Cloisters – The Cloisters
United Bible Studies – The Northern Lights And The Northern Dark
United Bible Studies – Spoicke
Nhor – Nhor
Amorphis – Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Echtra – Sky Burial
Molested – Stormvold
Worm Gear 
Arntor! Fucking brilliant!
Been playing a lot of Burzum (that last one sure grows with time) to mentally support Varg in his struggles with the french police (such a load of bullshit, read his Thulean Perspective blog about this AND about his shame for his orange underpants AND a totally cute picture of his daughter).
Apart from that:
Deafheaven – Sunbather. Fucking intense, hipster or not.
Mutilation Rites – Empyrean
Woe – Withdrawal
Woe – Quietly, Undramatically
John Lee Hooker – Anthology
Lately:
Atheist – Unquestionable Presence
Banished From Inferno – Minotaur
Beyond – Fatal Power Of Death
first 3 Bathory
Cancer – The Sins of Mankind
Christicide – Upheaval of the Soul
Cloak Of Altering – Ancient Paths Through Timeless Voids
Craft – Total Soul Rape
Dispirit – 111112
Gnaw Their Tongues – L’Arrivée de la Terne Mort Triomphante
Immortalis – Indicium De Mortuis
Körgull the Exterminator – Metal Fist Destroyer
Lantern – Below
Morne – Shadows
Pentacle – …Rides the Moonstorm
Pentacle – Under the Black Cross
Perdition Temple – Edict Of The Antichrist Elect
Seth – The Howling Spirit
That Banished From Inferno is great! Plus dutch heroes Pentacle, vey well chosen sir!
I have ordered Fatal Power Of Death a couple of days ago (again, summer sale at NWN!, check it out), what do you think of it?
I really like it…I just haven’t had the time yet to fully absorb it. I’ll probably be giving it a few more spins over the next couple of days.
Beyond’s Fatal Power of Death is the best DM album I have heard this year so far. It is f’ing amazing.
I’ve been playing pretty much nothing but that Timeghoul collection, such a cool band
New Gorguts too…which is not exactly an album you want to listen to while doing 10 other things. One has to concentrate on it…
Really want to hear that new Gorguts. I like what I have heard from it so far.
Arch/Matheos – Sympathetic Resonance (hard to believe this is almost 2 years old already)
Cryptopsy – Whisper Supremacy
Iron Maiden – 7th Son
Iron Maiden – Maiden Japan (entire concert)
Sacramentum – The Coming of Chaos
COC – Animosity
Amon Amarth – Deceiver of the Gods
Godflesh – Streetcleaner