Archive for the ‘Norwegian’ Category
There are plenty of really stupid, strange, funny or even “normal” band namens out there. Sometimes you can at least guess what kind of music they will play while reading their bands name, as bands like Goatpenis probably won’t play soft gothic metal tunes. What do you expect from a band, that named itself after a …
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How often are even the most bizarre facts about a band used as a promotional argument, hoping that this will gather enough attention. One of those arguments used to promote Asaru was the fact, that they are one of the oldest German black metal bands from Norway. Sounds studip? Well, it is..
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One of the pioneers of progressive black metal clearly is the Norwegian band Enslaved. They just released their latest record called RIITIIR only two years after its predecessor Axioma Ethica Odini. This record promises over one hour of entertaining music, but is this true? Will Enslaved really succeed in creating a new milestone or is this record …
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Just one year passed since Der Weg einer Freiheit released their latest EP called Agonie, which was quite a good piece of music. One year seems to be enough for them to gather enough material for a new full-length record though and so they try to top their previous success with Unstille. This record is quite a masterpiece! Why? …
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I’m really glad, that the re-release of Snowland finally arrived. The 2012 edition of the debut record of the Sorcier des Glaces is really worth listening to, but so was The Puressence of Primitive Forests. Read on, to read about the great improvements the re-release brought with it.
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The Switzerland is quite known for some products (like cheese), although black metal (well, there are some exceptions) isn’t really one of them. As one shouldn’t be narrow minded we will discuss the record named Starfall of the band Moonfrost. Is this a real pearl or just another junk record from the underground?
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It should be “public knowledge”, that new releases that state, they play something like “true norwegian black metal” aren’t even worth taking the time to listen to them, as the genre is stagnating for quite some time now. Even new releases of really well known bands like Burzum aren’t the same anymore and many people only …
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Shortly before the new year two thousand twelve kicks in we want to focus on a record – following the slogan of our last review – that was released in spring two thousand eleven that is named two thousand ten (Zweitausendzehn). The record offers, somewhat similiar to Runar, melodic black metal, but more traditional and with …
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More and more good black metal bands are originating from many different countries, for instance Canada, France or even Mexiko. It’s hard to be recognized as there is a huge flood of records that are released these days, and the “trademark” of “made in norway” for trve norwegian black metal doesn’t guarantee for anything. Svarttjern (dark …
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