Keep of Kalessin spawned back in 1994, under the name Ildskjaer, by hand of Ghash and Obsidian C. , later joined by Vyl and Warach. The band´s violent yet dark and epic Black metal as well as the somewhat mysterious monicker and lyrics, are inspired by the work of fantasy of the American writer U. Le Guin ´The Earthsea Quartet´.With this concept... [+] Read More

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Handful Of Hate was born in 1993 and since the beginning the band moved toward the most extreme Black /Death Metal forms.
After some line-up problems and the tragic death of our bass player Ugo P. in 1994, finally in 1995 the band released the demo "Goetia Summa" supported by a lot of live shows together with the best Italian... [+] Read More

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To call I a Norwegian supergroup would be nothing short of an understatement: featuring members of mighty IMMORTAL, GORGOROTH, SAHG and ENSLAVED in their ranks, it comes as no surprise that the debut album Between Two Worlds takes us to the very roots of high-class metal and further. With IMMORTAL having disbanded a few years back, the metal... [+] Read More

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Norway’s IMMORTAL disbanded in 2003, after 13 successful years as one of the pioneers of metal.

After a solid break, the band has decided to enter the battlefield again, and what better way to do so

than performing a few selected, exclusive concert appearances?

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There is a scent of indefatigable fighting around Marduk. For over ten years this outstanding band has embodied values extremely rare, always strongly determined to go their own way, refusing to adjust, always fighting to stay on top and never backing down. But let’s begin from the start about how the charismatic band founder Morgan Håkansson,... [+] Read More

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Nidingr started first out as Audr,a solo project by Teloch.When Blargh joined in 96 the name changed to Nidingr. Togheter with some local musicians they recorded a rehearsaltape in april 1996, on a 4 track (avalible on vinyl,released by Hearse Records Italy,limited to 500 copies).After that Blargh and Teloch continued for themselfs, and they... [+] Read More

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Spanish Black Metal band formed in 2005 by the norwegian guitarrist Khorne, with the vocalist Overlord.
They have released one demo called Hat og Nag in 2008

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Culling its membership from various Norwegian black metal luminaries, Arcturus has been an evolving project for founding keyboardist Steiner "Sverd" Johnsen and drummer Hellhammer (also known as a member of Mayhem, one of the most infamous Norwegian black metal ensembles). The results of this newer endeavor have been quite fruitful, and with... [+] Read More

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Burzum is the one-man project of Varg Vikernes (born Christian Vikernes, aka Count Grishnackh), perhaps the most notorious figure in Norwegian black metal. Although Burzum has an unpredictably experimental bent -- encompassing black metal, industrial, electronic, and dark ambient music -- Vikernes will forever be associated with his conviction... [+] Read More

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Formed at a time when the Scandinavian metal scene was becoming flooded with bands, all striving for "true" rather than "trend" status amongst fans and peers, Sweden's Dark Funeral emerged as one of the most exciting groups in the genre. Like most artists in the early black metal scene, Dark Funeral's music was raw and powerful with a strong... [+] Read More

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When asked to do a noisy Black metal record for Cold Spring Records, King (Gorgoroth, Sahg, etc.) and Kvitrafn (Sigfader, ex-Gorgoroth,) teamed up and formed Jotunspor (tracks/traces of giants). Musically their debut album «Gleipnirs Smeder» binds grim and primitive black metal together with elements of noisy dark-ambient, while the concept of... [+] Read More

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Formed at the outset of the '90s, Brazilian death metal band Krisiun featured guitarist Moyses Kolesne, his brother Max Kolesne on drums, and bassist/vocalist Alex Camargo. Employing a vicious, straight-ahead death metal style, the group recorded two demos (1991's Evil Age and 1992's Curse of the Evil One) and self-released a mini-album titled... [+] Read More

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Formed at the outset of the '90s, Brazilian death metal band Krisiun featured guitarist Moyses Kolesne, his brother Max Kolesne on drums, and bassist/vocalist Alex Camargo. Employing a vicious, straight-ahead death metal style, the group recorded two demos (1991's Evil Age and 1992's Curse of the Evil One) and self-released a mini-album titled... [+] Read More

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The San Francisco-based quintet Ludicra specializes in straight-ahead black metal (i.e., no gothic keyboards, pagan folk influences, or electronic leanings) in a style influenced by bands such as Darkthrone, Gorgoroth, Dodheimsgard, and Bethlehem. The group formed in 1999 and consists of guitarist John Cobbett (Hammers of Misfortune and the Lord... [+] Read More

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Norwegian black metal band Taake is primarily the work of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist U. Høst, who founded the group in 1993 amid the rash of church burnings and other crimes virtually responsible for launching the scene. Recruiting drummer Svartulv, over the next three years Høst recorded a series of demos steeped in ancient Viking lore... [+] Read More

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Taking their name from the Norewgian word for wolf, Ulver is a black metal band employing both noisy death-metal blasting and more relaxed, morose acoustic instrumentation, depending on the concept of their work. Led by vocalist Garm, Ulver recorded two concept albums beginning in 1995; Bergtatt detailed a Norse legend in which maidens are... [+] Read More

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