Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Mayhem Country: Norway Label: Century Media Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2021 Mayhem’s latest two albums, ‘Esoteric Warfare’ from 2014 and the latest, ‘Daemon’ from 2019, have divided fans and admirers. Both records are far from easy-listening…
Artist: Pantheon I Country: Norway Label: Candlelight records Formats: CD Year: 2009 Pantheon I was formed around 2002, and features some members of 1349, Den Saakaldte and Sarkom. Their fairly unique mix of Black Metal with cellos and violins caught my eye…
Artist: 1349Country: NorwayLabel: Candlelight RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2009 The last few releases of the Norwegians of 1349 have been surrounded by a minor hype, and in particular for their last record ‘Hellfire’ that seemed to be justified. Not resting…
Artist: DarkthroneCountry: NorwayLabel: Peaceville RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2008 After the last Darkthrone album many of their early fans dropped off, saying that this is punk and has nothing to do with metal anymore. That may be, but didn’t Darkthrone…
Enslaved has never been the band to stand still in their development, and with the newest album “Vertebrae” they have just released their best album to date. Plenty of reasons to discuss the outcome of the latest album with founding…
Artist: Trinacria – Travel Now Journey InfinitelyCountry: Chile / GermanyLabel: Indie RecordingsFormats: CDYear: 2008 What do you get when you put three members of Enslaved in the same room with people from a noise band and various other projects? A…
Artist: Sworn Country: Norway Label: Twilight Vertrieb Formats: CD Year: 2007 This melodic black metal band is from Norway’s second city, Bergen, a region that brought us bands like Immortal, Burzum, Gorgoroth and the famous composer Edvard Grieg. Yet, Sworn…
Artist: DarkthroneCountry: NorwayLabel: Peaceville RecordsFormats: 7″ EPYear: 2006 Not too long after the release of Darkthrone’s last album, “The Cult Is Alive” they return with a single taken from that record, “Forebyggende Krig”, on black wax. Although they always said…
Artist: UrgehalCountry: NorwayLabel: Agonia RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2006 I have to say I haven’t been much into this band before, but after their show with Shining a little earlier they convinced me. Urgehal is one of the very few…
Artist: DarkthroneCountry: NorwayLabel: Moonfog ProductionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2004 What is to be said about Darkthrone Unholy Darkthrone? I skip the introduction part of the review and go directly to the new album. Already very quick after the release of…
Artist: AncientCountry: NorwayLabel: Metal Blade RecordsFormats: CDYear: 2004 Ancient. A band that has been loved and hated by many. Though, it is a band with a long history, emerging from the wealthy metal grounds of Norway. The first few releases…
Artist: AudiopainCountry: NorwayLabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: CDYear: 2004 The last thing I heard of Audiopain was their last demo from 2003, I missed their split 7″ with Mysticum and their 4 way split 7″ with Aura Noir, Infernö and Nocturnal Breed. So, I can’t declare the…
Artist: Mayhem Country: Norway Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2004 They’re back, they are definitely back! To start with the conclusion, remove the surprise effect of a review and still your hunger for the new Mayhem.…
Artist: AudiopainCountry: NorwayLabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: CD EPYear: 2003 In the same time Marcel put an interesting interview with Audiopain online I have here the review of their third demo “Revel In Desecration”. So an introduction can be read there, you can find it by clicking here.…
Stumbled upon this band in the Vampire-Magazine guestbook, I thought it was a nice move to present this great Norwegian band to you all. I reviewed their demo CD, you can find it somewhere else on these pages. I had…
Artist: Pantheon I Country: Norway Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDR Year: 2003 Another piece of Norwegian black art! Four old friends started jamming together during the year 2000. For the time being, they are based in Oslo, Norway. Not too…
Artist: Zyklon / Red Harvest Country: Norway Label: Nocturnal Art Productions Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2003 A nice looking split release between two Norwegian bands, being Zyklon and Red Harvest. Both don’t need any introduction. Both acts are represented…
Artist: Helheim Country: Norway Label: Massacre Records Formats: CD Year: 2003 Helheim hasn’t been an unknown band in the (Norwegian) black metal scene for years, but by now they’ve become a bit of an odd duck in the crowd. There…
Artist: Chton Country: Norway Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDr Year: 2002 A short review for a short demo. Not many words are needed anyway. This Norwegian based deathmetal band Chton was founded around amongst others Torstein (Manes) and Terje (Eternal…