Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Feral Howl Country: Norway Label: Breath Of Pestilence / Howling Fury Productions Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2025 Back in 2022 Feral Howl released two demos, of which the second was an instrumental full Dark Ambient/Dungeon Synth-like recording, but the…
Artist: Nithe Country: Norway Label: Caligari Records Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2025 After a digitally released demo in 2021 the Norwegian Black/Death Metal band released a very strong EP in the form of ‘Night Of The Ghoul’, of which I…
Artist: Gryla Country: Norway Label: Iron Bonehead Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 Gryla is the brainchild and solo project of Torbjørn Kirby Torbo, a young Norwegian gentleman that is also active in Hevn III, Nedgravd and Ormpest. In…
Artist: Robust Country: Norway Label: Terratur Possessions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 This one came out of nowhere. No previous mention, no appearance on a Terratur Compendium. Here is Robust, from the fires of Nidaros, with their full-length debut.…
Artist: Enevelde Country: Norway Label: Terratur Possessions / Cloven Hoof Brewing & Releasing Formats: LP / Cassette tape / CD Year: 2025 “Night breaks open like a wound bleeding anew Blow after blow raging flames You call me I dream…
Artist: Galgeberg Country: Norway Label: Aftermath Music / Our Ancient Future Formats: 12″ EP / Cassette EP Year: 2025 To start off with a confession, I always approach this sort of bands with extreme precaution and an unhealthy dose of scepticism. New…
Of the past year, we can certainly count Abhorration’s debut record, ‘Demonolatry’, as one of the best. In terms of originality, it may not be startling, but the execution of Morbid Angel-inspired Death Metal leaves nothing to complain about. The…
Artist: BloodthornCountry: NorwayLabel: GoatowaRexFormats: 12” DemoYear: 2024 While the current Black Metal scene from Trondheim is still drawing firm attention, the Norwegian city has an equally interesting and to some extent influential past. To commemorate that contribution to second wave…
Artist: DjevelCountry: NorwayLabel: Aftermath MusicFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2024 Ever since their beginning, Djevel has brought an ode to the Norwegian Black Metal of the 90’s, and in particular the more atmospheric likes of Gehenna, Ulver, Borknagar…
Artist: Aptorian DemonCountry: NorwayLabel: Kyrck Productions & ArmourFormats: LP / CDYear: 2024 Trondheim has been one of the main strongholds in the Norwegian Black Metal scene, essentially from day one. It started in the early nineties with pioneering band Thorns and…
Artist: Abhorration Country: Norway Label: Invictus Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2024 That Norwegian’s are not exclusively tied to their trademarked Norwegian Black Metal is of course not exactly a secret, yet the non-Black Metal bands from the Scandinavian…
Despite, or rather because the band is rarely in action, there is all the more reason to take a good look at a new album from Norway’s Shaarimoth. With ‘Devidom’, the Death Metal band has delivered another stellar piece of…
Artist: 1349Country: NorwayLabel: Season of MistFormats: LP / Cassette / CDYear: 2024 You could say that 1349 came at the right place at the right time. Formed in 1997, the band wasn’t quite there when the Norwegian Black Metal creativity…
Artist: Shaarimoth Country: Norway Label: W.T.C. Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2024 In many ways Norwegian Death Metallers Shaarimoth are a rare breed. Not only do they come from a massively Black Metal dominated country with little to no…
Artist: GjendødCountry: NorwayLabel: Osmose ProductionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2024 Gjendød have been out for nearly a decade now to relive the glory days of 90’s Norwegian Black Metal. From the slow and threatening sound of ‘Nedstigning’ to the brutality of…
Artist: AvmaktCountry: NorwayLabel: Peaceville RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2024 The musical direction of Darkthrone may not excite me nearly as much these days as it once did. But it’s hard to deny that Fenriz has some musical taste. And when…
Artist: KråbølCountry: NorwayLabel: Terratur PossessionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2024 Families devoting their lives to Black Metal is hardly new. Quorthon and Boss, Mika and Kimmo Luttinen, LRH and Spellgoth: just a few examples of fathers/sons or siblings ending up in…
Artist: ParfaxitasCountry: Iceland / Norway / USALabel: Terratur PossesionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2024 Parfaxitas, the archdemon that rules over astral thunderstorms. Ruler of wrath, fevers, vengeance and atavism. That who can gives rise to chaos, destruction and death through acts…
Artist: Whoredom RifeCountry: NorwayLabel: Terratur PossessionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2024 In my review of ‘Winds of Wrath’ I had concluded that it was a logical continuation of what Whoredom Rife has stood for ever since they were conceived. At the…
At the tail end of 2023 Iron Bonehead Productions served us with a nice little gem: Black Edifice’s first demo tape. It has been released in quite a small run of only 100 copies, so it might just be that…
Artist: Khold Country: Norway Label: Soulseller Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2024 While I concluded my review for ‘Svartsyn’, Khold’s previous record, as being fodder for those who enjoy some non-adventurous Black Metal, it was also one of the…
Artist: MisotheistCountry: NorwayLabel: Cloven Hoof Brewing & Releasing / Terratur PossessionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2024 “Then Shall not Come Nigh to Offer the Bread of Their GodNou Must Certainly Put Them to DEATH!For nou, Brethren, have Been…
In the first month of the year the Dark Descent Released ‘Altered Realities’, the debut album of the Norwegian band Sovereign, really knocked me off my feet. Its genuine blend of Death Metal and Thrash Metal, the late 80’s way,…
Artist: Sovereign Country: Norway Label: Dark Descent Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2024 Apart from a few old-school bands like Cadaver, Mortem and later on, for instance, Zyklon and Blood Red Throne, Norway is not exactly…
Artist: SynCountry: NorwayLabel: Terratur PossessionsFormats: CDYear: 2023 The latest offering presented by Terratur Possessions is Syn. While the collective behind it does not see a need to reveal the individuals behind it, the attentive listener might be able to pick…
Artist: Immortal Country: Norway Label: Darkness Shall Rise Productions Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2023 As a young Black Metal fan around the turn of the millennium Immortal was one of my absolute favourite bands. In those…
Artist: Ulvhedner Country: Norway Label: Hellstain Productions Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2023 No, I was not exactly impressed by the sophomore album of this Norwegian Pagan-ish Black Metal act. That record, ‘Legd’ from 2020, sounded much…
Artist: Black Edifice Country: Norway Label: Iron Bonehead Productions Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2023 When I first read the name of this new Norwegian band, my thoughts immediately went to Dream Death, this American cult band has a song of…
Artist: Goatkraft Country: Norway Label: Iron Bonehead Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2023 Norway, the land of the beautiful landscapes and equally stunning metal. Norway will forever be remembered as the country that has brought us the well-thought out…
Artist: Black ViperCountry: NorwayLabel: Edged Circle ProductionsFormats: 12″ EPYear: 2023 Remember the day when you looked at the band photos on the inner sleeve of an LP, checking the shirts worn by your favourite artists to discover new bands? There’s…
Artist: TaakeCountry: NorwayLabel: Dark Essence RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 Even though the phrase is far too often used to announce the release of a new album, a new Taake album is certainly one of those albums…
Artist: ManiiCountry: NorwayLabel: Terratur PossessionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 When Manes’ debut album ‘Under ein Blodraud Maane’ came out in 1999, most of the groundbreaking Norwegian Black Metal records of the second wave had already been released.…
Artist: DHG/DødheimsgardCountry: NorwayLabel: Peaceville RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2023 That Dødheimsgard has been pushing the boundaries of Black Metal has been clear from the earliest works. Perhaps that’s why the influence of their classic albums ‘Kronet Til Konge’ and ‘Monumental…
Artist: NidvinterCountry: NorwayLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital EPYear: 2023 ‘Winter Wars’ is the first EP of the band Nidvinter, an Oslo-based band that arose from the ashes of Hexenkeit in early 2023. It follows an earlier released demo on which the band…
Artist: KrapylCountry: NorwayLabel: Cold Northern Breeze RecordsFormats: CD EPYear: 2023 Youth is instrumental in the birth and longevity of music scenes. Nearly all extreme metal genres were born out of musical experimentation by teens, trying to find new and unexplored…
Artist: TsjuderCountry: NorwayLabel: Season Of MistFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 Even though the band has existed since 1993, right at the peak years of the second wave of Black Metal, Tsjuder’s sound came to fruition a little…
Artist: RuïmCountry: Norway / PortugalLabel: Peaceville RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2023 Mayhem has left Black Metal fans divided for decades. Still followed and revered by legions, there are plenty that swear the band died with the murder of Øystein “Euronymous”…
Artist: KvadCountry: NorwayLabel: Purity Through FireFormats: CDYear: 2023 A raw and suffocating type of Black Metal with a cold atmosphere that mixed classic American Black Metal with an Eastern European sound. That is the description that my writing partner in…
Artist: EneveldeCountry: NorwayLabel: Terratur PossessionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2023 The flow of creativity streaming through the veins of B. Kråbøl seems endless. While his work with Misotheist has left a deep impression upon the admirers of the Black Metal brewing in the…
Artist: Nattehimmel Country: Norway Label: Hammerheart Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2023 From the ever-fertile and imaginative soil of Norway, many bands emerged at the beginning of the 1990s that gave colour and new impetus to the Black Metal…
Artist: ImmortalCountry: NorwayLabel: Nuclear Blast RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2023 With ‘War Against All’ the Norwegian Black Metal institute Immortal brings forth its 10th instalment. A new album alone is enough to revisit this monumental band, but a tenth album…
Artist: SkuggeheimCountry: NorwayLabel: Terratur PossessionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2023 After the explosive 90’s of Norwegian Black Metal, not much of that bustling prolific and high-quality scene was still intact by the mid 2000’s. Sure, bands like Mayhem, Darkthrone, Satyricon and…
Artist: Vulture LordCountry: NorwayLabel: Masters of Kaos ProductionsFormats: Double 7″ EPYear: 2023 The Norwegian Black/Thrash Metal act Vulture Lord has been in existence since 1995, although its origins date back even further to as early as 1990. To honour these…
Artist: Keep Of KalessinCountry: NorwayLabel: Back On BlackFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 Keep Of Kalessin caused a bit of a stir with the release of their 2006 album ‘Armada’. Even though their origins dated back to 1993…
Artist: Proselytism Country: Norway Label: Duplicate Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2023 After the 2020 released debut ‘Blood Of The Deceivers’, the Norwegian duo of Proselytism returns with their sophomore album, again through Duplicate Records. Those who have heard…
Artist: Feral HowlCountry: NorwayLabel: Breath Of Pestilence / Night Rhythms RecordingsFormats: Demo tape / Demo CDYear: 2023 Feral Howl is a relatively new Black Metal act from Norway of which quite little is known. It seems to be a one-man…
Artist: Tulus Country: Norway Label: Soulseller Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2024 With the release of ‘Fandens Kall’ the Norwegian zealots of Tulus have released more albums after their return in 2006 than in their first period that is…
Artist: SlegestCountry: NorwayLabel: Dark Essence RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2023 Slegest was formed by Stig Ese in 2010, a year after he left the Norwegian band Vreid. He released two full-length albums and two EPs as a one-man band before…
Artist: Ritual DeathCountry: NorwayLabel: Shadow RecordsFormats: Cassette tapeYear: 2023 The end of 2022 saw the release of the debut full length album of the Nidrosian Black Metal band Ritual Death. That album followed a number of EPs released between 2016…
Artist: AmpitationCountry: NorwayLabel: Nuclear War Now! ProductionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2020 The origins of all the well-known and genre-defining Norwegian Black Metal bands can be traced back to a small amount of extreme metal bands. Like basically…