BATHORY Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Now this album is where the Quorthorn really realised his potential. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Bathory, and The Return, but Under the Sign of the Black Mark from…
VENOM Into Oblivion
I Went into this one with bated breath, Venom’s last few albums have been a little on the ordinary side to say the least, would Venom Into Oblivion be any…
SARCOFAGO
Sarcofago: Formation, Early Years, and Black Metal Origins Sarcofago: Formation, Early Years, and Black Metal Origins Sarcofago stands as one of the most influential bands in the early development of…
NIFELHEIM Devils Force
Nifelheim Devil’s Force is the second release from this underrated Swedish Death / Black metal cross over band from Sweden. Formed in 1990 this one didn’t come out until 1998…
MAYHEM Liturgy of Death
Fuck yeah, here we go again. Mayhem have recently become one of my favourite bands. I have to admit I didn’t rate them as highly in the early 90s but…
Enslaved Vikingligr Veldi
Oooh time for some old school Norwegian black metal. I don’t mind Enslaved but never really listened to them that much in the day. Well, not the day in which…
DISSECTION The Somberlain
Dissection The Somberlain, released in 1993 is well ahead of its time. Main Man Jon Nödtveidt (Rest his soul) is in my mind a god dammed genius. He formed the…
IMPALED NAZARENE
Fire in the Frozen North: The Early Days and Formation of Impaled Nazarene The origins of Impaled Nazarene lie deep in the early 1990s underground of northern Finland, a region…
BEHEMOTH Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)
I was aware of Behemoth from pretty early on but don’t really remember this album coming out. To be honest the cover is very stock standard Black Metal and there’s…
IMMORTAL
Immortal emerged from Bergen, Norway, in the late 1980s and early 1990s as an unmistakable force in the second wave of black metal. Anchored by the songwriting partnership of Abbath…