The transatlantic black metal of Gorr
GORR: Kvit Som Snøen, Kald I Blikket Release year: 2021Label: self-released Starting out as a one-man band from the northwestern coastline of Norway, Gorr has since then expanded across the Atlantic. Joining founding member Skuggimaðr on guitar is Hateful Wind … Continue reading The transatlantic black metal of Gorr
Hån breathing a void
HÅN: Breathing The Void Release year: 2021Label: Northern Silence Productions I don’t know exactly why, but for some reason whenever a non-Nordic artists adopts a name that’s in one of the nordic languages, my reaction is immediately negative. I admit … Continue reading Hån breathing a void
Nightside’s call to war
NIGHTSIDE: The End Of Christianity Release year: 2001/2020Label: Sound Riot Records/GoatowaRex Finland’s history with black metal is both long and illustrious – already during the earliest days of what was to become known as the second wave of black metal, … Continue reading Nightside’s call to war
Crypt of frozen souls
FROZEN SOUL: Crypt Of Ice Release year: 2021Label: Century Media Ever since seminal UK death metal group Bolt Thrower threw in the bolt, I mean the towel, in 2016, their absence has been felt. Of course, already since before they … Continue reading Crypt of frozen souls
Woeful Litanies Of Contagion
LAW OF CONTAGION: Woeful Litanies From The Nether Realm Release year: 2020Label: Moribund Records Citing acts such as Beherit, Mystifier, Mortuary Drape and classic Mayhem as references, the promo sheet certainly paints with broad strokes when speaking about Portugese one-man … Continue reading Woeful Litanies Of Contagion
Anthropic Aggression
ANTHROPIC: Architects Of Aggression Release year: 2020Label: Jbudz Records/Sevared Records/Haunted Hotel Records Grindcore’s a funny old genre, isn’t it? The bastard child of early extreme metal and equally early extreme punk, taking musical aggression to ludicrous levels of straightforwardness, has … Continue reading Anthropic Aggression
Hegeroth’s perfidy
HEGEROTH: Perfidia Release year: 2020Label: self-released There’s that type of black metal sound which is tricky to write about. Not because it defies description or is something so unique there’s no reference for it. Quite contrary to the latter, in … Continue reading Hegeroth’s perfidy
Seven bowls of Soulskinner
SOULSKINNER: Seven Bowls Of Wrath Release year: 2020Label: Xtreem Music On their newest, in total fifth full-length album, Greek death metal act Soulskinner face changes. This is their first album without former vocalist Gothmog (also of Thou Art Lord fame), … Continue reading Seven bowls of Soulskinner
Twilight Darkwoods
DARKWOOD: Twilight Garden Release year: 2020Label: HeidenVolk There are only a precious few neofolk acts in the world who’ve managed to truly break out from the decidedly esoteric confines of the genre – apart from the old guard of Death … Continue reading Twilight Darkwoods
Wisdom from the stars – the words of Idolos
It’s not every day you come in contact with extraterrestrial beings, is it? But that’s just what happened to me last summer, when a duo of Venusians calling themselves Idolos contacted me – through something as mundane as social media. … Continue reading Wisdom from the stars – the words of Idolos
Only Death Is Real 