FLUISTERAARS' latest offering, 'Gegrepen Door de Geest der Zielsontluiking' (Eisenwald) is, without a doubt, one of the most exciting releases of 2021.
Say what you like about Facebook-enemy-number-one Varg Vikernes, before he completely went off the rails he defined not one but two musical genres: Burzum’s early recordings...
Twenty-one years is a long time to spend on a debut full-length, by anyone’s standards. But that’s exactly what happened with Ymir’s eponymous record for Finland’s...
Ah, Burzum. There have been few, if any, artists in metal history as notorious and fan-divided as Varg Vikernes’ one-man band, and his discography (both before,...
Dismal Spells from the Dragonrealm by Finland’s Druadan Forest isn’t black metal, isn’t goth or darkwave, and most definitely isn’t your average ambient mixer - but...
Wan’s Gamma är äldst, out now via Carnal Records, may be one-dimensional blackened thrash, but on the plus side, it is easy to listen to and...
Viewed holistically, Nyctophilia’s Ad Mortem Et Tenebrae is an enjoyable black metal listen, but not a memorable one, despite its authentic efforts at second-wave mimicry.
While the mood of the do-it-yourself attitude of early second-wave black metal is all but absent on this tribute record, it is still a delight in...
Every dedicated metalhead is familiar with keyboard intros and interludes. After 20 minutes of blast beats and heavy riffage comes a minute long synth melody, conjuring...
Eldamar craft a beautiful exercise in melancholic atmospheres on A Dark Forgotten Past.
We start 2017’s Pentagram with Curezum. Who the hell are they? Just juxtapose The Cure and Burzum and voila, you have the most misery-laden, tribute band...
After last year's highly debated revisionist compilation From The Depths Of Darkness, Norway's most controversial vocalist/multi-instrumentalist and Burzum mastermind, Varg Vikernes, returns with a new 11-track...
Today Stereogum hosts the official premiere of "Vanvidd," the fourth track from Burzum's upcoming 'Fallen' full-length. Burzum's eighth studio offering will be released in North America...