Tag Russia
Nordgeist. Frostwinter. If you guessed that this is a groove metal album filled with slap bass and wacky ditties about otters then you best keep walking – as long as you have snowshoes! Nordgiest is a one person Black Metal project from Siberia and the frostbitten… Continue Reading →
Over the years, black metal has developed into something of a template. That being the case, the appeal of your black metal project depends a lot on whether you’re able to follow that template while simultaneously breaking it up and… Continue Reading →
Russia is no stranger to Death Metal, Abominable Putridity, Katalepsy, Hieronymus Bosch, 7 H.Target, need I go on? There’s a lot of great bands from this part of the world and they continue to keep coming thick and fast. I’m… Continue Reading →
Even if you don’t realise it, chances are you have heard of renowned supernatural German author Gustav Meyrink due to his most praised novel The Golem which was adapted to film several times. The strangely named Meister Leonhardt is one… Continue Reading →
I always like to take a peek into a group’s environment if it is not a place I have particularly heard of and Chelyabinsk Oblast Russia where Hovert dwell seems like a perfect place for musicians practicing black metal to… Continue Reading →
Saint Petersburg – the town of the Neva, Nevsky Prospect and Nikolai Gogol. Well, at least that’s where some of his most famous stories are set. I have never been there, unfortunately, but I sure would like to visit this… Continue Reading →
A bare and scarred torso, hand grasping a spear is the striking cover art confronting us on this album and the scars of the mind are the deeper sub-text. This band spanning membership in both Belgium and Russia narratively represent… Continue Reading →
I gotta say that I am not that well versed in Russian metal. For such a vast country with such a huge impact on world history and culture, the red land has not made much of an impression on my listening habits. … Continue Reading →
All hail the gods of old! I cry as I read through and research occult material from LaVey to Crowley and beyond. I love it all, it’s fascinating, and a lot of it tends to get rooted in ancient religions… Continue Reading →
Dunwich seems to have intertwined itself in heavy metal culture. The place that is rather than this band – give ‘em time though this is only their debut. HP Lovecraft set a short story in a fictitious New England town… Continue Reading →
Beginning straight off with a curiously Nile meets Melechesh bit of blackened death metal with ‘Broken’, this Russian band weave some North African and Middle Eastern melody through their somewhat technical death attack. Have to say in minutes you are… Continue Reading →
I have to admit that I went into this review a little blind, not really knowing much about Drunemeton except an awareness that they are Russian Pagan Black Metal……I googled “Drunemeton” to try to do a bit of background research… Continue Reading →