Tag Sweden
Bolt the door, snuff out the lanterns, keep out of sight; the Vikings are coming! Rampaging through your village, with fire, sword and a brand new slab of crushing metal is King of Asgard, a bunch of Swedish Hell-raising heathens…. Continue Reading →
It may have taken five albums to get there, but Swedish crust sweethearts, Martyrdöd, have finally found their signature sound in ‘Elddop’ and it’s surprisingly mature and clean cut. Unlike previous album ‘Paranoia’ (their fourth full length and debut with… Continue Reading →
Despite the title of this Swedish retro band’s first release, this is not a live album performed in space. It would be cool…but no, it’s not even Live. Though the album’s basic sound IS from a time when having landed… Continue Reading →
I must say, I have mixed feelings about this whole Entombed saga. For a start my prediction of a reformation of Nihilist for a few gigs has yet to come into fruition, but in less selfish terms, generally these whole… Continue Reading →
Time for a bit of full-on black metal that exemplifies the best of the Swedish tradition. Nidsang is an occult-ridden riff frenzy that will go down well with fans of any one of Setherial, Watain and Necrophobic. Quite where they… Continue Reading →
As a music lover I’m always in two minds about ‘demo collections’. They fall into two categories generally, 1. Interesting curios from the formative years of bands that went on to be massive…(Mantas ‘Death By Metal’) 2. Unlistenable, badly recorded… Continue Reading →
Originally released last year on vinyl, Sweden’s Black Trip for me personally were a great underground find. Their first 7 inch record ‘Tvar Dabla’ is still in demand and it’s increasingly hard to find now. Occult heavy metal in the… Continue Reading →
When a mate of mine heard the last Borknagar album, his first comment to me was “Well, that’s Vintersorg buggered then”. I felt this was a comment with far too many possible connotations…on many levels…and so I asked him… Continue Reading →
Vast sounding sludge doom that blasts the listener – slowly of course- through space and time like the TARDIS powered by Mogadon. These Swedes like it hard heavy deep and slow like David Coverdale playing Scrabble for viagara. Opening an… Continue Reading →
Following the reformation (2007) and dissolution (2012) of ancient Swedish death metal entity Nirvana 2002, two of its members found their creative impulses unspent. Minus previous band mate Orvar Säfström, bassist Lars Henriksson and drummer Erik Qvick decided to create… Continue Reading →
There are few power metal bands with a signature sound quite like Falconer. The unholy spiritual union of black metal, European speed metal and folk melodies all rolled tightly around the honeyed tones of Mathias Blad. Ok there are plenty… Continue Reading →
There’s no denying the amazing impact and legacy Angela Gossow gave to the Metal world by rising to the challenge and seizing with angry clenched fists the opportunity to front Arch Enemy. She is and was a testament to… Continue Reading →