What more can be said about the Swedish band Ondskapt? Considered as one of the originators of the so called "Orthodox Black Metal" current back in the early 2000's, this band has released so far a bunch of memorable albums that can make any record collector very proud. The 3rd release, "Arisen From the Ashes",... Continue Reading →
Hajnalpír is a recent discovery and I am still under its spell. The band has released its first material digitally in September last year but very recently this excellent S/T album has seen a proper tape release, via the Hungarian label Blindblindblind. The tape is limited to 70 handmade pieces so if you want to... Continue Reading →
I remember how excited I was when I first heard Leviathan's "Far Beyond the Light" CD in 2002. Back in the day this record was one of those true underground gems which I appreciated a lot. Even today, after so many years, when I go back to that album, I am still amazed how good... Continue Reading →
3 years after the release of their last album - "Fullmoon Fury Ritual" - the Transylvanian/Hungarian occultists of Death Nöize have done it again. This time, with the 3rd album in their collection, "Rites, Curses and Spells". The new opus will see the unlight of day, on vinyl format limited to 250 pieces, on the... Continue Reading →
"There will always be a road of eternal struggles and famine ahead." Until recently, Tusenårseken (or Thousand Year Oak in English), was a name completely unknown to me. This is actually a very new one man band hailing from...Sweden, of course. The simple fact that all the articles posted lately on this page involve Swedish bands... Continue Reading →
As already mentioned in the review I wrote for the band's debut EP, on the 11th of September AB the Swedish mysterious entity that is Lifvsleda will release its first full length called Det Besegrade Lifvet. According to the official press release, the album will again come out via Shadow Records (marketed by Regain Records),... Continue Reading →
When it comes to funeral doom, things are pretty easy, the way I see it: you either love it or hate it, there is no in-between. This extreme musical genre has the advantage that it can only be enjoyed (strange way to put it) when you are in certain moods, that way you can fully... Continue Reading →
16 years have passed since the release of one the most underrated and beautiful black metal albums. I am talking of course about Armagedda’s third full length, “Ond Spiritism”, an album that, among others, represents the true essence of what I call black metal. That record was the last Armagedda ever released and soon after the... Continue Reading →
Ond Vind is a new Swedish band hailing from the port city of Malmö. On the 17th of June they released their debut "Demo" tape (limited to 50 pieces, already sold out by now) via Ropes & Bones, the same label who released Transilvania's debut full length, "The Night of Nights". If this demo had come... Continue Reading →
"Deadly Black Doom" is the 3rd Head of the Demon album and closes a circle which has started 8 years ago, with the S/T album. For those who have not yet listened to this latest release (it came out on the 30th of April via Invictus Productions/The Ajna Offensive), I urge you not to be... Continue Reading →
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