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Last year’s beautifully acoustic one-track EP Glass was already an indicator that Dutch black metal outfit Iskandr had embarked upon a different path. It was not an untrodden one and neither was it completely dissimilar to the previous trail. The… Continue Reading →
Not much to go on here, but the statement “for fans of Fluisteraars” was for me a draw. That at least set me up to expect some atmospheric black metal from Netherlands. The opening piece of creeping nastiness is pure… Continue Reading →
The black flag is the primary symbol of anarchist movements and of resistance in general. The polar opposite of the white flag, it says that its bearer won’t surrender and will show its opponent no mercy. Black flags fluttering in… Continue Reading →
Mankind has probably always been in awe of mountains, but only relatively recently have we started really exploring them. Only 300 years ago, mountaineering, or visiting the Earth’s peaks for recreational purposes, was unheard of. Before the 18th century, mountains… Continue Reading →
I know of Fluisteraars by reputation but more thanks to their excellent contribution to a split with Turia in 2018 called “De Oord”. Stormy, bleak and out of the forest, its atmosphere made me think I was listening to a… Continue Reading →
A bit of Dutch black metal never did anyone any harm, and here we have some from Nusquama, whose members play with Fluisteraars, Laster and Turia. “De Aarde Dorst” starts and continues with magnificent, fiery intensity. Hairs are made to… Continue Reading →
Typical you decide to come out of hibernation for the 1st gig of the year and we get hit by a blizzard, there must have been a couple of millimetres of snow today but somehow London manages to soldier on…. Continue Reading →
Black Metal, the header to a never-dwindling, ever-expanding stream of sub-genres for better or for worse. Being the tag fiend that I am I very much enjoy ticking all the genre boxes, much to the dismay of my itunes library… Continue Reading →
Two black metal bands from the forested region of the Netherlands have joined together for this split. “De Oord” refers to a region where two rivers meet, in this case the Rhine and the Waal. With references to rivers and… Continue Reading →