Tag Iceland
There is only one depressing thing about this 3 piece Icelandic band’s second release. The band appear so young that it looks like if you added their ages together they would still be younger than me – and I’m 20… Continue Reading →
If ever there was a country where you would expect the most bleak and soul crushing black metal to emerge and be procreated from then it is definitely Iceland. Having loved “In Terra Profugus” immensely I was keen to discuss… Continue Reading →
Iceland’s Carpe Noctem thoroughly impressed me with their self titled EP in 2009, a resolute affirmation of how black metal should be played throughout its blistering four track offensive. A demo subsequently came out but now we have the proper… Continue Reading →
Now this is a real treat. Germany’s black metal masters Helrunar and Icelandic bards Árstíðir Lífsins on one release. My main concern is that two bands with such a flare for atmospheric black metal won’t even have time to get… Continue Reading →
I’ve been very lucky recently with Icelandic metal, having been fortunate enough to review albums by Kontinuum and Fortid. Dynfari are also from “The Land of Ice and Fire”, and judging by the fact that this 9 track album has… Continue Reading →
Fortid was originally a one-man project, the person in question being Einar Thorberg (a.k.a. Eldur) of Icelandic bands Potentiam and Curse. Potentiam came into my life recently when I heard a very impressive album by other former members who play… Continue Reading →
Iceland’s Kontinuum are an interesting band, starting in 2001 as an experimental metal project mixing doom, punk and dark atmospheric metal. The project expanded in 2010, and with the additional of a musician from a hardcore band and the recognition… Continue Reading →
Though Iceland’s Árstídir lífsins (meaning “the seasons of life”) is a relatively new group, the music they create is ageless – that which evokes the sights and sounds of towering forests watching stoically over shores of timeless oceans, the scents… Continue Reading →