Having long forsaken the path of raw black metal, it has almost turned into a sport to see what the Norwegian extreme progessive metal act Enslaved conjure up whenever they announce a new album. The Norwegians are some of the few that have both managed to maintain (a bit of) and musically evolve from their […]
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Ihsahn – Àmr
Even though I’ve sincerely enjoyed Ihsahn‘s side projects like Peccatum and Hardingrock, I never had a thirst for the solo work of Norway’s favorite black metal musician. It always seemed too, peculiar. The realisation that my taste buds have evolved to liking this particular brand of extreme progressive metal came after hearing the first single […]
Interview VUUR – Anneke van Giersbergen
Interview VUUR – Anneke van Giersbergen: ‘Making this heavy, prog record had to be now or never’. Anneke van Giersbergen’s new metal band VUUR is about to launch its debut record In This Moment We Are Free – Cities. We spoke with Anneke about the start of the band, the first shows, the theme Cities […]
Vulture Industries song premiere: “Strangers”
Norgwegian progressive metal formation Vulture Industries premiere the track “Strangers” from the forthcoming record ‘Stranger Times’. We are happy to present you the live video of this new song. The album will be out on September 22nd on Season of Mist. Pre order the album here! Strangers VULTURE INDUSTRIES comment regarding this track: “The song […]
Be’lakor – Vessels
Summer 2012, an afternoon in August. Upon wandering around between better known bands, I heard the last three songs of by then to me unknown Be’lakor. Amidst the Summerbreezian fields tortured by a blazing sun, I was captured and gripped by their mix of progressive yet groovy death metal. Tempo shifts, guitar solos, melodies: everything […]