Tag Bergen
With a name that may suggest a gore-grind band this is in fact a completely different kettle of fish and I may have got slightly out my depth taking this progressive rock outfit from Bergen to review. But perhaps feeling… Continue Reading →
Indulging in “dark melodic grooves … with the odd detour via psychedelic and stoneresque landscapes”, this five year old experimental black n roll band from Bergen in Norway delves into matters like the human condition and states of mind. Let’s… Continue Reading →
Black metal, Bergen, Norway, this Nattverd’s second album. Piercing screams, dirty riffs, violence …. and so the album begins with “Slakt dem, der de loeper hoedenloese rundt ballet”. It attacks and marches. The echoing roars continue. Maybe my antenna is… Continue Reading →
No-one quite does it like the Norwegians do. The Bergen based black metal band Svadilfare’s fourth album starts with a withering, cold beat, and the epic chorus of Viking warriors. From “Tenn Flammen Taa Ny” we go to war. The… Continue Reading →
There’s no denying that we are living in stranger times and can only thank all things within this chaotic era for music like this, something that reflects the lunacy we are dwelling amidst, during our short time on this crazy… Continue Reading →
When it comes to product, the genre-hopping beast that is Enslaved rarely fail to deliver on quality. Over the years, in spite of their evolution from Norwegian extreme metal to blackened progressive rock, they have produced album after album rammed… Continue Reading →
Some bands are just taken for granted these days. Some bands become so established, so familiar that they’re almost like part of the ‘listening furniture’ – an institution if you will – that, even if they’re universally acknowledged as providing… Continue Reading →