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17 Years Ago: DARKTHRONE release Plaguewielder

I knew that some of things around Plaguewielder, that it was going to be...some people might whine about it because we use colors and everything on the artwork but we won't do that again because I think that the Sound went out good but I think Plaguewielder as...

10 September 2018

• Tags: Black Metal History Darkthrone

12 Years Ago: BLODSRIT complete Helveteshymner

Recorded over a week in May, BLODSRIT returned to Soundlab Studios in September, completing the final mix and master of their third album on this day in 2006.

8 September 2018

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34 Years Ago: MERCYFUL FATE release Don't Break the Oath

MERCYFUL FATE released their legendary second LP on this day in 1984. King Diamond interview 1984

7 September 2018

• Tags: Black Metal History Heavy Metal History Mercyful Fate

22 Years Ago: SAMAEL release Passage

SAMAEL released their fourth album on this day in 1996. ...in those time, it was primordial to have a video in order to get people attention. We probably reached more people with one airplay on Headbangers Ball than with a whole tour.- Vorph / Samael interview, Invicta Magazine,...

19 August 2018

• Tags: Black Metal History Samael

31 Years Ago: MAYHEM release Deathcrush

MAYHEM released their legendary Norwegian extreme metal classic Deathcrush on this day in 1987. Mayhem Deathcrush original flyer As time went by they were looking for a new singer, and the choose fell on the ultimate Maniac, namely Maniac! His voice is total splattering chainsawcore. The new MAYHEM...

16 August 2018

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15 Years Ago: INQUISITION live in Aurora, IL

INQUISITION live in Aurora, Illinois on this day in 2003.

19 July 2018

• Tags: Black Metal History Inquisition

24 Years Ago: ARKONA complete An Eternal Curse of the Pagan Godz

ARKONA took just a weekend at Tuba Studio in Wrocław to record An Eternal Curse of the Pagan Godz! Work was completed on this day in 1994.A few years ago, on the 20th anniversary, we re-released this demo on tape with Nightbirds Records. Tuba studio was also used...

17 July 2018

• Tags: Arkona (Poland) Black Metal History

17 Years Ago: BLASPHEMY live in Canada (Live Ritual: Friday the 13th)

BLASPHEMY played live on this day in 2001. The concert took place in Burnaby, British Colombia (near Vancouver) and was recorded on MiniDisc by YK who released the concert on vinyl as Live Ritual: Friday the 13th later that year, an early Nuclear War Now! Productions release. The...

13 July 2018

• Tags: Black Metal History Blasphemy

18 Years Ago: JUDAS ISCARIOT live at Under the Black Sun

Guest members on this night joining Akhenaten were: Kanwulf (NARGAROTH) on guitar, Imperial (KRIEG) on bass, and Butcher (MANIAC BUTCHER) on drums. UtBS Festival 2000, JUDAS ISCARIOT played on the Friday night (just after midnight on Saturday 8th). Recorded at the "UNDER THE BLACK SUN" BLACK METAL FESTIVAL...

8 July 2018

• Tags: Black Metal History Judas Iscariot

27 Years Ago: IMMORTAL record a demo

...we have always been into the dark side of music and that's why we played Dark Death Metal in the beginning, because then we thought that it was obscure, dark and evil. The thing is that when there came a thousand more bands it was not interesting anymore,...

5 July 2018

• Tags: Black Metal History Immortal

22 Years Ago: ANCIENT WISDOM release For Snow Covered the Northland

ANCIENT WISDOM was formed by Marcus Norman in 1992 as ANCIENT. Under the original name they released In the Eye of the Serpent in 1993. As ANCIENT WISDOM they record the Through Rivers of the Eternal Blackness demo at Garageland Studios in December 1993. Around this time they...

4 July 2018

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27 Years Ago: BATHORY release Twilight of the Gods

The sixth BATHORY epic was released on this day in 1991! Bathory - Blood and Iron After "Hammerheart" we felt like playing a bit more brtual again. So we recorded an album which sounds like "Reign in Blood" on 45 rpm. I think there were 8 or 10...

29 June 2018

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20 Years Ago: GODKILLER release The End of the World

I changed everything between 'The Rebirth of the Middle Ages' and 'The End of the World' because I was so fed up with that black metal clichés. Too much bands. It was not interesting anymore.- Duke Satanaël / Godkiller interview, 2000 GODKILLER - the solo band of Duke...

27 June 2018

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25 Years Ago: DARKTHRONE release Under a Funeral Moon

Recorded in June the previous year, Peaceville released the iconic Under a Funeral Moon on this day in 1993. We didn't care really much for the albums at the time, we all agreed that the rehearsals we did was the most important thing. We actually rehearsed a lot......

24 June 2018

• Tags: Black Metal History Darkthrone

25 Years Ago: PRIMORDIAL record Dark Romanticism... Sorrow's Bitter Harvest...

We recorded our first and only demo "Dark Romanticism", recorded for about £50 in the lads home town of Skerries in a converted front room studio on eight tracks. Considering the equipment and the time and our experience we were quite shocked at how well it came out....

22 June 2018

• Tags: Black Metal History Primordial

25 Years Ago: MORTIIS completes The Song of a Long Forgotten Ghost

MORTIIS "apologizes" the musical mistakes comitted on this recording, 95% was done at one tack. So Fuck off!! MORTIIS was formed December '92... The original and ONLY member of MORTIIS.- Petrified zine #2, 1993 After leaving EMPEROR in December 1992, MORTIIS began recording this debut demo the following...

15 June 2018

• Tags: Black Metal History Mortiis

19 Years Ago: KULT OF AZAZEL live in Florida

KULT OF AZAZEL - or AZAZEL as they were known at the time - live on this day in 1999, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. AZAZEL became KULT OF AZAZEL, after several demos, in 2001 and released their debut album Triumph of Fire and a split with KRIEG that year.

14 June 2018

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21 Years Ago: ARCTURUS complete La Masquerade Infernale

I took part in the sessions for La Masquerade Infernale back in 1996 where I sung vocals on 'The Chaos Path'. I was at their rehearsal place a lot and we jammed for a bit and Knut came up with this idea for what later would be 'The...

12 June 2018

• Tags: Arcturus Black Metal History