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A new review section: Buried by Time And Dust

We added a new review section, coincidentally another Mayhem reference following 'The Past is Alive', with the title 'Buried by Time and Dust'. Over the years, a lot of promos have been gathering dust simply because a fresh wave of promos arrived the following month and they were consigned to oblivion. We will review them here to make a clear distinction with our other reviews. We will also use it to complete a discography in terms of reviews. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit your music or would like to join the staff.

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Seven years after the debut album “Triumph of Antichrist”, Lugburz from Poland released their second album “Pure Misanthropy of Death”, filled with 8 tracks of pure Black Metal. Although the pace is fast in general, Lugburz manages to create some breaking passages which makes it melodic. The additional keys enhance the melodic atmosphere as well, still “Pure Misanthropy of Death” remains raw, like the 1990s Scandinavian scene. Not a groundbreaking release at all, nor will your blackened collection be incomplete without this album, but to call it “average” doesn’t do justice to “Pure Misanthropy of Death”. A Barad Dûr and Lugburz review in one issue, it is almost a Tolkien-special… (Ricardo)