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Ingrid Helland \ Norway \ old school death metal \ Personal Records
Horrifier – Revelations of Gore (Death by a Thousand Cuts Norwegian Death Metal)
I remember all those years ago (a total of three) when I first heard Norway’s Horrifier. Messy as hell, with a pestilent bite to remind you to stay on guard. I didn’t feel entirely zombified by it, in fact it was almost overdriven to the point of bubbling noise at parts, but I observed […]
Invictus Productions \ Kristian Valbo \ Norway \ RK Valbo \ Rolf Kristian Valbo
Abhorration – Demonolatry (Decrepitly Genuinely Evil Blackened Death Metal)
Hahahah, ah haahahaha, AH HAHAAHAHAH. This murders. I kind of figured it would. Satanic beast on cover? Doesn’t look typical, does it? There’s this decreptitude to its look, like it’s tired, but still willing to torment and destroy. See, it looks typical, until you grasp that those empty eyes are digging deep into your […]
dissonant black metal \ Norway \ Norwegian black metal \ Osmose Productions \ Theodor Kittelsen
Gjendød – Livskramper (Dissonant Black Metal)
Black metal. From Norway. Well, that’s it, right? If you were referring to previous work by bizarro duo Gjendød you’d be right, honestly. Carrying the black metal torch is never easy, especially if you hail from the country from where it truly arose. For some, the flames of old were replaced by tiki torches, […]
Bergen \ bestial black metal \ bestial death metal \ bestial war metal \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Norway \ primitive death metal
Goatkraft – Prophet of Eternal Damnation (Exorcistic Bestial Black Metal)
Now, before you get mad at me, let me explain. Normally, a plain old skull on a cover with a simplistic background is a sure pass for me. So what about this one? Firstly, scope it, it’s different. The empty, black space makes it more oppressive, and it’s not just any skull, it’s a […]
blackened noise metal \ Greallach \ Norway \ Oslo \ Purity Through Fire \ raw black metal
Kvad – So Old (Raw Blackened Noise Metal)
Uh oh a black metal band from Norway? Will this be, perhaps, trite? If you see it on this site you know that’s never the case anymore! We don’t bother with negative reviews because if it’s not the best then screw it. We curate, we barely elaborate, that’s the standard. Kvad is much different […]
dreadful black metal \ Lieve Verschuier \ Norway \ Purity Through Fire
Unholy Craft – Naar All Tid er Omme (Good Dreadful Norwegian Black Metal)
Black metal + Norway = banal banalities? I feel like the genre’s particular focus on Norway during the 1990s led to a later “ugh” reaction towards anything from that region, except from those who know little. Even the “greats” we pretend were or still are “good” seem to fail miserably every time they reappear. […]
catacomb synth \ Cloven Hoof Brewing & Releasing \ depressive black metal \ Norway \ Terratur Possessions
Syning – S/T (Catacomb Synth Depressing Black Metal)
Oh groan, I said, scoping the cover of this. I like my corpses in black and white, but though I’m not 100% certain I’m pretty sure this is yet another metal cover utilizing a shot from the Capuchin catacombs. If not, something close to it and when repetition of this nature is strong, you […]
blackened thrash \ Hex Graphics \ Norway \ Pulverised Records
Evoke – Seeds of Death (Nasty Filthy Angry Blackened Thrash)
I feel like this is always a great way to end a week and usher in the weekend beeoches. Nasty, filthy, and angry thrash. Open the week with funeral doom, end it with this, that’s what I say. Unfortunately the promos don’t respond often enough to make that a permanent reality, so you’ll have […]
blackened thrash \ Dying Victims Productions \ High Roller Records \ Marcus Sjöberg \ Norway
Töxik Death – Sepulchral Demons (Umlaut is Okay Sometimes Thrash)
I’m waiting for the day I tire of blackened thrash and I’m like yeah okay heard this, heard that, yeah okay, I’m done. But we’re not there yet. The more bands toss little experiments in there, the less likely it’s going to be soon. In this case even a goddamned umlaut wasn’t enough to […]
abhorrent black metal \ BMS Illustration \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Norway \ ritualistic black metal \ Sentient Ruin Laboratories
Deadlight Sanctuary – Thaumaturgical Rites of the Damned (Abhorrently Not Kvlt Ritualistic Black Metal)
Sometimes I wonder how black metal can do the same old thing, but here I go again with that oft-stated conundrum. It’s the same thing with classic hardcore, punk, and the like. There’s always the typical, and that’s what pretty much runs the genre as a whole. But jeez, I say, why can’t more […]
