Dayal Patterson
Latest articles by Dayal Patterson

Resurrections - Unearthing the latest extreme reissues
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Not yet ratedExtreme reissues roundup

Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed album review
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Deathly, doomy Finns turn up the drama

Faal - Desolate Grief album review
By Dayal Patterson published
Dutch miserablists continue to plough their funereal furrow

Crucifyre - Post Vulcanic Black album review
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Swedish supergroup offer an inconsistentold-school tribute

Quicksand at Islington Academy, London - live review
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The Gospel - live

Master/Dehuman/Damim at The Lounge, London - live review
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Not yet ratedThe Gospel - Live

Nekrasov - The Mirror Void album reviews
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Challenging solo black metal with a dark ambient undertow

Archgoat/Svartidaudi/Bölzer at Underworld, London - live review
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Not yet ratedFinland’s primal force erupts through north London

Antiversum - Cosmos Comedenti album review
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Swiss death/black dreamweavers approach the event horizon

Urarv - Aurum album review
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Norwegian avant-extremity with a fearless black metal pedigree

Overoth - The Forgotten Tome album review
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Irish death metallers scratch a seven-year itch

Order - Lex Amentiae album review
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Former Mayhem members take an unpredictable path

Gravdal - Kadaverin album review
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Bergen-based black metallers tinker with their DNA

Sun Of The Sleepless - To The Elements album review
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Heartfelt black metal for when the sun goes down

Mutate and survive: How black metal got weird in the 90s
By Dayal Patterson published
Although innovation was always at the heart of black metal’s DNA, the 90s saw a period of wild experimentalism that broke down all remaining doors of perception

Limbonic Art - Spectre Abysm album review
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Symphonic black metal pioneer returns

Wintersun - The Forest Seasons album review
By Dayal Patterson published
A controversial symphonic stopgap that exceeds expectations

Nargaroth / Absu / Hate / Nekrodelirium at Boston Music Rooms, London - review
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Not yet ratedSubterranea live

Dawn Of Ashes - Daemonolatry Gnosis album review
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Polished black metal bombast from an unlikely source

Mayhem and Dragged Into Sunlight at the Electric Ballroom, London - live review
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Not yet ratedOslo’s black metal pioneers forge a homecoming

Slagmaur - Thill Smitts Terror album review
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Nightmarish BM eccentricity to haunt your dreams

Svart Crown: "Making an album has been a kind of therapy"
By Dayal Patterson published
One of the most atmospheric and ambitious bands in the extreme music scene, France’s Svart Crown are discovering that the darkest realms lie within
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