Not too many mp3 download blogs — you know, the kind that for the most part were obliterated when Mediafire got thrown under the bus (RIP Cosmic Hearse) — get their own physical, true-to-touch compilations. SVN OKKLT did, and it took the blog’s two operators almost two years to make it happen. The wait was worth it. For their compilation, SVN OKKLT reached out to a collection of their brightest alumni: English whirlwind of fury Axis Of Light; the incomparable Indian-themed, cosmic and atmospheric Dressed In Streams; lo-fi soundscape genius Xothist; and punked-out noise manipulators Witch In Her Tomb, to name just a few. These bands are obscure and lo-fi and their material is mostly available on hard-to-find limited-run cassettes. SVN OKKLT’s compilation did a huge service to the under-underground and brought all these disparate gems to one double cassette (and pay-what-you-will download). When I had the privilege of premiering a stream of the SVN OKKLT Compilation over on Invisible Oranges, I called SVN OKLLT a “treasure trove of obscure lo-fi black and death metal mp3s tucked into a dusty corner of the web.” It still is. For those looking for a good place to get a handle of the underbelly of Internet black metal, SVN OKKLT remains as valuable a resource as ever — and their download links still work. –Wyatt [LISTEN]