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Making Of An Artist: Rotting Meat, Folk Songs, & Darkthrone With Tómas Ísdal
Tómas Ísdal could easily be called the backbone of Icelandic black metal. In addition to co-owning Vánagandr—Iceland’s black metal cassette label—Tómas himself plays guitar, bass, or drums in Naðra, Misþyrming, Carpe Noctem, 0, Grafir, Nornahetta, and a host of other acts, so…
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Welcome To The Circle – Meet The Men Behind Iceland’s Thriving Black Metal Scene
Hafsteinn Viðar, the man behind the solo black metal project Wormlust, requested that our interview take place at the Cathedral of Christ the King, preferably in the confessional. If the confessional was unavailable, he said, then we could perhaps walk together in…
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Eistnaflug Friday: Not All Metal Clangs The Same
To me, beauty is synonymous with inspiration and provoking a strong emotion in the viewer. By that standard, last night’s Úlfsmessa (“Wolf’s Mass”) was the most beautiful show I’ve yet witnessed at Eistnaflug. The mass was part art performance, part ritual, where…