NITE is a newish band from the Bay Area of California that combines traditional metal with black metal style vocals. As fresh as a take as this combination is, I personally drifted in and...
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Abbath – Dread Reaver
If there should be a contest of which album cover is the most butt ugly: Abbath’s newest spawn “Dread Reaver” would surely be the winner of 2022. Luckily, I won’t only judge his third...
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Gaahl’s Wyrd – The Humming Mountain
Gaahl and probably Gaahl’s Wyrd don’t need an introduction. Being around in the Norwegian music scene for three decades and lending his unique vocals to illustrious acts as Gaahlskagg, Trelldom, Gorgoroth and Wardruna, Gaahl...
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Ophidian I – Desolate
With the release of their debut full length titled Desolate, released on Season of Mist Records, Ophidian I has launched themselves into the upper echelon of technical Death Metal supremacy....
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Vreid – Wild North West
With the world being a crazy place at the moment, somehow it feel barely two years ago since Vreid brought out their previous album Lifehunger. It took quite a while before I started to...
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Altarage – Succumb
I have to confess that this review took me way too long to write. Even as I decided that alright, now I’m going to sit through the night and put my thoughts into words...
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Nightfall – At Night We Prey
Nightfall is a Symphonic Black Metal hailing all the way from Athens, Greece. Considered as the main influence that brought Black Metal to the Mediterranean region. Nightfall has been tearing up the world with...
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Seth – La Morsure du Christ
I have a lot of fond memories regarding Seth; listening to it when I was discovering Black Metal. Together in the car with one of my best friends….riding to Amsterdam visiting Gothic parties and...
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MÖRK GRYNING – Hinsides Vrede
It took fifteen bloody years for Mörk Gryning to conjure another album. After their self-titled album in 2005 this underground band called it quits. And then in 2019 they managed to surprise me with...
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Auðn – Vökudraumsins fangi
If you are into atmospheric Black Metal you surely have heard from Auðn by now. With two great albums in their pockets, “Auðn” (2014) and “Farvegir Fyrndar” (2017), and some great live performances (I...
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