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Newsletter #35 - July 9th, 2021
Greetings,

Hmm, let's see what's happened recently. So, we finally heard the new Darkthrone album last month, Taake's "Avvik" compilation came out last week, the new Mayhem EP is finally here (releases today), a bunch of new music videos are out (Yoth Iria, Wolves in the Throne Room, Agrypnie, Suidakra, Thyrfing...), and Hellfest revealed their ambitious plans for the 2022 edition of their festival with over 350 bands.

Oh, and another change has been made to the site this month, which you may have already noticed. After 10 years under the BestBlackMetalAlbums.com domain, the site has now moved permanently to Lycanthropia.net.

To cut a long story short, the original name was always meant to be a temporary placeholder of sorts, but I became complacent and, year after year, kept putting off changing it to something less generic.

However, over the last couple of months, an increasing amount of server problems with the previous provider, together with their reluctance to acknowledge or fix the problem, prompted me to finally migrate to a new server, and it was also the perfect opportunity to change the name as well.

Why "Lycanthropia", you ask? I dunno, werewolves 'n' shit, sounds cool innit.

Anyway, here's highlights from the last month, enjoy...

Regards,
Imperator
News highlights:

- New Wolves in the Throne Room song online (0)
- Mayhem confirm European tour dates for 2022 (0)
- Update to Google Chrome right-click search plugin (0)
- New Taake compilation album out now (0)
- Migration to Lycanthropia.net (2)
- New Darkthrone album out now, with new song streaming online (0)
- Hellfest reveal line-up for extended 2022 edition (0)
- Yoth Iria streaming new music video from their latest album (2)

Review highlights:

- Panopticon - ...and Again into the Light (2021)
- Darkthrone - Eternal Hails...... (2021)
- Sinira - The Everlorn (2020)
- Ninkharsag - The Dread March of Solemn Gods (2021)
- Lamp of Murmuur - Heir of Ecliptical Romanticism (2020)
- Hellripper - Coagulating Darkness (2017)
- Këkht Aräkh - Pale Swordsman (2021)

Forum highlights:

- Random songs #1 (85)
- Who are your favourite drummers? (8)
- Documentary About Enslaved (0)

New Wolves in the Throne Room song online

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on July 8th, 2021 0 Comments

A second track is now available for listening from the upcoming "Primordial Arcana" album, which is due to be released on the 20th of August.

New Wolves in the Throne Room song online

American atmospheric Black Metal band Wolves in the Throne Room are scheduled to releasing their next full-length album, which is titled "Primordial Arcana", on the 20th of August.

While we wait, the band has made a new song from the album available for listening, specifically the album's ...

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Mayhem confirm European tour dates for 2022

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on July 8th, 2021 0 Comments

The tour, titled "Northen Ritual MMXXII", will be accompanied by Mortiis, who will be performing material from the early days.

Mayhem confirm European tour dates for 2022

Norwegian Black Metal legends Mayhem have just revealed the details for their upcoming 2022 tour of Europe. The band will be accompanied by Mortiis, who will be performing material from their mid-90s "Era I" period to fit the occasion. Other guests will be announced later on as the tour ...

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Update to Google Chrome right-click search plugin

SITE NEWS

Posted by Imperator on July 7th, 2021 0 Comments

With the move to Lycanthropia.net, the old search plugin remains obsolete.

Update to Google Chrome right-click search plugin

Some of you might be using the right-click search plugin for Google Chrome that was made for BestBlackMetalAlbums.com in 2017 by the great Chrysthian Chrisley.

With the move to Lycanthropia.net, that plugin is now obsolete, so he has kindly made a new updated version specifically for ...

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New Taake compilation album out now

NEWS

Posted by Warblackmetal666 on July 2nd, 2021 0 Comments

The new compilation album, titled "Avvik", features tracks collected from their recent split albums with Whoredom Rife, Deathcult and Helheim.

New Taake compilation album out now

Norwegian Black Metal band Taake have just release a new compilation album, titled "Avvik", through Dark Essence Records.

The new compilation features the six collected tracks from the band's recent split albums with fellow Norwegians Whoredom Rife, Deathcult and Helheim released over the course ...

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Migration to Lycanthropia.net

SITE NEWS

Posted by Imperator on July 1st, 2021 2 Comments

A long overdue change, prompted by some issues on the previous server.

Migration to Lycanthropia.net

In case you hadn't already noticed, BestBlackMetalAlbums.com has now moved to Lycanthropia.net, permanently.

This means a new URL, name, and logo for the site, but everything else remains the same as before. This includes everyone's accounts, so the transition should be pretty much seamless. Any ...

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New Darkthrone album out now, with new song streaming online

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on June 25th, 2021 0 Comments

The band's 19th studio album, titled "Eternal Hails......", was released today through Peaceville Records, and the opening track "His Master's Voice" is now streaming online.

New Darkthrone album out now, with new song streaming online

Norwegian Black Metal pioneers Darkthrone celebrate today the release of their 19th full-length album, titled "Eternal Hails......". The album was released through longtime collaborators Peaceville Records, and to mark the occasion, the label has uploaded a lyric video for the album's opening ...

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Hellfest reveal line-up for extended 2022 edition

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on June 20th, 2021 0 Comments

Next year's edition will mark the festival's 15th anniversary, featuring more than 350 bands and scheduled over 7 days.

Hellfest reveal line-up for extended 2022 edition

The organizers of France's premier metal festival, Hellfest, have recently revealed their ambitious plans for next year's event. The 2022 edition of Hellfest, not only to celebrate the festival's 15th anniversary but also to make up for the fact that the 2020 and 2021 editions had to be cancelled, ...

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Yoth Iria streaming new music video from their latest album

NEWS

Posted by PeaceThroughAnarchy on June 14th, 2021 2 Comments

This music video is for the opening track on their debut full-length, and is titled "The Great Hunter".

Yoth Iria streaming new music video from their latest album

Reincarnated Greek veterans Yoth Iria, have premiered a brand new music video for a song from their debut album that was released earlier this year. The song is titled "The Great Hunter", and was the opening track for their debut full-length, "As the Flame Withers". Here's the video in ...

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Panopticon - ...and Again into the Light (2021)

REVIEW

Reviewed by PeaceThroughAnarchy on June 25th, 2021

Austin Lunn's Magnum Opus.

Review for Panopticon - ...and Again into the Light

93%

4.7 star rating

Mixing Atmospheric Black Metal with Americana is not a new thing, and you can even say that it's USA's biggest Metal export of the post-2000s! Among big names like Agalloch or Wolves in the Throne Room, I've always put Panopticon in a separate place in my heart!

His discography has been one of the most consistent in comparison to his peers. His unique way of mixing Folk music with Atmospheric Black Metal created one of the coldest and most ...

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Darkthrone - Eternal Hails...... (2021)

REVIEW

Reviewed by PeaceThroughAnarchy on June 24th, 2021

"Epic Black Heavy Metal"

Review for Darkthrone - Eternal Hails......

90%

4.5 star rating

What can be said about Darkthrone that hasn't been said already? They were the Kings of Black Metal in the 90s, and made a huge impact on all of the future Black Metal bands to come. Their "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" album was one of the first (if not the first) proper Black Metal albums to come out of Norway.

It was trend-setting/innovative and old school at the same time. Yeah, Mayhem was the first band to use corpse paint and shit, but ...

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Sinira - The Everlorn (2020)

REVIEW

Reviewed by PeaceThroughAnarchy on June 24th, 2021

Not a revolution, but an EVOLUTION!

Review for Sinira - The Everlorn

92%

4.6 star rating

Sinira is a one-man Melodic Black Metal band hailing from Texas. After releasing a decent demo, he started to tease us with some singles of this, his debut album. The single "Where Starlight Does Not Shine" was probably the best of the two (and one of the best Melodic Black Metal songs from the last 10-20 years!).

This song showcased a very strong sense of songwriting. It started with a very evil, old school tremolo-picked riff, then ...

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Ninkharsag - The Dread March of Solemn Gods (2021)

REVIEW

Reviewed by PeaceThroughAnarchy on June 22nd, 2021

A dissection rip-off, or the reincarnation of Jon Nödtveidt, that is the question!

Review for Ninkharsag - The Dread March of Solemn Gods

91%

4.6 star rating

Many people slam this band (or indeed any slightly Melodic band!) for sounding like the mighty Dissection, but I think that's like slamming someone because they look too much like George Clooney!

Although there have been tons of Melo-Death and Melo-Black bands since the glory days of the Swedish Melodic Black Metal attack of the 90s, most of them failed to catch the same magic. I think we finally have a contender for that throne!

Ok, ...

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Lamp of Murmuur - Heir of Ecliptical Romanticism (2020)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Warblackmetal666 on June 14th, 2021

Lamp of Murmuur - Heir of Ecliptical Romanticism review by Warblackmetal666

Review for Lamp of Murmuur - Heir of Ecliptical Romanticism

97%

4.9 star rating

Insane album from a band I never get tired of. This guy is extremely talented, and this album shows it perfectly.

The strongest point of this album is the guitar riffs. They are insanely good and effective. They are often thrashy, and that's a point that I love, because the fact of putting other types of riff than just the tremolo one note picking make the album less repetitive and more entertaining. My biggest example on this album for this ...

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Hellripper - Coagulating Darkness (2017)

REVIEW

Reviewed by PeaceThroughAnarchy on June 12th, 2021

Ughhhhhh! Goddamn it! It's 1985 all over again!

Review for Hellripper - Coagulating Darkness

92%

4.6 star rating

What is it with one man armies in the past few years? Seriously, how can one guy make something that will blow everything that legends like Destruction or Venom put out? This band is arguably one of the best One Man Bands of all time. Although the latest full-length seems to be more straight and mediocre, on this album this guy knew WTF he was doing!

Let's get straight to the point; The riffs here are Bombastic, Barbaric,... (we can write ...

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Këkht Aräkh - Pale Swordsman (2021)

REVIEW

Reviewed by PeaceThroughAnarchy on June 10th, 2021

Solid 90s Melancholic BM, disguised under a cheezy album cover!

Review for Këkht Aräkh - Pale Swordsman

88%

4.4 star rating

As one can guess from the sole member's name (Crying Orc), this band is another among the thousands of Old School melancholic, monotone Black Metal bands that worship Burzum, and the myriads of bands that tried to create that raw, melancholic sound in France!

Earlier efforts of this band were too primitive, and lacked some energy and memorable riffs. This, his second full-length, is much the same, but shows much more maturity and improvement ...

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Random songs #1

FORUM

Posted by Imperator on July 7th, 2021 85 Comments

Just going to start a thread for people to start shitposting awesome songs they come across (any genre).

Thread continued here: https://www.lycanthropia.net/forum/00000012/random-songs-2/

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Who are your favourite drummers?

FORUM

Posted by Imperator on July 2nd, 2021 8 Comments

When I first started getting into extreme metal, I really admired Nicholas Barker from his work with Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir, and to this day I still think he's one of the greatest metal drummers out there, his work on the "Dusk and Her Embrace" album is mindblowing:

I think his ...

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Documentary About Enslaved

FORUM

Posted by PeaceThroughAnarchy on May 28th, 2021 0 Comments

One of the most inclusive documentaries ever made for a band! it covers every detail from their childhood to their early Thrash Metal, Death Metal Beginnings, right into their early Underground Black Metal and Viking Metal day towards their current Progressive Metal Trajectory. HIGHLY ...

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