Year: 2018

I have been following Enslaved since their 1993 split with Emperor. At the time it was the latter band who excited me the most (“I am the Wizards” still remains sculpted in my subconscious), but […]

Much has been written about the Norwegian phenomena, the ultimate mutant of the eclectic 70’s guitar works and the black metal mechanisms – here is some more: let us talk about the evergreen sharp senses […]

We can see the progressive tendencies of the band Enslaved really take over on this album and the songs show nods to progressive rock and more interesting song composition. The album starts off with a […]

With “Vertebrae,” Enslaved present their most ambitious and developed album yet, and one of the most convincing agglomerations of progressive rock and metal to date. Right from the start you know the band has achieved […]

The vikings have left their dragonboats, ceased all plans of conquering, instead gathered in their longhouse to fill their brains with substances which allow them to communicate with the northern pantheon to share the secrets […]

Starting with a deceptively crappy first song – which must have been taken from some unreleased demo – this album fires satanic Black Metal missiles with technical and deadly precision. At least Black Metal is […]

So, you look at this band and you think “Oh, another black/death metal band to sit and saturate an already overflowing market”. You would only be half right there. Emptiness is a strange beast, it […]

Not avant-garde in the sense of groundbreaking sound architecture, but so spontaneous when approaching their music, a psychedelic and experimental manner packed in a post-metal sound. The music is calm, but screaming from the inside, […]

Swansong isn’t always singing. Sometimes it’s a weak sigh of one who wished to reach the end crowned with olive leaves, and its strength is not heard. Sometimes it’s a mighty shout into fathomless void […]

What really lies beyond the border? We have different answers, views and wishes, but maybe vision is all that matters and hence flickers the dream. I may be ambivalent regarding zillion things located on the […]