Oestergaards – “Maal Niir” EP Review (dark ambient/noise)

We travel now into a darkened, murky world; subterranean and graced by wisps of noise. Today we have the new release by Sweden's dark ambient masters Oestergaards.  Maal Niir is the offering for today.  After the debut album Rötterna and the subsequent remix album Rötterna Decomposed, Oestergaards is now back with a 4-track EP that goes...

WAN – “Gammal är äldst” Album Review (black metal)

Remember the purity in the sound when you first put the needle on that old blackened thrash vinyl.  Well, it's back but in digital and CD form.  Today's offering is the new mini-album from Swedish black metal monsters WAN, Gammal är äldst. From Bandcamp: "Anyone au fait with the ‘80s and early ‘90s Scandinavian black...

Feral – “Flesh For Funerals Eternal” Album Review (death metal)

From our friends at Transcending Obscurity comes a dose of Swedish death metal both both extreme in fury and insanely skilled. From Bandcamp: "They're not here to reinvent but to solidify in every imaginable way. The album is faultless - it's got everything the style needs and in the right doses. The production keeps it...

Svartkonst – “Devil’s Blood” Album Review (black metal)

Every so often a solid slab of black metal comes to smash other bands to bits.  Such is the case herein and it is but the work of one man.  All of the music has been composed, performed, mixed and mastered by Swedish native Rickard Törnqvist. Devil's Blood is the debut release of his project...

Crawl (SWE) – “Rituals” Album Review (death metal)

An obvious reference to the band that created the infamous death metal sound of your homeland isn't necessarily a band thing.  We should be grateful for this sound being kept alive. Thus, our offering today is Rituals; the debut release from Sweden's Crawl.  That sound we mentioned of course is the one created by the likes...