Ask 2024 Top 7

Gjendød – Lifskramper
Via Osmose Productions

Pure black metal perfection in all its complexity. Modern and devastatingly skillful, yet the roots in the Scandinavian forests are deep.

Udåd – Udåd
Via Peaceville Records

A raw and minimalistic work of art. You can smell the forest and hear its many voices in the vast space between these notes.

Sakna – De syv dødssynder
Via Independent

An atmospheric odyssey in grief. Almost unbearable in its painful beauty.

Okhema – Cairimonia Umbrae
Via Black Flame Alliance

A melodic and atmospheric journey into Narnia, new and changed in every spin.

Hädangången – Tomhet
Via Independent

An artistic journey into a pain beyond words, raw, simple and unique in texture and emotion

Illmara – Blodlust
Via Independent

A raw and frightening ritual of primal witchcraft.

Harlinger – Kinderschreck
Via Black Flame Alliance

Playful and melodic about scaring little children to death with the great German treasure of evil bedtime stories.

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