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East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon sees Varg venturing back into his non-metal Skaldic influenced instrumental music for this his eleventh album. That statement alone may have had some of his earnest enthusiasts shaking heads and turning off… Continue Reading →
In 2010 I latched onto German black metallers Imperium Dekadenz, a duo consisting of Horaz and Vespasian; a duo that writes complex, foreboding dark melancholic black metal music that whilst despondently doleful is equally uplifting taking the listener on a… Continue Reading →
Csejthe is the name of that infamous castle where Elizabeth Bathory worked, played and lived and if that is not enough to both give you an idea on musical style here and curdle your blood into the process, I don’t… Continue Reading →
With his brother Wulfstan, Athelstan is one half of the terminally underrated English “Anglo-Saxon metal” band Forefather who quietly ply their trade drawing exclusively on the Anglo Saxon period of England’s history. At first a solo album from a duo… Continue Reading →
Never were two themes more comfortably aligned than heavy metal and the legends of the Dark Ages and beyond. But, so keen are many of us to buy into it, that the output from the scene often fails to measure… Continue Reading →
Not frequenting London much I had never come across this lot before, so a fresh opinion and all that. Liking my orthodox black metal from the noisy filth of Bahimiron through Sargeist to Forteresse I also hoped their choice of… Continue Reading →
Artist: Heidevolk Title: Batavi Type: Album Label: Napalm Records Heidevolk is one of the hoard of heathen acts comprising Napalm Records’ increasingly enormous Viking army. Compared to some they are pretty good, even though they are from The Netherlands. For… Continue Reading →