Icelandic artist Brynja discusses the writing process behind her album ‘Repeat,’ being an independent artist, and the most memorable moment of her career.
The Icelandic solo black/death metal project Show Me Wolves has unveiled a new single titled “Silence of the frail mind.”
2020 is crawling mercifully towards its end. It’s been one hell of a year. Normally, this is where I’d say metalheads might be able to take...
If Norway was the epicentre of the second wave of black metal in the first half of the 1990s, then Iceland has to be the contemporary...
Take cover because there’s a mountain of awesome ready to boil over and spew lava everywhere. That’s right, Icelandic hard rockers Volcanova have arrived and are...
Icelandic duo Hugar recently debuted the final quarter of a stunning audio-visual journey focused on four tracks – “Saga,” “Ró,” “Órói,” and “Grandi” – from their...
Sinmara’s latest release via Ván Records, Hvisl Stjarnanna, is equally gloomy and nihilistic in temperament to 2014’s Aphotic Womb, although its composition and arrangement are far...
Valtakunta (out now via Signal Rex), the latest album by Finland’s Se Lusiferin Kannel, is a chilling, exploratory hour-and-change of seriously dark long-form ambient black metal.
Revelations of the Red Sword is a deeply esoteric album, blessed with a huge presence and a constantly shifting undercurrent of unapologetic misanthropy. But it’s also...
Söngurinn sem ómar á milli stjarnanna is a masterpiece of chaotic, apocalyptic, and esoteric black metal from Carpe Noctem. Stream it now, with an official lyrics...
Wolfheart have unveiled the results of their long journey into the ice and snow of Iceland’s glaciers to record the official music video for "Breakwaters". Check...
Blurring sensuality and surrealism, Kontinuum’s new album, No Need to Reason, out via Season of Mist, creates a warm, inviting atmosphere that belies its post-metal foundations.
Icelandic solo project Ljáin delivers a harrowing, lo-fi explorations of abyssal existential angst that combines the rawness of proto-black metal with soaring, enveloping atmospheres on Endasálmar...
I thoroughly enjoyed Metalhead. The cinematography is stunning and the soundtrack is a terrific mix of '80s and '90s metal. If you can get by with...
Azoic are a two-piece black metal band from Iceland. Now, I don't know about a lot of you, but often times when I see that a...