Tag Norway
‘Nedom og Nord’ is the latest album from Norwegian melodic black metal crew Iskald (with Iskald roughly translating to ‘Ice cold’ – but you probably worked that out anyway). This is their fourth foray into full length album territory, and… Continue Reading →
It seems somewhat wrong that I hold in front of me a three track EP containing ten minutes worth of music and I have everything that has ever been or is likely to be released by a band. Apparently Norse… Continue Reading →
Hmm. To get all classical, a tritone strictly speaking in musical terms is an interval composed of three adjacent whole tones, sometimes know as “The Devil’s Tritone”, and well used by classical composers and Iron Maiden alike to invoke a… Continue Reading →
Mindtech is such a template name for a technical progressive metal band that I’m amazed it hasn’t been used before. This band from Norway follows that template with this collection of meaty progressive songs. For sure the production of “Elements… Continue Reading →
As many Norwegian black metal aficionados will undoubtedly be aware, Arvas started life as Örth in the early nineties. Led by Vassago Rex, this previous entity ended with the suicide of Grim (Borknagar, Gorgoroth) in 1999. Arvas came about two… Continue Reading →
Our paths should certainly have crossed a lot more as Mysticum are innovators who were responsible for combing two of my favourite types of music namely black metal (of the Norwegian persuasion) and industrial. However this is the only recorded… Continue Reading →
I find that one of the interesting things about the whole “Folk Metal” genre (and sub-genres thereof) is that each band has a slightly different take on it than their fellow acts. It’s a genre that you would think is… Continue Reading →
Cronian is of course the experimental side-project of Borknagar’s Øystein G. Brun and Vintersorg – but then I’m sure you already knew that. Borknagar have had many Extreme Metal guises over the years and they aren’t too tardy with the… Continue Reading →
It has been a tough and thankless task over the years, being a fan of Gehenna. With constant line-up changes, drastic changes in musical style and extended periods on hiatus, they were always able to disappoint you somehow. Building a… Continue Reading →
Obliteration’s debut album was one which took me by surprise, discovered by chance in a second-hand record shop some months back. Packed full of tight-picked riffs, blasts, hellish atmosphere and infernal roars, 2007’s ‘Perpetual Decay’ is a beautiful amalgamation of… Continue Reading →
Not just content with Darkthrone and Sarke ole Ted best known to his followers as Nocturno Culto has decided he needs more in the way of true heavy metal thunder in his life. To do so he has decided to… Continue Reading →
There is certainly something elite about this line-up as it contains members of So Much For Nothing, Svarttjern and Urgehal in its ranks. It has been some time since last 2008 album ‘Bestial Supremacy’ although a couple of EP’s have… Continue Reading →