Black Metal

Debut material from this Icelandic horde.

Black Metal

Just like debut albums properly should, Godslastering Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry straddles both HULDER’s past as well as unearthing new paths. Within the eight songs comprising the 40-minute record, Hulder spans myriad generations and idioms of black metal, but all deeply rooted in ’90s classicism: from the paganisms of earliest Enslaved, Ulver, Isvind, and Kampfar to the hypnotizing grit of classic Judas Iscariot and Grand Belial’s Key, on to the mystical majesty of unsung Greeks like Zemial and Kawir and even over to the woodland wonder of old Opera IX. Which is all to say that HULDER here not so much mimic their forebears so much as meld the idiosyncrasies inherent to each into a masterclass in all-caps BLACK METAL songwriting: dynamic, engaging, nuanced, and transportive, but undeniably physical in its pulsing vistas of darkness and mystery. Likewise, Godslastering Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry is structured like a true album, with Side 1 kicking in an utterly feral manner and cresting along to vicious wanderlust and ending on the eerily restrained near-ambient hymn “De Dijle,” and then Side 2 furthering the synth mysticism and maintaining a more triumphant aspect, with the closing magickal march of “From Whence an Ancient Evil Once Reigned” sounding not unlike a lost relic from Grieghallen circa 1994. And all this is encased in a production that’s rich, robust, and rounded; only the rawness of the performances bleed into the soundfield, a clear division from HULDER’s earlier demo days.

LP size booklet + poster

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Vintervælde is the first track by Í Myrkri, which features new vocalist Skóggangr (Ildskær, Genfærd, Tugt).

Ambient intro track by the Dungeon Synth entity Nortfalke.

RAC / Oi!

Ian Stuart Donaldson’s first and best solo album from 1989. The “No turning back” LP was released shortly after the “After the Fire” album, and like that LP it is punkier than most of Skrewdriver’s later material. And while much of this LP is hard rock, some songs are Oi!-heavy: “Fortress Europe”, “Battle Cries” and especially “Firepower” sound like what Skrewdriver played on the “Hail the New Dawn” LP. Even the title track, despite being based on a metal riff, is less than two minutes long and has a lot of punk anger. “Campaign in the East” is one of Ian Stuart’s best hard rock compositions, not only on this album but in general.

RAC / Oi!

The 1991 album available on LP.

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From the wasteland of Gespegewagi with hate… Ifernach strikes back with its most ferocious full length offering yet. “Capitulation of All Life” is an opus that glorify death and disdain for humanity. The first track introducing the madness and folie of Cesar Franck, inspiring the angels to slay the christian beast and join the storm in the name of Satan, sets the battleground to a raging strike until it slows down to the last chapter ; surrendering and leaving for another journey. “Capitulation of All Life” is also an hideous concerto in hommage to all the arsonists that destroyed christian temples from West to East in Canada during the year 1 of a new era. A storm of fire and chaos has been summoned, which will be the last glimmer of light before the everlasting cold sleep of a death star with no history or memories to recall. And they will all capitulate… No one shall be saved. Musically, a catalogue of Euronymous-inspired riffs married with a very low and pounding drum battery, conflicting with a growling distorted bass and savage barks. Mixed for the first time after a long journey of splits, EPs and other Ifernach’s offerings.

Black Metal

“Skin Stone Blood Bone” consist of 11 tracks of raw, crude, bloody and cutting native American black metal like you never heard before, transporting you in the 666 levels of the mi’kmaq shamanic world of hunting, wild trekking and night dwelling. The Dark Diviner awaits you, at the end of the trail, filled with blood from the wounds of the giant horned serpent. Using very unconventional instruments, and literally beating metal scraps with a moose bone, the music of “Skin Stone Blood Bone” is furious and mysterious dark story-telling metal that will convince the old and harass the new.

Black Metal

“Skin Stone Blood Bone” consist of 11 tracks of raw, crude, bloody and cutting native American black metal like you never heard before, transporting you in the 666 levels of the mi’kmaq shamanic world of hunting, wild trekking and night dwelling. The Dark Diviner awaits you, at the end of the trail, filled with blood from the wounds of the giant horned serpent. Using very unconventional instruments, and literally beating metal scraps with a moose bone, the music of “Skin Stone Blood Bone” is furious and mysterious dark story-telling metal that will convince the old and harass the new.

Black Metal

From the forest of Gespegewagi with hate… A journey in the solitary confinement of the northeastern Canada awaits your mind. Ifernach “The Green Enchanted Forest of the Druid Wizard” is an atmospheric, mysterious and furious black metal requiem to the glory of lone wood where no men’s dare entering.

Bombastic percussions, epic tremolo riffs and raging screams are alternating with gloomy, otherworldly ambient segments. “The Green Enchanted Forest of the Druid Wizard” is showing a new dimension Ifernach’s supernatural spirit.

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First EP available on vinyl.