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Picture Credit: Kira Kira - Peccatum et Blasphemia Release Date: October 09, 2020 Label: Ossuary Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 45:25 Genre: Black Metal / Blackened Death Metal Origin: Opoczno , Poland "Peccatum et Blasphemia" is Latin for "Sin and Blasphemy", and it is the name of the sophomore album by Opoczno's Kira. The band could as well call themselves Opoczno's Finest, as they are a collobaoration Nameless  ( Nomad / Ex- Ethelyn ), Groshek  (Nomad / Peacemaker ), and Msyth  (Ethelyn / Deathstorm ). The release features nine tracks that follow the intro 'Opening the Gates of Hell'. Nomen est Omen! The two terms that fit the music on "Peccatum et Blasphemia" the best are either Blood-Soaked Black Metal or Permafrost Death Metal if you ask me. Kira's combination of Black and Death Metal merges the greatest and most intense features of both genres. Brutal riffs groove like a swinging meat hook and lead into ice cold staccati....

Picture Credit: Okrütnik Okrütnik - Legion Antychrysta Release Date: November 02, 2020 Label: Ossuary Records Format: Cassette / CD / Digital Length: 45:51 Genre: Black Metal / Blackened Thrash Metal Origin: Kotlin , Poland There is something special about Black or Blackened Metal from Eastern European and Slavic nations that I cannot put into words. It is this fascinating mix of melancholy, dark harmony and pure cold. The album on hand is another great example for this. The quartet from Kotlin in Poland was formed in 2018 and released their first long-player "Legion Antychrysta" via Ossuary Records in late autumn of 2020. First thing that catches my attention are the song titles and lyrics. Okrütnik spread their nihilistic and blasphemic messages in their mother tongue only. I really love the sound of the Polish language and thus far, I have encountered its great fit to Folk, Rap and Punk Rock. Even though, I do not understand the lyrics, I appreciate the beauty of the Poli...

Picture Credit: Shadow Warrior Shadow Warrior - Cyberblade Release Date: November 18, 2020 Label: Ossuary Records / Spiritual Beast Format: CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 35:05 Genre: Heavy Metal Origin: Lublin , Poland Founded in early 2019, Lublin's Heavy Metal quintet Shadow Warrior has had some impressive output so far. After an EP and two Singles, autumn 2020 they released their first long-player "Cyberblade". So, prepare your necks for some headbanging, click "play" on the video below, while I will introduce you to Shadow Warrior: Anna Kłos - vocals, Marcin Puszka - guitar, Krzysztof Aftyka - guitar, Karol Zmaczyński - bass, Zdzisław Krzyżanowski - drums. There is a Heavy Metal revival going on out there, and Shadow Warrior are the perfect example for this happening. Without sounding too nostalgic or "remember-the.good-ol'-days"-pathetic, the band brings 80s Heavy Metal back to our present days. It is the intense and rough but yet melo...