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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Sometimes even the most hardcore black metal fan needs to listen to some other music, just to come down a bit, respectively to escape the monotonous realms some of the bands create. The first choice most probably are ambient or folk metal records and that’s why we will discuss the debut record of Huldre. You really …
The best requirements for a good review vary from project to project. Sometimes it’s really important to know every single release to judge the latest output, sometimes you shouldn’t know anything to be impartial. Frozen Ocean is probably one of the latter cases, as their debut record Vestigial Existance wasn’t that great (in my opinion of course!) and …
Please don’t think that I was drunk while writing this review’s title, as I wasn’t. Ekte Westfäölske Svatte Metal is really the title of the new record of Heimdalls Wacht (you can take a quick glimpse at the cover to verify this), which freely translates into something like “real Wesphalian black metal”, which are truly spoken words. …
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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Black metal isn’t really known for “sophisticated” music, although there are quite some artists that would fit into that “genre”. Bands like Wolves in the Throne Room or especially some of their German counterparts like Helrunar, farsot or EÏS should be mentioned there. The latter just released their latest record called Wetterkreuz, with which they try to tie on old achievements. …
Synthesizers are the new big deal in viking/pagan and atmospheric black metal bands, but not everyone seems to like them equally. It’s no big surprise that new bands start to revive the “good old times” of metal, when synthesizer weren’t used that much. Ymir’s Blood is one of those bands that tries to follow the footsteps …
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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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