Tag Sweden
Another review, and yep, another rant about those damnably prolific Swedes! How the hell do they keep on nurturing such a massive underground scene with such a comparatively small population? Is it the long winter nights that force creativity to… Continue Reading →
A lot of bands who promise a mix of Black, Death, Punk etc are generally atonal and dull. So why would I want to review such a band? Well because what if it isn’t like that? What if it really… Continue Reading →
After seemingly battling dragons non-stop for last four years, I’m afraid the shit’s really hit the fan(tasy) in Bloodbound’s world! No sooner have they banished those pesky fire-breathing miscreants than suddenly there’s a new set of creatures to deal with… Continue Reading →
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 →
The Mammuthus hail from the Swedish city of Trollhättan, which according to an online search is the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, with 59,058 inhabitants in 2019. Well, what does that little bit of googling have to… Continue Reading →
This is a Swedish set up with cited influences including Craft, Khold and Watain. This is dense, hypnotic black metal with rich sound textures exhuming multi-layered guitars, although the PR material suggests “icy rock n roll”, a term I must… Continue Reading →
Barely two years after releasing the critically acclaimed Grasping Time, earning a respectable score from a sometimes difficult to please yours truly, Vokonis return with their fourth full length. In Grasping Time the Swedish stoner doom rockers created an album… Continue Reading →
I’ve opined this many times before in prior online ramblings, but damn me if Sweden doesn’t produce more bands per head of population than pretty much any other nation in the world, and that’s just in the realms of hard… Continue Reading →
Just every now and then, you get a bit of a cracker and it’s all the sweeter for not having heard the band before. I got this a little while ago, but some unexpected moves at work have meant that… Continue Reading →
“The sound of a teardrop falling onto a moss-covered stone. The sound of a heart breaking. The sound of a rosebud opening at dawn.” The sentences above could well be taken from a romantic poem or a Zen koan, like… Continue Reading →
Ok, right. Why am I here? No not in this reality, here with this review. Well controversial director Lucio Fulci’s 1981 shocker and alleged video nasty has a special place in my heart. Weird, fucked up and gory it was… Continue Reading →
One look at the Nordic tree line and shroud of violet light on the cover of this new, secretive black metal project and you’d be forgiven for expecting something slow, dark, ambient, pastoral…. What we get is something altogether more… Continue Reading →