Nordvis Produktion

Sons of Crom – The Black Tower Review

By Steel Druhm on August 19, 2017 in 2017, Bindrune Recordings, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Nordvis Produktion, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Black Metal, Epic Metal, Heavy Metal, 18 comments

“The AMG promo sump is a murky, fetid cesspool, and you don’t always find exactly what you expected when delving into its brackish, primordial ooze. Swedish two-man band Sons of Crom were clearly labelled as “epic heavy metal” by some AMG toadie, which to my mind conjures images of Atlantean Kodex and triggers my involuntary salivation reflex. The band’s second full-length, The Black Tower is many things, with epic being one of them, but they’re quite far afield from what I was expecting.” From sump to summit.

Murg – Gudatall Review

By Lord Lucan on December 24, 2016 in 2016, Black Metal, Nordvis Produktion, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Black Metal, 7 comments

“With the AMG promo bin positively bulging under the sheer weight of obscure one-man black metal projects nowadays, whenever I’m tasked with reviewing the work of an unfamiliar BM outfit, I’ve almost begun taking it as a given that it’s going to be a solo affair. When Gudatall—the latest effort from mysterious Swedish black metallers Murg—landed in my inbox, I almost choked on my caviar when I cued up a promo photo and found there to be not just one individual behind the name, but two.” Two is the unkvltist number that there’s ever been.

Panphage – Drengskapr Review

By Lord Lucan on November 23, 2016 in 2016, Black Metal, Folk Metal, Nordvis Produktion, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal, 82 comments

“One-man black metal projects are like rats nowadays; you’re never more than a few meters away from one at any given time. Okay, I may have made that up, but there does seem to be quite a surplus of them knocking about at the moment. While this abundance of choice is great for those of us who like our music bleak and wintery, with every man and his dog getting in on the act, cutting through the chaff and finding material actually worth listening to can seem like a pretty mammoth task.” Allow us to separate the wheat from the rats.

Waldgeflüster – Ruinen Review

By El Cuervo on October 12, 2016 in 2016, Bindrune Recordings, Black Metal, Folk Metal, German Metal, Nordvis Produktion, Reviews, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal, 17 comments

“Having first encountered Munich’s Waldgeflüster on their split with Panopticon earlier this year, I was intrigued and further encouraged to investigate their brand of atmospheric black metal. A couple from our valued community rate their work as among the best in the genre. Try though I did, I found myself somewhat underwhelmed.” El Cuervo vs. buzz.

Panopticon & Waldgeflüster (Split) Review

By El Cuervo on March 8, 2016 in 2016, American Metal, Bindrune Recordings, Black Metal, Folk Metal, German Metal, Nordvis Produktion, Reviews, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal, 11 comments

“We’re familiar with Austin Lunn’s home-grown, folk metal Panopticon around these parts. His bluegrass-infused black metal has garnered justifiable (though some say excessive) acclaim, especially as his work has progressively become more melodic and accessible. But this time around he’s sharing album space with German folk-meisters Waldgeflüster, with whom I am less familiar. The split apparently had its roots in the bottom of many beers – as many of the best ideas do – shared between Lunn and Winterherz (of Waldgeflüster) and I was eager to hear what they’d produced.” Split the album, don’t split the beers.

Panopticon – Autumn Eternal Review

By El Cuervo on October 23, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Bindrune Recordings, Black Metal, Folk Metal, Nordvis Produktion, Reviews, Black Metal, Folk Metal, 30 comments

“Austin Lunn is proving to be one the most talented and prolific musicians in the modern American metal scene. Barely a year after releasing the excellent Roads to the North and contributing to Saor’s stunning depiction of Celtic folklore, Aura, he’s returned with the seventh full-length under his primary Panopticon moniker.” Grab your dip and stick it in your lip. It’s time for some redneck black metal!

Grift – Syner Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on September 15, 2015 in 2015, Black Metal, Nordvis Produktion, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Black Metal, 49 comments

“Be it that Sweden’s Grift is named after the English word describing the acts of a con man or the Swedish word for “grave” is irrelevant to me. When I think of the word “grift,” my mind immediately turns to the clever 1973 film, The Sting.” Is the Doctor a frustrated hustler?

Draugurinn – Ísavetur Review

By Lord Doom on August 25, 2015 in 2015, Nordvis Produktion, Not Metal, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Not Metal, 16 comments

“Sweden’s Draugurinn is the dark ambient personification of one-woman-band, Dísa Á. Even though she didn’t make a blip on my metal detector until recently, that hasn’t been for a lack of effort on her part. With both Draugurinn and her black metal persona, Turdus Merula, she’s been releasing quite the number of full-lengths since 2010.” Well, this is certainly dark and unhappy!

Murg – Varg & Björn Review

By Madam X on March 25, 2015 in 2015, Black Metal, Nordvis Produktion, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Black Metal, 19 comments

“The lines are so blurred now. To a large extent, gone are the days when you could look at the geographical location of a band and know exactly what they had in store for you. Nobody made the death of the old order clearer to me than an obscure band operating out of the rural mining areas of Bergslagen, Sweden going under the chic moniker of Murg.” I hate those blurred lines….

Izah – Sistere Review

By Kronos on February 27, 2015 in 2015, Dutch Metal, Nordvis Produktion, Post-metal, Reviews, Sludge, Post-Metal, Sludge, 14 comments

“Do you like post-metal? Do you like sludge? What about Rosetta? Soundclips of men with Scottish accents? Finally, do you have 72 minutes to kill? If, dear reader, you answered yes to three out of those five questions, then you would be obliged to take my hand as I journey through Izah’s gargantuan debut Sistere.” Ach, it’s like Scotchtoberfest around hea!