Norway’s Seigmen were something of a big noise in their homeland in the nineties, scoring a couple of number one albums and a huge local following with their ever-developing brand
I was a tad wary when I read that Keep of Kalessin had come in third place at Norway's Eurovision contest - let's face it; metal on Eurovision is (usually) a prett
Despite the idea of a one man band conjuring images of some bloke with cymbals taped to his knees, Invisus (who is Blodhemn in its entirety) does a pretty good job
Norwegian black metal missionaries, Posthum, are pleased to unleash the unholy fruits of their third full-length, The Black Northern Ritual.
The English are masters of prog in all its forms - The Osiris Club are testament to this.
I first became aware of Gehenna via their 1994 album, First Spell. I dug it, it was sorta creaky but nevertheless endearing black metal.
Until the release of Vertikal earlier this year, it had been damn near a decade since I was this excited about Cult of Luna.