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Kvlt Kolvmn // January 2018

Jonathan Adams
February 8, 2018
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Welcome to our first installment of Kvlt Kolvmn in the Year of Our Dark Lord 2018! We’ve missed you. Let’s talk about black metal. 2017 was not a watershed year for the subgenre like it was for death metal. Wh... Read More...

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February 1, 2018
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The year is dead, long live the year! As we stand at the beginning of 2018, looking forward to another 12 months of music, what is arrayed before us? Which narrative will this year give birth to? As I mentioned... Read More...

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