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Fornhem – Stämman från Berget Review

Fornhem – Stämman från Berget Review

By Doom_et_Al on November 10, 2021 in Reviews, Black Metal, 24 comments

“What a month and a bit it’s been, huh? The notoriously stingy site that is AMG has suddenly begun handing out 4.0s and 4.5s like candy on Halloween. We’ve been awash with blazingly fast tech-death, weird disso-death, avant-garde black metal, stoner, and prog. Know what we haven’t had much of? Good ole fashioned black metal. You know what I’m talking about: the classic stuff. The records you put on when someone says they like “all genres of music.” The collections that scare your non-metal friends. Well, Fornhem is here to try to join the party with a refreshingly unpretentious platter of Nordic black metal.” No bergrets.

Gràb – Zeitlang Review

Gràb – Zeitlang Review

By Doom_et_Al on October 4, 2021 in Reviews, Black Metal, 26 comments

“A hefty chunk of metal has to do with reckonings. Whether about the absence of God, the rejection of the superficially “beautiful,” or the fact that we will all be worm-food one day, bands use the medium to highlight the darker side of a showdown we all must face. If pop is about how we’d like things to be, metal is about how things are. Part of reckoning is looking back honestly at our lives as we get older. Zeitlang (Yearning), the debut album by Gràb—a German black metal trio created by former Dark Fortress front-man, Grant—centers on an old man who retreats to a cottage deep in the mountains to reflect on his life.” Gràb life!

Vinsta- Vinsta Wiads Review

Vinsta- Vinsta Wiads Review

By Dr. Wvrm on September 1, 2017 in 2017, Austrian Metal, Folk Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Reviews, Trollmusic, Folk Metal, Melodic Death Metal, 83 comments

“Some days, identifying influences is the worst part of this job. Reference points flutter atop tongue tips, tantalizingly close but ever out of reach. Vinsta provides no such difficulty. This Christian Höll (Outlawed) solo project gins up a tried-and-true formula for its debut: two parts Opeth, one part Anything Else, stir ’til frothing and mustachioed. The genre of the day is folk, but Vinsta Wiads ends up heavy on the former, light on the latter.” Heavy Opeth sounds good, right?

King of Asgard – :taudr: Review

King of Asgard – :taudr: Review

By El Cuervo on March 21, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Trollmusic, Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal, Viking Metal, 37 comments

“King of Asgard’s brand of Viking-themed, folksy, black metal was praised for its stellar riffing and sword-swinging energy. In light of their tenure, the green light was given to review their new EP, :taudr:. Comprising just five tracks over thirty minutes, I anticipated something sharper than the hour-long albums which are becoming the norm.” Sword swinging and review bringing.