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For many headbangers, black metal is the first thing that comes to mind when Norway is mentioned. That is understandable; many of the top black…
With “Norrøn livskunst”, SOLEFALD looks to the early 1900-century Norway, when a young nation zealously engaged in exploring its…
At one point, Dimmu Borgir were a black metal band. Somewhere around the time of 2001′s Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, though…
The album was released on August 25, 2010, and displays a different lineup from the previous album. It is the first Tristania album…
Just when you think every possible rock & roll subgenre has already been mixed, matched, and spliced with every other available subgenre beyond any…
In many different types of music, one can find the stubborn traditionalists who preach to the choir as well as the crossover artists who have a better chance…
Enslaved fans who wondered just how far the Norwegian black metal legends would push the steady progressivification of their sound might have…
Black metal bands, by definition, are essentially born out of a desire to challenge society with uncompromising music and shocking behavior, and they’re…
Norway’s 1349 (named for the year the Black Plague struck their home country) may seem like an orthodox black metal band at first glance, but they’ve…
Universal is the eighth full-length album by the Norwegian metal band Borknagar. It marks the return of bassist Tyr and guitarist Jens Ryland…
