Stardate 06/08/2025 05:22 

the editorial bit

Yes, there's been some serious inactivity for a long time over on Archaic Metallurgy. And there are few reasons for it.

For one, I, the editor, have been very busy on some other parts on the fields of life. Secondly, the database has a bug (letters such as ä, ö, ü and á, with many, many others showing like something unintelligible at the moment); if the bug can be easily fixed, fin...

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latest news

6/6/2025 | Paradise Lost return with new album...
Icons of goth and doom, Paradise Lost will release their long-awaited, 17th album 'Ascension' on Sep...

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5/29/2025 | Månegarm: new album 'Edsvuren' out...
Swedish Viking metal pioneers Månegarm celebrate their 30-year career with the release of their mos...

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5/29/2025 | Drawn And Quartered: new album 'Lor...
Relentless and unwavering, Drawn And Quartered return to desecrate all that is holy with the release...

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5/24/2025 | Unleashed to release new album 'Fir...
Swedish death metal titans Unleashed mark their standing as one of the big four of the genre and str...

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5/18/2025 | Outergods return with 'Dethroned & ...
(Artwork by Tim Sinfield.) UK extreme metal collective Outergods are set to unleash their new album...

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feature

Mineral Reflectance - make the stones speak

Another characteristic black metal band from Southern Europe has been unleashed: Mineral Reflectance from France. It all began during the first lockdown (March/June 2020) in the mind of ZagZero (real name: Stephane H. - guitarist and composer in Akphaezya). The debut album 'Des chemins de vie' was released digitally on December 5th, 2021.

Here is what he has to tell about Mineral Reflec...

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latest reviews

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Godflesh ::
Selfless
(1994 Album)

» Classic! «


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Cardiac Arrest ::
The Stench of Eternity
(2024 Album)

» Honorary Mention «


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Necrodeath ::
Arimortis
(2025 Album)

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After All ::
Dead Loss
(2000 Album)


latest interviews

7/12/2021 | Heruka
Heruka are an Italian black metal band, who first formed in 2000. They went to dormancy somewhere in...

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3/15/2017 | Abstrakt
Abstrakt hail from the capital of Finland, Helsinki. Their craft is dark alloy of black and death me...

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7/16/2016 | Napalm Ted
Grindcore/death metal ousting Napalm Ted from Oulu, Finland, are one of the northernmost bands of th...

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latest bands added

5/18/2025 | Outergods
5/18/2025 | Empeiria
5/5/2025 | Putridity
5/4/2025 | Kauan
5/3/2025 | Sidious

latest releases added

Heruka :: Panacea
Godflesh :: Selfless
Insain :: Enlightening the Unknown
Cardiac Arrest :: The Stench of Eternity
Skeletal Remains :: Fragments of the Ageless