Author: Bogi Bjarnason
WTF Is “Musicology” And Why Should You Care?
On Tuesday, the University of Iceland’s Continuing Education Institute kicks off a three-night seminar on musicology, taught by Iceland’s only…
Unortheta
‘Unortheta’ is a forty-minute frisson full of looming doom, blasting fury, and cavernous bellows that seem to emanate from the…
Í Sporum Annara
Logn come screaming through the gates with a vicious noise attack egged on by a pair of voices battling to…
Eistnaflug: The Grapevine Picks
by Bogi Bjarnason and Hannah Jane Cohen
Bogi Bjarnason: Behemoth Some would argue that Behemoth is the hottest commodity in extreme metal at the moment. Last year’s…
Eistnaflug: The Past, Present And Future Of The World’s Friendliest Metal Festival
Since kicking off a decade ago, the Eistnaflug festival has slowly cemented its place as the most beloved, most important…
Out Of Obscurity: Cries Of Derision
Icelandic blackened death-core mongers Cries of Derision have kept a relatively low profile since their formation at a LHÍ freshman…
Frisbee Golf Is The Fastest Growing Sport In Iceland
Disc Golf burst onto the Icelandic scene with a bang last summer, after a few years of slow but steady…
Auðn
From the anguished beauty of the bittersweet melodies and the dark, atmospheric, aura, to the stellar sound production and the…
It’s Alive! Momentum Get Their Freak On This Saturday!
The Freak is Alive sat finished for quite a while, deep Momentum’s vaults of doom, patiently awaiting its day to…
METAL: At Wacken Metal Battle, ITCOM Crushed The Competition
Wacken Metal Battle, Iceland took place at Harpa Norðurljós on April 11, featuring performances by Aeterna, Röskun, Narthraal, In the…
The Freak Is Alive
Jesus to the effing Christ how desperately I have waited for this album to finally drop! This review was fully…
Your Joyous Future
by Gabríel Benjamin and Bogi Bjarnason
Muck’s latest endeavour catapults them to heretofore-unreachable heights, perfectly capturing the band’s intense stage presence. ‘Your Joyous Future’ can be…
Mutilation, Right?
Mutilation Rites, Sinmara, Ophidian I @ HúrraOphidian I kick shit off with a frenzy of dizzying riffing and blasting brutality. Their…
Ascending//Descending
‘Ascending//Descending’ is the debut effort of Icelandic hardcore upstarts Icarus, which makes the mastery of the metallic hardcore genre displayed…
Saving The Best For Last: Sónar Saturday, The Metalhead’s Perspective
Lily the Kid’s performance is a little trip to heaven. Their beats have grooves for miles, and their sounds are…
Með Vættum
by Bogi Bjarnason and Snorri Örn Rafnsson
Not A Fan – Bogi Bjarnason Rating: – For someone whose life revolves around metal, trying to get through an…
Spotify: The Market Sets The Price
Thoughts on costs, benefits and effectsRecently, the independent news site Nútíminn, leader among independent news sites named Nútíminn, ran an…
The Accidental Airwaves
A press pass fell in my lap unexpectedly and I felt compelled to go to the Airwaves festival. Although the…
Kontinuum Killed It! DOOMRIDERS Sucked!
Mercy Buckets: pretty good! The Mercy Buckets’ performance was a first for me. And a first for their front man…
Powder Galore At Hlíðarfjall Ski Resort
My travel companion Frosti and I are flying into Akureyri to spend the weekend snowboarding at Hlíðarfjall. Thankfully, we touch…
Rocky Mountain Hydro Grind
After forming in Denver, Colorado, twenty years ago, death grind mainstays Cephalic Carnage laboured in relative obscurity in the American…
Wreaking Havoc On Siglufjörður
“Slam on the brakes!” the bus full of snowboarders yell at the driver. After a few erratic swerves, he brings…
Gone Postal Crowned Metal Champs
Bastard opens to an empty venue with a performance of generic death metal. Had the band competed in tonight’s battle…
Full Metal Racket!
by Bogi Bjarnason, Bob Cluness and Ragnar Egilsson
The annual sweaty moshfest that is the Eistnaflug metal festival descended upon the tiny Eastfjords village of Neskaupstaður like a…
AURAL ECSTASY ATTACK
A lot of bitching and griping has gone on in the metal and hardcore scene as of late regarding the…