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Review: Taake – En Skog av Nidstang

English: There are bands that, after decades, mainly live off their past. Fortunately, Taake is not one of them. Hoest has now

English: Tornekrans needs very little time to make its intentions clear. After the short, folk-tinged intro Ultreia, the door is kicked wide

English: Fiende av lyset sounds as if Infernal Wind couldn’t care less about the years that have passed since black metal was

English: Some split releases feel like little more than a convenient way to unload leftover material. Others carry the unmistakable sense of

English: Normally, I don’t review standalone singles for Merg & Been. I prefer to wait until a full album is released so

English: With a history that, according to its creator, dates back to 1994, the Norwegian Ildfar managed to remain well hidden until

English: No sooner had the year entered its second month than Misotheist already returned with new material. This past February, the intriguing

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Min Tid Skal Komme by the Norwegian band Fleurety. The album is widely regarded as

Once again, there’s one of those obscure bands dragging us along on a trip toward the Mediterranean region, somewhere in the early

Take a seat — things are about to get a little complicated. Stefan Drechsler, originally from Germany, is of course best known