Review: Tannenbart – Vrijbuiters, bunzingjagers en stropersvolk
English: Under the banner of “rural metal”, the men of Tannenbart — meaning “fir beard” — have been brightening up the Gelderland
Merg & Been Magazine
From the underground
Reviews, interviews and stories from the darker corners of underground music.
Review: Hail Conjurer – Abyss & Ekstasis
English: Finland. The country where Black Metal still seems to thrive as if the nineties never entirely disappeared. Hail Conjurer has been
Review: Vināyakas – Cleansed by the Ancient Fire
English: As if a fire has been lit somewhere underground and nobody intends to put it out. Cleansed by the Ancient Fire
Review: Bloedmaan / Crypts of Dusk – Curse of the Emerald Knight
English: A split works best when the two bands have something in common while still retaining enough of their own identity. That
Review: Ablazen Winds / Niaisny – Scarlet Graves Amidst the Ashen Ruins
English: A cold wind blows across a devastated landscape, carrying with it the dust of collapsed walls and nameless graves. There is
Review: Hardiesse – Tristesse Vespérale
English: When the final light disappears behind the ramparts, only the sentinels, cold stones and echoes of a forgotten past remain. This
Review: Glaisemort – Demo II
English: There is something unhealthy hanging over the streets of Clermont-Ferrand. A city surrounded by a dramatic volcanic landscape, with the dominant
Review: Novae Militiae – Apocryphon of the Unborn Light
English: Novae Militiae has been around for quite some time by now. The French band was formed in 2009 and has never
Review: Ch’ahom – Anthropic Rites of Sublimation
English: Ch’ahom is no stranger to Merg & Been. The German band caught our attention before with their filthy and oppressive mixture
Review: Beyond Seventh Dimension – Tähtien ikuinen suru
English: Tähtien ikuinen suru can roughly be translated as ‘the eternal sorrow of the stars’, and with that title Beyond Seventh Dimension