Archive for January, 2011
It is quite ironic that a band that outs itself as “lifelover“[s] can produce such depressive sounds in return. It starts with the title of their new record, that focuses on an unpleasant part of life, which gets thematised more or less: Illness. You should have your eyes on Sjukdom, at least when you haven’t …
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Icecold is the attribute the third longplayer made by Iskald shall fulfil and therefore the cover is kept in a black/white contrast. The duo still uses the concept of tradition and an enormous power of sound but is that really sufficient or does it have to be more than that to convince? Read here!
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Looking to the statistics according the amount of band members in underground black metal bands will reveal a “shocking” fact: The majority of them are one man projects. They often have to face criticism, as a vast amount of people is denouncing them as less authentic or even unprofessional. All followers of my blog will …
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The eyes of lovers of norwegian black metal are focused on February, because a new Helheim record named Heiðindómr Ok Mótgang will be released. If you can not bear the tension, you are invited to dawdle away the waiting time with listening to their EP Åsgårds Fall that was released in November of 2010. Read our …
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Sometimes bands slip into phases that could be hard for fans, one of this phases may be known as “creative pauses”. Falkenbach also had some kind of creative pause and therefore fans had to wait six long years for a new record, but finally it could be seen on the horizon. Tiurida, meaning “glory”, strives …
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It’s no secret, that artists often search for new ways to express themselves and to evolve in musically ways. The Foetal Mind are also looking for different spheres and are leaving the former path of black/doom metal, but also the album’s title seems to spoil intern changes. Since the vocalist left the band, The Grand …
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I promised something exotic on last Wednesday, but couldn’t offer more than their origin. Today I’m going to provide something more exotic as redemption, although his origin isn’t really surprising in terms of black metal these days (because it’s “just” another artist from france), but his music really is something special and not just the …
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I decided to review something “exotic” to celebrate this new years dawn. Everyone’s hoping for some strange genrehybrids may be disappointed, because “exotic” is meant in terms of origin, as our artist is of japanese ethnicity. Kanashimi is japanese for “sorrow” or “sadness” you might guess, in combination with the cover and title, that they …
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