Didrik, Author at Metal-Exposure

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CD review 2023

…And Oceans – As in Gardens, So in Tombs

Didrik January 24, 2023

Between Oceans of Slumber and The Ocean, it seems all my favourite bands are suddenly ocean-themed. With the singles from the new …And Oceans album being highly promising, it’s time to find out if...

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Other Specials

Yearlists: Top albums 2022 by Didrik

Didrik December 27, 2022

In 2022 we finally got regular touring back, which means there were plenty of shows to see, but the prevailing feeling seems to be that the year wasn’t as fruitful in regards to new...

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CD review 2022

Baldrs Draumar – Njord

Didrik November 13, 2022

There’s a list of bands and artists I have which barely anyone knows despite them being brilliant and I find this endlessly infuriating. Baldrs Draumar is definitely towards the top of that list and...

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CD review 2022

Gaerea – Mirage

Didrik September 20, 2022

One of the most exciting things happening in metal in the last few years is the rebirth of black metal and the many incarnations it has taken – from the modernisation of it, to...

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Festival Reports 2022 Live

REPORT: Črna Loka Day 2: The Noose, the Waltz and the Wheelbarrow

Didrik August 28, 2022

Words by: Didrik Photo credits: thanks to Črna Loka Waking up on day two I felt surprisingly fresh and without any tinnitus, which definitely confirmed my earlier assertions that the sound was just...

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Festival Reports 2022 Live

REPORT: Črna Loka Day 1 – A Blackened Fairytale

Didrik August 28, 2022

Words by: Didrik Photo credits: thanks to Črna Loka A magical fairy land in the local woods where children come to see dwarves and smurfs and little mushroom-shaped houses; a tiny little magical place,...

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CD review 2022

Aeternam – Heir of the Rising Sun

Didrik August 25, 2022

I think we all thought that when there’s an album on the Byzantine Empire it’ll be Turisas that releases it. Yet the Finns have all but disappeared, and instead we got one from the...

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Preview

Preview: Črna Loka Open Air Festival

Didrik August 8, 2022

Black clouds gather over the old town of Škofja Loka – not because of rain though, we don’t get that anymore – but because of the impending first edition of the Črna Loka festival,...

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CD review 2022 Specials

5 Unknown Releases From 2022 You Should Know About

Didrik August 1, 2022

There have been many years since we started counting and 2022 sure is one of them. Luckily, most of the recent years have involved a lot of metal releases and now we’re past...

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CD review 2022

Belphegor – The Devils

Didrik July 26, 2022

There are many people who love Satan in metal – most of us jokingly, for some it represents rebellion to the mainstream, the authority, and of course, religion. But no one has managed to...