SKARDUS hail from Schleswig-Holstein and play heavy black death with catchy, angular riffs and an organic but very clear production. Where, you say? You’ve heard of ‘Holsten… Read more “SKARDUS on new release STORMRIEK and always looking to the north.”
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Rob ‘Mid’ Middleton ( DEVIATED INSTINCT, BAIT, SPINEWRENCH, HAAVAT ) talks illustration, Norse mythology, 1980s recording studios, Norwegian Black Metal, budget distortion pedals, and cats.
Were you about in the mid-to-late ’80s punk scene, supergluing patches on your tattered trousers, tramping the streets in para-boots to the soundtrack of underproduced cassette demos… Read more “Rob ‘Mid’ Middleton ( DEVIATED INSTINCT, BAIT, SPINEWRENCH, HAAVAT ) talks illustration, Norse mythology, 1980s recording studios, Norwegian Black Metal, budget distortion pedals, and cats.”
Timm Endstille-Tauthr talks learning the drums, favourite cymbals, touring, the follies of war, identity, and recording the new 2022 ENDSTILLE album.
It is our pleasure to catch up with Timm aka Mayhemic Destructor of the relentlessly pummelling black war-metal act ENDSTILLE, a band who everyone should see live… Read more “Timm Endstille-Tauthr talks learning the drums, favourite cymbals, touring, the follies of war, identity, and recording the new 2022 ENDSTILLE album.”
Kjetil Mannheim talks his time in 80s Black Metal band MAYHEM, avant-garde composing, new ORDER release ‘The Gospel’, and how everything turns out alright in the end…
Kjetil ‘Mannheim’ was the original drummer of MAYHEM during the phase that culminated in the legendary Deathcrush EP of 1987. Now, that release was a real beast… Read more “Kjetil Mannheim talks his time in 80s Black Metal band MAYHEM, avant-garde composing, new ORDER release ‘The Gospel’, and how everything turns out alright in the end…”
LITURGY – Origin of the Alimonies
Sounding like a compositional cross between Philip Glass’ Koyaanisqatsi and Benjamin Britten’s Turn of the Screw, with Berio-like flute etudes, bits of Dodheimsgard, Oranssi Pazuzu, and black… Read more “LITURGY – Origin of the Alimonies”
Hord of OCCVLTA – interview.
Güray from Istanbul chats about music and the state of the world today with frontman Hord of horrible old school black-and-roll terror-mongers OCCVLTA. INTERVIEW BY GÜRAY TOPAÇ… Read more “Hord of OCCVLTA – interview.”
DARKENED NOCTURN SLAUGHTERCULT live at Nambucca, London 14.3.20
Despite being one of the least hygienic gigs you could attend at the start of a pandemic, London’s Nambucca was none-the-less still packed out for the return… Read more “DARKENED NOCTURN SLAUGHTERCULT live at Nambucca, London 14.3.20”
TULUS ‘Old Old Death’ review.
After SARKE’s excellent Gastwerso album release of last winter, multi-instrumentalist Thomas Bergli, who we interviewed here, spoke then of a return to the studio with his old… Read more “TULUS ‘Old Old Death’ review.”
SARKE – ‘Gastwerso’ review
The trajectory of SARKE is one many have followed with interest, noting the musical progression of Sarke (Thomas Bergli ) and Nocturno Culto (Ted Skjellum) throughout the… Read more “SARKE – ‘Gastwerso’ review”
LUGUBRUM – Wakar Cartel review
What exactly is Belgian brown metal? Well, it’s like a kind of rural black metal, so unpolished and organic it can only be brown in hue, like… Read more “LUGUBRUM – Wakar Cartel review”
Old Man's Mettle 