Stardate 03/09/2025 16:24 

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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2/28/2025 | Mind Snare return after over a deca...
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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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Necrodeath ::
Arimortis
(2025 Album)

» Honorary Mention «


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After All ::
Dead Loss
(2000 Album)


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Remains ::
Evoking Darkness
(2015 Album)


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Vomitile ::
Mastering the Art of Killing
(2014 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

3/8/2025 | Formaline
3/8/2025 | Gutslasher
2/27/2025 | Ahamkara
2/27/2025 | Kardashev
2/9/2025 | DodenGod

latest releases added

Skeletal Remains :: Fragments of the Ageless
Necrodeath :: Arimortis
Deströyer 666 :: Never Surrender
Exhorder :: Defectum Omnium
After All :: Dead Loss