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DARK MATTER WEBZINE'S BEST EXTREME METAL ALBUMS OF 2020

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LIVE REVIEW: Dødheimsgard + Bölzer + Blaze of Perdition @ Camden Underworld, London

It’s not 100 per cent clear precisely what manner of pure, blackly intoxicating devilry is coursing through Polish waters right now. But ...

LIVE REVIEW: Enthroned + Schammasch + Vehement @ the Boston Music Rooms, London

The tiresome well-being brigade, exuding a kale-scented air of vegan, alcohol free smugness may tell you otherwise, but for Dark Matter t...

LIVE REVIEW: Torche + Slow Crush @ The Bread Shed, Manchester

It's a typical midwinter evening in Manchester: it's pissing down with rain, people's heads hunch into their shoulders as they hurry from...

Enthroned 'Cold Black Hearts' tour hits UK shores

Riding high on the waves of success whipped up by latest blistering opus Cold Black Suns, black metal stallions Enthroned made an epic re...

LIVE REVIEW: Asagraum + Formicarius @ The Macbeth, London

Minus tonight’s tantalisingly blackened line-up, there’s precious little to endear us to the Macbeth of Hoxton. Tucked away in a nefariou...

A Forest of Stars and Necronautical @ Nambucca, London

Friendly and intimate, with uncommonly cheerful security and upbeat bar staff, Nambucca is a welcome refuge for outcasts from the mainstr...

LIVE REVIEW: Ghost | All Them Witches | Tribulation @ Wembley Arena, London

Some acts simply have the gift for atmosphere. However you sound, however many effects and affects you can bring to a stage; if you can m...

LIVE REVIEW: Mayhem @ the Electric Ballroom, London

Soon to become as ubiquitous as Once Upon a Time, Mayhem’s Necrobutcher - perhaps in a move to give value for money to fans who relish th...

LIVE REVIEW: Entombed A.D. + Aborted + Baest @ The Dome, London

It would certainly be accurate to describe tonight’s epic, triple hammer blow of brutal goodness as an essential date in any 'true' death...

LIVE REVIEW: Imperium Dekadenz @ The Black Heart, London

The Friday night beers have long been flowing profusely here at the Black Heart tonight and the venue’s close, windowless attic confines ...

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