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20 Years Ago: SATANIC WARMASTER release Opferblut

SATANIC WARMASTER released their second album, Opferblut ("Sacrificial blood"), on this day in 2003 through No Colours. The debute album convinced No Colours Records to a degree they offered a contract. Flattered by the possibility to become one in the lineage of Dimmu Borgir, Graveland etc. I agreed...

19 February 2023

• Tags: Black Metal History Satanic Warmaster

25 Years Ago: SETHERIAL release Lords of the Nightrealm

First of all, black metal lies in the intellect, not in the tempo. We play fast as we find it most satisfying that way, not for any other reason. No band gets to be a pure black metal act just by playing fast, nor by playing slow. Real...

2 February 2023

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30 Years Ago: BEHEMOTH record The Return of the Northern Moon

'The Return of the northern moon' is our first real stuff, it's only a proclaim of Behemoth's acts. Our newest stuff is more into pure evil black metal. 'True horned sodomy', our next demo, will be recorded in pro-studio and it will contain seven trax of pure unholiness....

19 December 2022

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40 Years Ago: VENOM release Black Metal

Our music is Power Metal, Venom Metal, Black Metal not Heavy Metal cos that's for the chicks. Venom interview, Kerrang!, 1982 VENOM released their iconic second album, Black Metal, on this day in 1982 through Neat. Satan is power and Venom is power so we write about Satan....

1 November 2022

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20 Years Ago: SATYRICON release Volcano

Strong, dark atmospheres, coldness, eeriness - you can expect "Volcano" to invoke this in you. This album is mostly about powerful and quite straightforward Black Metal, with some Thrash and Hardrock elements thrown in. Don't bother so much with how it eventually differs from the other albums or...

26 October 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Satyricon

25 Years Ago: BURZUM release Daudi Baldrs

Balder's Death is meant to stimulate mortal's ability to think beyond the normally accepted 'truths', to make them think for themselves. Dreams change nothing. Thoughts change nothing either, but perhaps the next album will stimulate mortal's will to act? We need no more dreams. We need no more...

14 October 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Burzum

20 Years Ago: SHINING release III: Angst Sjalvdestruktivitetens emissarie

SHINING III was basically the album where we truly reached where we were aiming, both musically as well as lyrically... Kvarforth / Shining interview, Carpathian Wolves Legion, 2005 SHINING released their third album on this day in 2002 through Avantgarde.

7 October 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Shining

20 Years Ago: NEGURA BUNGET release n crugu bradului

'N crugu bradului opens and closes a complete and expressive cycle, a unitary vision melting mythological ambient, psychedelic and Transilvanian feeling into a complex layered musical and ideological structure. Sought original musical and lyrical structures, a deep personal emotional approach, make the album not just a cyclic dream...

3 October 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Negura Bunget

20 Years Ago: ANTAEUS release De Principii Evangelikum

De Principii Evangelikum is another stone to the edifice, yet not the final one, just taking part of those pillars, making sure the schrei X kathedral is still standing and holding the void. MkM / Antaeus interview, Darkened Zine, 2002 ANTAEUS released their second album on this day...

23 September 2022

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20 Years Ago: THE KOVENANT release In Times Before the Light

All of these changes through the years are important for us, but playing what we play now is very important. We have molded our music. When we started off we were very young; we played black metal and we thought it was so cool. It was. The second...

3 September 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History The Kovenant

25 Years Ago: KAMPFAR release Mellom skogkledde aaser

KAMPFAR released their debut album, Mellom skogkledde aaser, on this day in 1997 through Malicious Records. ...as for that album [cover artwork] the story is that a French guy did the cover and he mixed it up a bit, and just found a picture that he thought fit...

22 July 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Kampfar

25 Years Ago: NOKTURNAL MORTUM release Goat Horns

Originally available on tape, NOKTURNAL MORTUM released their debut album - Goat Horns - on this day in 1997 through Polish label Morbid Noizz. It was released on CD in March the next year by American label The End Records (now part of BMG) and Nuclear Blast.

6 July 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Nokturnal Mortum

25 Years Ago: DESTRUKTOR record The Holy Trinity...Denied!

As a whole, it was received well. Of course some said the sound was a bit poor, but that I don't care about, I like raw!! It's a demo, do they expect CD quality production?? The only complaints were on the vocals being too screamy, but at the...

5 July 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Destruktor

25 Years Ago: RAGNAROK release Arising Realm

We spread a seriouse point of view about satanism and that we are the only one. Also different aspects seen through the eyes of a demon. Also we spread our own feelings through the music and who we are. What we stand for and what to be destroyed....

23 April 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Ragnarok

20 Years Ago: MORRIGAN release Enter the Sea of Flames

After ending MAYHEMIC TRUTH in 2000, Beliar and Balor formed the equally epic MORRIGAN. Morrigan was born in summer 2000. We never considered to call the band MAYHEMIC TRUTH, because after the relase of "In Memoriam" this would be a joke... Balor / Morrigan interview, Tales from the...

20 April 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Mayhemic Truth

25 Years Ago: AETERNUS release Beyond the Wandering Moon

Musically, AETERNUS stands between black Metal and death Metal mostly. We have our own style and the term 'dark Metal' suits it all perfectly, if one wants to label our music. Aeternus interview, Random #4, 2000 AETERNUS released their debut album, Beyond the Wandering Moon, on this day...

14 April 2022

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25 Years Ago: MIDVINTER release At the Sight of the Apocalypse Dragon

MIDVINTER released their debut album, At the Sight of the Apocalypse Dragon, on this day in 1997. The band split shortly after. MIDVINTER reformed in some capacity around 2006. Work on a second album, Harmagedo, continued through 2009 - including studio rehearsals - but the album has never...

25 March 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Midvinter

25 Years Ago: ULVER release Nattens madrigal

We are what our name uphold. Wolves.. During night we find a mental and to some extent also a physical (!) well-being that we most likely are never to find at daytime. The truth is simply that ever time the sun breaks through it has a detrimental effect...

3 March 2022

• Tags: Black Metal History Ulver