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Interview with Mikael of VREDENSDAL

Written interviews
Hello, Mikael! How did VREDENSDAL come to be, and what motivated you to create music that alters the expectations of what Black Metal can be? The mission statement ...
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Interview with ANGSTSKRÍG

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Hej! Your new album ‘Angstkrig’ was created during the pandemic and completed as the world reopened. How did the pandemic and subsequent re-opening of the world affect the ...
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Interview with Mythraeum

Written interviews
Congratulations on your recent EP release with M-Theory Audio. Can you tell us about the process of creating “Halls of Mythras” and how it differs from your previous ...
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Interview with Lars of HILD

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You’ve had a storied career as a drummer in bands like Marduk, Funeral Mist, and Black Altar. What inspired you to start your own band, HILD, and take ...
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Interview with Hellcrash

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Hi! With your second album, Demonic Assassination, you have refined your sound and songcraft. Can you tell us about the creative process behind the album and how it ...
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Interview with Thomas of MORK

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Hello Thomas! Can you tell us about the inspiration behind the album title “Dypet” and how it ties into the themes explored in the album? I had many ...
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Interview with Irrseele

Written interviews
Hello Magnus! Your music has been described as “dark poetic black metal.” Can you tell us more about what that means to you, and how you aim to ...
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Interview with Olle of Last Legion

Written interviews
Hello Olle! Can you tell us about the evolution of Last Legion‘s sound, from your earlier demos to your debut full-length album, “Metall, Blod & Aska”? I think ...
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Interview: Espen ”Nethor” Dyngen Of NOXIUM FERUS

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Norwegian extreme metal act, Noxium Ferus, debuts with a startling and brutal new album entitled Blasphemicon, album which, in my opinion, if you’re listening to it, has the ...
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Review: Damnation Prayer “Blood Ritual: Symbols of Warfare and Annihilation”

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By the end of last summer Finnish extreme metal trio Damnation Prayer has emerged with their debut album Blood Ritual: Symbols of Warfare and Annihilation, releasing it utterly ...
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Review: Confession “Coloured by the Red Flames of Fire”

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Confession is an extreme metal duo from Poland, formed a couple of years ago. Last July their debut album Coloured by the Red Flames of Fire was released ...
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Review: Destillat “Under Black Horizons” [Sliptrick Records]

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As I usually do, this will be an overview, but with some additional headers. That way what I am trying to say will not get lost in paragraphs ...
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HYL – Release 2nd Single “Endless Illusions”

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Odium Records recently announced debut album of the new band – HYL “Where Emptiness is All”, to be released in May. 2nd single “Endless Illusions” released. You can listen to it at: ...
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Ritualistic Black Cultists NIBIRU Announce New Album “Anamorphosis” And Celebrate Ten Years Of Activity

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Following their latest album, “Panspermia” (2020), Blackened Ritual Sludgers NIBIRU have re-signed with Argonauta Records for the release of their seventh studio album, titled “Anamorphosis”, that will be seeing the light of day on Friday ...
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IMMORTAL – release new single ‘War Against All’

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IMMORTAL have completed work on their upcoming new studio album, War Against All, due to be released on May 26th via Nuclear Blast Records. The band’s 10th studio album will feature 8 new ...
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Costa Rican Industrial Black Metal Band DUSK To Release 4th Full-Length

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Costa Rican Industrial Black Metal band DUSK set May 5th as the international release date for their 4th full-length album, entitled RETHRENODY! The new album brings us a new Threnody down-tempo ...
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Gig report: Gorgoroth, Hats Barn, Tyrmfar, Doodswens

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Norway has come to town. The first omen was the snow that appeared last night, to some it was another obstacle in the busy life in the major ...
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Photo report: Gorgoroth, Hats Barn, Tyrmfar, Doodswens

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GOSFORTH – 1st Single Premiere And Pre-Order

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New sub label of Odium Records – Underground Kvlt Records, recently signed a contract with Italian, cult band GOSFORTH who are back after 17 years with a new album “Scourge of Dark Dominion”. A ...
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Review: Cavernous Gate “Voices from a Fathomless Realm” [Lupus Lounge / Prophecy Productions]

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When it comes to the more extreme side of the spectrum of Doom Metal, like Death Doom and Black Doom, I always find that it can vary a ...
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