Tag Manes
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 →
Chances are you have not heard of Høstsol who have only just emerged out the Autumn Sun but the players within this new project are another matter. Some will no doubt be tagging this with the supergroup descriptor but I… Continue Reading →
When you start mentioning the likes of Dødheimsgard, Blut aus Nord, Anorexia Nervosa and Manes as clues, this album can only have one direction. For sure, OPHE won’t stand for Office of Public Health Education, that is unless we’re being… 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 →
In the land of the blind there is always the one-eyed king and that king is known as Borgne. Man of a veritable plethora of bands Bornyhake is back just two years after last album [∞] and seems to be… Continue Reading →
It’s no rare occurrence wading through press releases and being promised albums in a similar vein as lots of favourite artists and neither is the disappointment of listening to them and finding very little similar to what you had hoped…. Continue Reading →
Norwegian band Manes recently released “Slow Motion Death Sequence”, their fifth album. This is a band which has experienced various transformations and name changes since 1991, but whose music has always been unusual and on the edge. To find out… Continue Reading →
To cut a long story short involving temporary releases, compilations and different band names, Manes are from Trondheim in Norway and thoroughly impressed me with their creative album “Be All End All” (2014). The trick lies in the moods and… Continue Reading →
Not much to go on here, but I did establish that OPHE is a one man avant-garde black metal outfit, and the one man likes people like DHG, Blut aus Nord, Manes and Anorexia Nervosa. So that’s good. As for… 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 →
I have had a bit of an infatuation with Fleurety ever since hearing their incredibly weird and breath-taking 1995 album Min tid Skal Komme. It subverted genre within the black metal world that I had come to love from Norway… Continue Reading →
Avant-garde perfection cannot be rushed and it has been one hell of a long wait since last album Binocular from Atrox way back in 2008. They are still very much looking through a glass lens which could well see them… Continue Reading →