Tag Carpathian Forest
Musically, my Good Friday began with a trip to Rock In to catch Telemark’s Visegard for their matinee show and their traditional Norwegian Black Metal. The venue was packed and it was very sweaty in front of the stage by… Continue Reading →
Alfahanne return with their sixth album. Known for mixing black metal, classic rock and punk styles along with melodic grooves and bleak atmospheres, “Vår tid är nu” (Our Time is Now) is marketed as their heaviest album so far. A… Continue Reading →
For some inexplicable reason this Dutch band has never crossed my path in over three decades of its existence and is the solo project of Hellchrist Xul whose real name is Maurits Jansen apparently. During those three decades he has… Continue Reading →
This is the fourth full length for Sznur (meaning “Rope” in Polish). I have followed this black metal war machine from the start, and this album sets another standard for the misanthropic horde. There is a much more refined production,… Continue Reading →
To this point, if you’d asked me to say what I knew about Green Bay, Wisconsin, I’d have said cheese, American football and cold weather. I now know that Vredensdal come from this city. The title of this, their fourth… Continue Reading →
Swedish act Mondocane released a fine album, ‘Dvala’, in 2021, which I reviewed for the site, and you can check out here, an album abounding with atmospheric causticity but also embellished with subtle keyboards and melodies as once again I… Continue Reading →
Well, the label name is there to make a statement about just what we have in front of us and is actually a new imprint of Odium Records designed for unearthing buried treasures of the kvlt underground. Likheim may well… Continue Reading →
You’ve only to take a glance at the current roster on this Belgian label to know that practically any of the releases is worth checking out and Portugal’s Corpus Christii have added to that wealth of talent by releasing their… Continue Reading →
For some reason the Finnish black metal scene has always held something above other black metal scenes in other countries, I am not quite sure what it is that attracts me to the bands from the frosty country but one… Continue Reading →
If you are familiar with this multinational band then you will also be familiar with the pedigree within its ranks, comprising of Shatraug (Sargeist), Doedsadmiral (Nordjevel), BST (The Order Of Apollyon) and ex-Tsjuder drummer and current member of Beaten To… Continue Reading →
In a black metal world where the genre has virtually every sub-genre type you can conjure up Finland’s Ondfødt are possibly the purist form of black metal you’ll hear in recent years. There’s no trickery here, no polluting sub-genre stains… Continue Reading →
When I started my radio show (Dark Tryal, every Sunday at 21:00 on TotalRock, promotion). I really thought that I’d be bringing the Death and my co-host would be bringing the Black. However it’s strange that our paths have crossed,… Continue Reading →