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Untrue And International: Living In A Post Black Metal World

Brad Sanders celebrates the 25th anniversary of the birth of modern black metal by looking at how the genre has finally emerged from the long shadow cast by the True Norwegian scene and where it is headed
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‘Humanity Is Doomed’: The Botanist Interviewed

Crafting post-apocalyptic black metal suites with drums and hammered dulcimer, The Botanist's music imagines a future where the remnants of humanity have once again been swallowed up by primordial flora. Louis Pattison digs a little deeper

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