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ISLAMOFOBI - Mord (Full length album 2009) - Sweden

http://www.silentscreamzine.com/ReviewShow.asp?ReviewsID=7436

LILYUM - Ultimatum (Full length album 2009) - Italy

http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Lilyum-nom_album-Ultimatum-  l-en.html

http://www.silentscreamzine.com/ReviewShow.asp?ReviewsID=7436

http://foggiamusicweb.blogspot.com/2009/07/lilyum-ultimatum.html

http://www.darkthrone85.org/readarticle.php?article_id=1619

http://www.waytorock.it/index.php/album/73-lilyum-ultimatum.html

http://www.metaleum.org/album/Lilyum/Ultimatum_4167#Review

AD NOCTEM FUNERIIS - ...Of Evil And Torment (Full length album 2009) - Italy

http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Ad_Noctem_Funeriis-nom_album-...of_Evil_and_Torment-l-en.html

LILYUM - The Knife Rises (Ep 2009) - Italy

http://www.silentscreamzine.com/ReviewShow.asp?ReviewsID=7190

http://www.metallized.it/recensione.php?id=2722

http://www.eutk.net/album.aspx/10387/8733/

http://www.alonemusic.it/recensionemergente.php?id=725

http://www.metalbeta.it/lilyum3album.html

http://www.metalwave.it/viewrece.php?id=1949

http://www.blackhavoc.com/2009/03/lilyum-the-knife-rises-demo/

CAMAZOTZ - Follow The Dead (Full length album 2009) - Sweden

http://www.silentscreamzine.com/ReviewShow.asp?ReviewsID=7294

BLOODICTION - Lordica Ov Whore (Demo 2009) - Bahrain

http://www.laermbelaestigung.net/mag/index.html?PHPSESSID=3819bc3801000794df86e3c6aabed59c

POSTMORTEM/INCISOR - Faraway From Heaven Chapter 1 (Split album 2009) - Colombia/Philippines

http://www.laermbelaestigung.net/mag/index.html?PHPSESSID=3819bc3801000794df86e3c6aabed59c

ZATREON - Ice Maiden (Full length album 2009) - Egypt

http://www.laermbelaestigung.net/mag/index.html?PHPSESSID=3819bc3801000794df86e3c6aabed59c

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/zatreon/ice_maiden/

DIFUNTOS - La Era De Los Muertos Andantes (Demo/Ep 2009) - Venezuela

http://www.laermbelaestigung.net/mag/index.html?PHPSESSID=3819bc3801000794df86e3c6aabed59c

HERE IS A REVIEW TAKEN FROM THE METAL ARCIVES ABOUT BLACKCROWNED ALBUM RELEASE FROM 2008!

BLACKCROWNED - My Will Is My Hammer (South Africa) - 2008 / Repressed 2009.

Written by Tristar on August 21st, 2008

When referring to something 'kicking off', it is usually not to be taken literally, however, Blackcrowned doesn't seem to see it that way and this album kicks off like a colossal jackboot to your fucking face...and then, with rhythmic blows, proceeds to pulp your living corpse with a rifle butt before finally kicking you down into the gaping maw of a foul, edacious pit.

Dazed, you lie helplessly on a wheezing mound of bloodied flesh, frozen, gazing in wondrous terror at the dark, oppressive firmament that seemingly contracts before your eyes. You contemplate your fate as the dull thud of disposed bodies accompanies the terrific screams of others. The clamorous symphony builds to an unbearable crescendo where death would be but a release. But it shall not yet come...instead, an intoxicating dreamlike aura consumes your being. This is the dismal soundtrack to your prolonged demise.

This is not some feeble, sappy, saccharine affair the South African 'Metal scene' is accustomed to, but black fucking metal, incanted by those who were born old and with a sense of purpose. Anyone vaguely familiar with the Blackcrowned Terror Division should know as much.

Upon initial contact, I was somewhat perplexed by what it was I heard. It seemed a mess of noisy guitars, distorted rumblings, crashing symbols and senseless screams presented through inconsistent bedroom production. I was not far off the mark, yet I had missed the entire point.

"My Will Is My Hammer" is not a straightforward listen, and it should not be, for therein lies its greatest strength. While musically simple, its sonic avatar is particularly imposing and holds immense potency. This is not music for the masses. This is not the latest album to play for your friends. This is an aural black ritual. A transcendental invisible breath permeates through one's very consciousness. Blistering, raging black metal this is not. Instead, it takes on the form of a thoroughly dark sonic altar of meditative hatred.

A mere description of the music would far from do it justice. After absorbing the tone of the work, all instruments seem to fall into place, and no changes could be brought on for the 'better'. Initially, much of the music seemed only to serve as a vessel for the lyricist's incantations, but such thoughts subsided on subsequent listens.

That said, Wurdalak's vitriolic vocal performance is undoubtedly the V2 rocket of Blackcrowned's arsenal. This is unadulterated malice retched forth from the blackest bowels of the earth and one cannot help but feel the detestation for the general populace resonating from every utterance. As far as intensity goes, this man is not easily beaten.

This album is highly personal and unlikely to be appreciated by even those who thrive on the more extreme spheres of music. However, invoke "My Will Is My Hammer" in the dead of the night, without light, without company, and perhaps with a bottle of sanguine essence and a cigarette, and prepare to be consumed, and moribundly inspired, by an otherworldly miasma.

Embrace the will to power and let your will be your hammer.

(Regarding the rating, let it be known that I would never give any album higher than 95)

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