When I first heard about tattoo/black metal festival BlekkMetal a few weeks ago, my excitement levels went off the richter scale. It didn't take me long to get in touch with organiser and celebrated artist Jannicke Wiese-Hansen to ask for an insight into what will, undoubtedly be, one of the most significant dark cultural events… Continue reading Interview : Jannicke Wiese-Hansen Organiser Of BlekkMetal
Proud to reveal the title of the book I am currently putting my blood, sweat and tears into. Hyperborean Shadows : Contemporary Dark Northern Culture.
Italian black metal to end this weekend. I don't know much about Fiave, but I am all over When The Shadows In The Night Rise, a track from their 2001 demo also titled Fiave. From what I can see, the demo is the only things they're released. But I for one want a fuck load… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Fiave
Black metal project Kafirun from Vancouver have taken ownership of my attention today. The track you're about to be introduced to is entitled Salvation Through Sin and is taken from their 2015 EP Glorification of Holy Death. For a band which has only been around since 2014 they have a really strong, accomplished sound.
One of my favourite discoveries of late is Paelowolf, an ambient, ritualistic project hailing from Belgrade. Paleowolf harnesses the power of old, to present music which lifts you out of your current day existence, and drops you into the primitive world of the prehistoric hunter-gatherers. The track you're about to listen to is entitled Wold… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Paleowolf
If you are a long-term follower of Wyrd Words & Effigies, you will remember an interview I did with Icelandic director Ragnar Bragason where we talked about his groundbreaking movie Metalhead (Málmhaus). Well, some great news came my way today, and that is Metalhead is now available on DVD and BluRay with English subtitles. I've… Continue reading Metalhead – Now Available With English Subtitles
Something quiet and atmospheric from the northlands to ease you into the week. Heathen hail from Norway, and the track you're about to encounter - Spells of Nature Mastery - is taken from their 2015 cassette only release Heathen.
And once again I turn to German black metal project Sarkrista. They were also my Sound Of The Day here. This time around, I'm relishing their 2015 EP The Evil Incarnate. This furious, pummeling, evil as fuck release is just what the day ordered.
This isn't the first time that pagan folk phenomenon Eliwagar has made my Sound Of The Day. Seidr is taken from her upcoming album Heidr, set for release in May.
Really taken with Swedish atmospheric black metal band Humanus Hostia. The track you're about to hear is entitled Searching For... and it's taken from Humanus Hostia's debut album Nostalgica, which was released back in 2011. I would make yourself comfortable, because this track is quite possibly one of the most relaxing black metal songs I've ever… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Humanus Hostia
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 