One of my favourite musical discoveries of 2014 came at the closing of the year. Occult, an ambient folk duo from Sweden create music that is beautifully eerie, deeply atmospheric and intensely memorable. I have lost count of the amount of times I have listened to their debut demo Skogen. I am proud to present… Continue reading Interview : Occult
One of my favourite black metal discoveries of late is Nivhel, a two man band from Sweden. I'm currently obsessed with the track Vrede, from their 2013 demo Ur Vrede Född. It's everything a sublime black metal track needs to be to have a lasting effect on the listener. Listen and you will understand. 'In… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Nivlhel
Make time for Swedish one man black metal band Panphage today. I've been flinging my head back and forth to the ingenious track þrudmoþgi iotunn from the 2011 demo Gráðr Neðan.
Yesterday, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed, hoping to find some inspirational posts that could lead me to discovering something new to feature here...and I was in luck. A friend of mine from Norway had dropped a status about the Oslo based black metal band Djevel. Curious, I hurried to their Facebook page, and… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Djevel
The black metal created by Swedish band Helgedom is the sort of music which devours you whole. Hypnotic, languid, sinister - Ofärdens lönndom is taken from their vinyl only album release Den mörka skogen af ondo.
Today is all about Italian atmospheric black metal, specifically, Blaze of Sorrow. Empatia is taken from their 2012 album Echi. Close your eyes and sink into the sound.
I first encountered Swedish one man BM band Ormgård mid 2014...far, far too late in my opinion. Rúnir is taken from ////\, Ormgård's debut full-length, which was released on cassette and limited to 300 copies. Listen. Be transformed.
I needed something to get me going this morning, something to set me up for the rest of the day, something brutal and blasphemous. German black metal band Sarkrista have done the job nicely with Funerals and Flaring Torches from their 2013 debut album The Acheronian Worship.
Ambient black metal from Switzerland to start the day. Nychts (Old German for 'nothing') have a sound which sinks into my marrow. The harsh, harrowing vocals and distant howls take me away from the table where I am typing this, and drop me in another time and place. Their work is diverse and surprising from… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Nychts
Australian one man ambient black metal project Midnight Odyssey never fails to inspire and move me. Last night I listened to Dis Pater's new track Hunter of the Celestial Sea half a dozen times. The multi-layered epic had me almost in tears it was that fucking good.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 