Tag Vuur & Zijde
In 2020, I reviewed a split with three outstanding windswept and atmospheric pieces from Vuur & Zijde. Such, I guess, was the maturity of it that I had the mistaken idea that thought they’d released more than that. They hadn’t,… Continue Reading →
From Tilburg in the Netherlands, Witte Wieven bring us their first album after almost 10 years of existence. The shadowy dark sounds point us to a deeper underworld on this black post metal work. So as you’d expect this work… Continue Reading →
If you’ve had an eye and an ear on the more recent fruits of the ever-thriving Dutch black metal scene, Freja’s debut album Tides and the fact that the band defy conventional genre categories won’t take you by surprise. But… Continue Reading →
Black but wider than that in musical style, Terzij de Horde interest me, still more so when I read a comparison to one of my favourite bands Laster. In fact both Terzij de Horde and Laster hail from Utrecht in… Continue Reading →
Dark things are going on in the pleasant Dutch city of Utrecht. In the last couple of years I have discovered and been inspired by the atmospheric music of Laster and Vuur & Zijde. So when I saw a connection… Continue Reading →