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Lord Belial – Rapture (Hammerheart)

Founding fathers of the Swedish melodic black metal scene Lord Belial have been active since right back in 1992. With a steady flow of material and some landmark albums all went well up to the release of 2018’s The Black… Continue Reading →

Interview – Lord Belial

A condensed version of this interview was published in Fistful Of Metal Magazine (available in all good newsagents). This is the full transcript in Q&A format celebrating the return of melodic Swedish BM forerunners Lord Belial and their first album in… Continue Reading →

Invocator – Excursion Demise / Weave The Apocalypse (Hammerheart)

Hammerheart have done a great job re-issuing the early back catalogue of Danish technical Thrash metal band Invocator. The band’s debut Excursion Demise was originally released in 1991. I always found this release to be at the tipping point of… Continue Reading →

Sarcasm – Stellar Stream Obscured (Hammerheart)

Although the Swedish incarnation of Sarcasm have been around since 1990, the band did not properly get going with album releases until 2016 with “Burial Dimensions”. With a couple of current members being involved with the band since the 1990s,… Continue Reading →

Ereb Altor – Vargtimman (Hammerheart)

I’ve been lucky enough to review a fair amount of Ereb Altor’s albums over the years – they were actually one of the first bands I reviewed back in 2013 when I’d recently joined the hallowed ranks of Ave Noctum…. Continue Reading →

Ereb Altor – Eldens Boning (Hammerheart)

You never knew quite what you were going to get with an Ereb Altor release a few years ago, as they strived to find their own course and identity, pushing away from the main member’s other band Isole. But as… Continue Reading →

Ereb Altor – Järtecken (Hammerheart)

Over their last few releases, Sweden’s Ereb Altor have been pushing the boundaries of their Bathory-esque Viking Metal sound, sometimes darker, sometimes folkier – always epic. “Järtecken” sees an amalgamation of previous guises, delivered by a band suddenly brimming with… Continue Reading →

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