Black Metal History
We kicked this series off last year with an initial installment tracing the origins of black metal up through 1984. Picking up in 1985...
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Pytten has had an enormous amount to do with how the Norwegian black metal sound was represented.
Today, we celebrate Mayhem’s Per Yngve “Pelle” Ohlin, or “Dead,” on what would have been his 53rd birthday. Pelle was only 22 when he...
Winter is coming: the sun is setting earlier in the day. The air is starting to freeze. The dead leaves of autumn are being...
We kicked this series off last year with an initial installment tracing the origins of black metal up through 1984. Picking up in 1985...
Though Enslaved has become renowned in metal circles for records like Isa, Ruun and RIITIIR, there’s no denying the power of the band’s early...
By now, fans know what to expect, and that is the assurance that Taake continually manages to walk the fine line between creative expansion...
Grim and Necro Cookies For The Dark and Desolate Soul
There is no better way to celebrate black metal history month than to pick up a copy of Marduk's new album Frontschwein on February...
Who knew there were GREAT black metal bands in Albuquerque, New Mexico?
Into the band comes Teloch, a Norwegian guitarist who played in several other black metal bands and was a touring guitarist with Gorgoroth (another...
ach person has his or her own way of delving into an art form. For me, books and documentaries have a colorizing effect on...
Happy February, or as we've christened it for the last few years… Happy Black Metal History Month. All month, we will celebrate metal's most...
The following post is a part of Black Metal History Month, our monthlong celebration of all things black metal. Check out all of our...
Today is the last day of February concluding another kvlt Black Metal History Month.
When people talk about U.S. black metal, the focus is usually on the Brooklyn, Pacific Northwest, and California scenes. But if you dig a...
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Since 1982, Thomas Gabriel Fischer (AKA Thomas Gabriel "Warrior") has been one of the guiding forces behind extreme metal. With the formation of Hellhammer...
Those haircuts... they can't possibly be serious, can they? The two gentlemen in the above photo aren't posing for a CKNY ad campaign. They...
There is music that is meant to comfort us, music meant to disturb us, and music meant to impale our senses with the cold...
Alright, let's be real about this- being a musician is a rough way of life these days. And for a style as specialized and...
Another masterstroke release from Bindrune Recordings, Germany's Waldgeflüster return with an album three years in the making. Called Meine Fesseln, one man mastermind Winterherz...
In a genre as insular and niche as black metal is, it stands to reason that the eschewing of live performance and interviews in favor...
I love Ulver’s place in the history of black metal. Only three albums and just a couple of years can really be dedicated to...
Tracing the origins of black metal is less like searching for a needle in a haystack and more like wondering through a graveyard at...
Oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste. Black metal and Christianity.
First thing's first: Last week's winner! Congratulations to Immortally Enslaved who had the best zinger: "Umm, no, that's OK King… I'm perfectly capable of...
