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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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You have Black Metal, and you have…Black Metal. So many discussions, is Venom “real” Black Metal. Is Mercyful Fate “real” Black Metal…and what about the first recordings of Sodom? Or are Mayhem and Darkthrone the ones who invented the “real” deal? Let’s just agree Black Metal comes in many forms with many different faces. One of them is Mortuary Drape from Italy, who combines the obscure and occult of Black Metal with a more mid-late 1980s Metal approach, especially the solos, to accompany the ritual of sacrifice. A macabre atmosphere is created once again and therefore “Spiritual Independence” washes away the bad taste which stuck after the previous album “Buried in Time”, released back in 2004. If you enjoy acts like Necromantia, Barathrum and musical ideas and solos of Mecryful Fate, you are obliged to check the new Mortuary Drape out. The mass has started…Hail the occult!. (Ricardo)