Thankfully the underground continues to thrive during these strange times, in 2021 gigs were few and far between but at least things seem to slowly be getting back to a small degree of normality and bands are continuing to release music of the highest standard.
With regards to Kolkata I previously stated, "Kolkata, West Bengal has brought some of the very best extreme underground music of recent times. With Tetragrammacide, Aparthiva Raktadhara and Kapala all originating from the area there's no doubting the significant impact Kolkata continues to have on the underground." Thankfully the growth and output from Kolkata continues with two releases featured on this listing and I'm sure Kolkata's dominance within the underground will continue for many years to come.
I hope you enjoy some of the releases here that you may have missed during the year. My Top 25 album listing was recently posted and keep checking back to this page as in the coming weeks I'll be posting guest Top 10 release listings by PK from Iron Bonehead Productions, Ally Ripley (The Lash) and SS from Cyclopean Eye Productions.
As always, my total gratitude and thanks are with you the reader, every like, share and comment mean everything so thanks again, Trevor.
25. Crucifixion Ritual - Gouging the Eyes of Angelic Purity - Invictus Productions.
Debut release from Ireland's Crucifixion Ritual.
24. Hecatomb - Horrid Invocations - Invictus Productions.
Originally released independently in 2020 this debut demo reached a much wider audience when Invictus Productions release it on digital, CD + vinyl formats in May.
23. Tempter's Sacrament - Temptation Steel Scourge - Invictus Productions.
22. Misotheismus - Untitled II - Darker than Black Records / Iron Bonehead Productions.
One of four releases from Misotheismus this year.
21. Katavasia - Invoking the Spirit of Doom - Iron Bonehead Productions.
Follow up to 2020's album Magnus Venator
20. Abhorration - After Winter Comes War - Invictus Productions.
Debut release from Norway's Abhorration.
19. Sacrifixion - Shower Me in Death - Hells Headbangers Records.
Debut release form Germany's Sacrifixion.
18. Adder - Knelt Upon Wreaths of Garnet - Independent.
Released independently by Adder on the 1st of January 2021, this is another exceptional track from one of the U.K.'s most promising bands of recent years.
17. Predictor - ...Thus Spoke Death - Iron Bonehead Productions.
16. Exsul - Allegoresis - Caligari Records.
Second release and follow up to last year's self-titled EP.
15. Aberration - Aberration - Sentient Ruin Laboratories.
Debut release from Aberration but based on this they're a band most definitely worth following for future releases.
14. Black Ceremonial Kult - Crowned in Chaos - Godz ov War Productions.
First new material since the exceptional Unapproachable Laws of the Abyss split which they shared with Wargoat in 2018.
13. Konflict - Subjugation I & II - War Vellum.
Released in November by one of the best underground labels of recent years - War Vellum.
12. Ascended Dead / Atomicide - Split - Dark Descent Records.
Unmissable split featuring two of the underground's most consistent bands.
11. Coscradh - Mesradh Machae - Invictus Productions.
First new material from Coscradh since the Of Death and Delirium EP which was released in 2017.
10. Sacrocurse - Supreme Terror - Shadow Records / Regain Records.
This was a highly anticipated release for me as it was the first new material from Sacrocurse in over three years, following the release of their second album Gnostic Holocaust which was released in 2017.
9. Kapala - Doomsday Requiem - Dunkelheit Produktionen.
8. Cultes des Ghoules - Eyes of Satan - Under the Sign of Garazel Productions / Devil Worship Music.
Second EP from Cultes des Ghoules released simultaneously with the Deeds Without a Name EP.
7. Vøidwomb - Altars of Cosmic Devotion - Iron Bonehead Productions.
First physical release from Portugal's Vøidwomb, with the cassette edition released by Sunshine Ward Recordings in July.
6. Dominum Inferum - Reviling - Nuclear War Now! Productions.
Dominum Inferum marks the re-birth of Domini Inferi, with the legend that is Ryan Förster performing all instruments and vocals.
5. Nadsvest / Necrobode - Ustoličenje smrti / O triunfo da morte - Under the Sign of Garazel Productions / Iron Bonehead Productions.
Necrobode's follow up to 2020's debut album, Sob o Feitiço do Necrobode, which was placed at number five in my Top 25 album listing for that year. Second release from Serbia's Nadsvest following 2019's Kolo ognja i železa EP
4. Malgöth - Primordial Dawn - Iron Bonehead Productions.
Primordial Dawn was Malgöth's debut release that originally came out on digital formats only in November 2020 - it was on the release of the vinyl edition that it reached a much wider audience. A cassette edition was also released by Life After Death in August.
3. Brahmastrika - Abhabaniyastral Samsarimplication - Dunkelheit Produktionen.
Releases from bands associated with Kolkata have featured a number of times here at The Lair of Filth and it's great to see Kolkata's underground continue to bring us some the the best music.
2. Black Cilice - Tomb Emanations - Iron Bonehead Productions.
Follow up to 2019's album, Transfixion of Spirits which also featured in my Top 25 album listing for that year.
1. Cultes des Ghoules - Deeds Without a Name - Under the Sign of Garazel Productions / Devil Worship Music.
Deeds Without a Name was the first of two simultaneous EP releases for Cultes des Ghoules in 2021.
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