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Borknagar – Fall (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas Franco

  Having firmly etched their own sonic path since their origins in 1994, Borknagar emerged from the second-wave Norwegian Black Metal explosion that was sweeping the globe. They very quickly established themselves as an entity that would obey no one’s musical rules but their own. ... Read More
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Ihsahn – Ihsahn (Album Review)

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The name Ihsahn is one that is synonymous with Symphonic Black Metal. One of the key founders of Norway’s highly influential Black Metal band Emperor, his time with them was extraordinary, however, his work outside the band is what truly makes him even more fascinating.  ... Read More
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Interview – Nag of Tsjuder

Nicholas FrancoNicholas Franco

One of the least compromising and most savage Norwegian Black Metal bands in existence, Tsjuder erupted into being in 1993 to forge its own Satanic blueprint upon the landscape of ever-morphing, ever evolving odes to the Horned One. Unlike many of those outfits, the brainchild ... Read More