Icelandic black metal
Ragnar Sverrisson’s (Helfró) Top 5 Tourist Sites Not for Tourists
July 20, 2020 Chris Dick
Icelandic black metal duo Helfró have the self-titled album reissued by Season of Mist. Ragnar Sverrisson tours the country’s Top 5 Tourist Sites Not for Tourists.
Full Album Stream: Óreiða – “Óreiða”
May 10, 2019 Dutch Pearce
The mysterious Icelandic black metal entity Óreiða returns with their debut full length. Check it out now.
Full Album Stream: Örmagna “Örmagna”
January 28, 2019 Chris Dick
Icelandic black metal newcomers Örmagna unveil their devastating self-titled debut for Portugal-based independent Signal Rex.
Demo:listen: Vanvid
August 4, 2017 Dutch Pearce
On this week’s Demo:listen we are possessed by the spirit of Iceland’s Vanvid.
Track Premiere: Draugsól reveal “Bót Eður Viðsjá Við illu Aðkasti”
December 13, 2016 Dutch Pearce
Take a nine minute sojourn down into the dark vale of black metal’s unfathomed depths with Reykjavík’s Draugsól.
Demo:listen: Óreiða
September 16, 2016 Dutch Pearce
On this week’s Demo:listen, we venture into the surreal, purplish and icy realm of Reykjavik’s Óreiða.
Exclusive Premiere: Zhrine’s “Spewing Gloom”
February 2, 2016 Matt Solis
Zhrine is an Icelandic black/death metal band that melds the disgusting atonality of Deathspell Omega with the oppressively frigid atmosphere of Svartidauði (guitarist Nökkvi Gylfason is a member), complete with a fetid dusting of sludge as a sickening after-dinner mint. Check out the exclusive premiere of their song “Spewing Gloom,” off their upcoming LP, Unortheta.