Tag: black metal

On the closing day of the Der Harte Norden exhibition in Berlin, we sat down to talk with the Norwegian black metal historian and collector Finn Håkon Rødland and the manager of the cult Beyond The Gates Festival in Bergen Torgrim Øyre about the exhibition. Read the complete interview here...

Finnish black metal enigma Vortex of Thorns recently released an EP, "Usless." Read the review here...

DIMMU BORGIR announce cover album "Inspiratio Profanus." More info here...

At the beginning of October, we enjoyed a bunch of great black metal bands (Licht Des Urteils, Malignament, Sacrilegious Impalement, and Black Crucifixion) at Utopia in Turku. Check our photo gallery here...

Check out our gallery of Gladenfold, Battlelore, and Skyforger at Apollo in Turku here...

The Circle recently released their new album, "Of Awakening," via AOP Records. Read our review here...

The Nordic Embassies in Berlin had organized Der Harte Norden exhibition about nordic metal. We attended the evening program on September 29th, 2023, which included a performance from Sylvaine and a panel of honorable guests. Check our photo report here...

Italian one-man black metal project HIEMS recently released a new album, "Stranger in a Wasteland." Read the review here...

Was "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" the only fantastic track from Dimmu Borgir's 2003 release, "Death Cult Armageddon"? Find out in this anniversary special review...

We attended another edition of Midgardsblot Festival in Norway. Check out our photo gallery of the third day featuring Skáld and Blackbraid...

We went for a black metal evening with Mimorium and Horna at Bar Rock Bear. Read our live report here...

We attended another edition of Midgardsblot Festival in Norway. Check out our photo gallery of the second day featuring Sowula, Nordjevel, and Enslaved...

We attended Midgardsblot Festival in Norway. Read our live report here...

Blus Aus Nord are soon to release their new record, "Disharmonium: Nahab." Check out our review here...

Beyond The Gates Festival continued with bands like (DOLCH), Gorgoroth, and Marduk... Check out our photo gallery here...

We headed out to Bergen in Norway to visit Beyond The Gates Festival. Check out the gallery of its first day here...

HIEMS premieres music video for new track. Watch it here...

The final fay of Steelfest 2023 included Ruttokosmos, Sotherion, Vornat, Evil Incarnate, Witchcraft, Pensees Nocturnes, Urn, Merrimack, Nordjevel, Torture Killer, True Black Dawn, Austere, Nattefrost, Nunslaughter, Urgehal, Satanic Warmaster, and Warmoon Lord. Read the festival report here...

For the eleventh time - we’d say consecutive, but you know, COVID… - we found ourselves traveling to Hyvinkää to visit the biggest extreme...

On this year's Helatorstai, Steelfest let us check out Coraxul, Azazel, Nattverd, Utuk-Xul, Hail Conjurer, Nocturnal Sorcery, Sacrilegious Impalement, Loits, The Committee, Pest, Horna, Deströyer 666, and Marduk! Check them all out here...