By Eric Wendt For people unfamiliar with Wolves in the Throne Room, diving into their oeuvre might feel kind of like walking into an abstract film halfway through its running time. But that’s kind of the point. As the band itself states, “[Black Metal]… needs to be deeply personal and obscure. The lyrics, the images, the [...]
Black Feather Silhouette Other Electricites Coming to us from the icy realm of black metal and cheaply made furniture, Norway’s Black Feather is the brainchild of Harald Frland, former guitarist of progressive jazz ensemble Jaga Jazzist. For his solo debut Frland handles 11 instruments himself in addition to producer duties and also recruited several of [...]
I have never read about a man who more deserved to get a black metal album dedicated to him. When questioned by Synthesis about his motives for pulling his eye out and eating it, Andre Thomas responded, “I did it for the lulz.” Death row inmate pulls out eye, eats it By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated [...]
I know what you’re asking, “There was a first wave?” Yeah, I’m kind of fuzzy on that too. I remember hearing of a band a few years back, Skyforger, out of Latvia that combined crushing black metal intensity with traditional folk instrumentation (check out “Tumsa Un Sala” on their MySpace page — it’s rifftastic). That [...]
Gorgoroth frontman Gaahl is probably the most metal person on earth. Period. The clip is from the 2005 documentary Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey. Interviewer: What is the primary ideology or the primary ideals the fuel Gorgorth’s music? Gaahl: Satan Interviewer: What does Satan embody, what does he represent? Gaahl: Freedom Interviewer: Whether we like it [...]
