Tag Carpe Noctem
〇 or sometimes called Núll is an assault on your senses, this Icelandic band comprising members of Carpe Noctem, Misþyrming, Vonlaus and Naðra is formidable to say the least and with the single track ‘Null & Void’ composition released in… Continue Reading →
Árstíðir lífsins is bleakly grandiose pagan metal inspired by skaldic writings of the past. An altogether different league to the hordes of Viking metal bands that have swamped us in the past two or three decades. This is metal as… Continue Reading →
This Icelandic outfit has been making substantial waves in the black metal scene since their immense debut “Söngvar Elds Og Óreiðu” released in 2015. I even caught a brief section of their set at the Inferno Festival in Norway in… Continue Reading →
Icelandic black metal outfit, Carpe Noctem deliver their second long player, “Vitrun” five years on from debut release “In Terra Profugus”. Their homeland has proved to be a haven for extreme metal of the highest quality and this disc finds… Continue Reading →
Árstíðir Lífsins brewed just as I like it: two 20 minute episodes of their saga-spinning craft delivered with the conviction and attention to detail you might fairly expect from a band whose work is genre-defining in a field of one…. Continue Reading →
After a bit of research, I came across the description of this Icelandic band’s music as “raw black metal art”. Fiery, furious and extreme would be words I would add to capture this debut work. Naðra tear their way through… Continue Reading →
I once read somewhere that the storytellers and magic practitioners of the pagan dark ages would use a range of different voices to create different effects and atmospheres. Given the range of sounds metal vocalists can produce these days, the… Continue Reading →
If ever there was a country where you would expect the most bleak and soul crushing black metal to emerge and be procreated from then it is definitely Iceland. Having loved “In Terra Profugus” immensely I was keen to discuss… Continue Reading →