As predicted, Mr Vikernes returns with another segment of the saga of his introduction to metal and his unique take on the genre that became one of the pillars of black metal, which increasingly looks like the last interesting thing to come out of music.
47 CommentsTags: Black Metal, burzum, History, varg vikernes
To Hell and Back Again: My Black Metal Story (Norway 1991-1993)
by Varg Vikernes
150 pages, Ancestral Cult Productions, $13
Tags: Black Metal, burzum, Euronymous, mayhem, multiple stab wounds, norway, varg vikernes
Notable Burzum composer, Mayhem member, church burner, and antagonist of all things dualist/Abrahamist Varg Vikernes released his most recent effort, a 150-page history of the black metal experience in Norway as he experienced it from 1991 to 1993.
84 CommentsTags: Black Metal, burzum, Norwegian Black Metal, varg vikernes, weges
Ancient necrotic evil warband Graveland plans to release two new works, a compilation with covers and a full album, following its issue of a wooden box edition of Thousand Swords which seems to have found an audience for the classic era of Graveland yet again.
22 CommentsTags: Black Metal, graveland, infernum, no colours records, rob darken, thunderbolt, veles
Sneaking out this EP before their next album, Demoncy cover old ground and do so in a way that will please Demoncy fanatics, deliver few surprises, and leave people hungry for more. These three songs follow the Enthroned Is the Night model with streamlining into a more aggressive package.
124 CommentsTags: Black Metal, demoncy
Searing martial black metal band Sammath introduced its “Texas is the Reason” Worldwide Texas Tour today, plotting dates across Texas early next year to terrify and delight audiences with its brand of technical but mystical metal.
48 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sammath, texas, War Metal
The review queue this year has shifted, being both worse than ever before and having a higher number of promising options, which means that Sammath faces an underground which is gathering strength, which is why the band chose to reveal this intriguing video for “Last Gasp of the Dying.”
106 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sammath, War Metal
Raging martial black metal band Sammath has streamed its latest album, Grebbeberg, for a new generation of fans to appreciate the approach that combines old school dynamics with timeless melody to create a sensation of unending Nietzschean struggle and Promethean aggression.
33 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sammath, War Metal
Back when Dissection and Sentenced were the only bands to pick up on the hybrid of speed metal and death metal that Merciless pioneered and then add more Iron Maiden harmonized guitars and melody, Sacramentum stood out as having a darker aesthetic and more melancholic but aggressive spirit.
39 CommentsTags: Black Metal, sacramentum, tour
Grinding martial black metal band Sammath publish their seventh album, Grebbeberg, on June 16th of this year via Hammerheart Records. The band has already released two tracks from the album, one of which is on our radiocast of underground metal.
7 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, hammerheart records, Old School Death Metal, sammath, War Metal
