Tag Terratur Possessions
I’m not messing with you when I tell you that reviewing a Norwegian album is a breath of fresh air to me. I grew tired – and bored – with Norwegian black metal over 10 years ago, and with the… Continue Reading →
Innerst i Mørket begins and I think “is this the soundtrack to Hukkunid Alpinisti Hotell”? And then it goes Vemod – so basically yes, yes it is. I did choose a very opportune time to listen to this album. On… Continue Reading →
This curiously titled work comes from Kringa, a band which has been around for 13 years and which has now released two full albums along with some eps and demos. Essentially a black metal band, one thing which comes across… Continue Reading →
A new force in the Norse BM scene but not one without pedigree considering it is made up of Cernunnus (Manii/Manes), Levninger (Knokkelklang) and V. Einride (Whoredom Rife). This three-track album was originally released on limited cassette with just 100… Continue Reading →
I’m not a cinema-goer but I do know who Max von Sydow was. This “pure satanic, death worshipping” album from the Polish black metal band Manbryne is in memory of him. One of the band members plays in Blaze of… Continue Reading →
Misotheist’s self-titled debut, released in 2018, made it on my best-album-of-the-year list, and after two years I’m still happy that I included it – which isn’t true for every LP on that list. I still listen to the album every… Continue Reading →
I’m sure many of you, like me, follow labels, because they have a sense of what bands are good and US black metallers Ominous Resurrection have been picked by the Norwegian label for this second album. The trio comprising this… Continue Reading →
At the helm of this solo project is Norwegian multi-instrumentalist B. Kråbøl who also has another project called Misotheist that I’m not familiar with but has a single self-titled album released in 2018. It appears Mr Kråbøl has decided to… Continue Reading →
These two bands have signed a musical ‘pakt’ and have been fellow Norsemen entwined on their separate journeys for some time. Like Hoest, V. Einride is a multi-instrumentalist who composes all his group’s material although is joined by ex Bloodthorn… Continue Reading →
A bit of Polish black metal never did anyone any harm. Deus Mortem from Wroclaw now bring us their second album from the chasms of chaos and destruction. As you’d expect, this album has an uncompromising and violent edge. Deus… Continue Reading →
Norway’s Inferno Festival is one of the highlights in the gig calendar for me, and this was to be my sixth consecutive pilgrimage to witness an enticing mix of big names rubbing shoulders with the best of the underground from… Continue Reading →