Swedish black metal

Full Album Premiere: Netherbird ‘Arete’

July 29, 2021

Long-standing Swedish melodic black/death metallers Netherbird stream new album Arete at Decibel! Only melodic death is real!

Goth Gorgon’s Top 5 Life Events After Mörk Gryning Disbanded

October 12, 2020

Mörk Gryning mastermind Goth Gorgon reveals the Top 5 things he did after he and co-conspirator Draakh Kimera split from their black metal beast in 2004.

Rejoice! A New Naglfar Album Is on the Way!

March 20, 2020

Naglfar remains consistent in the best possible way: they just keep on making great blackened death metal packed with riff after riff.

Track Premiere: Kvaen – “Septem Peccata Mortalia”

January 27, 2020

For those of you devoted to the power of the unholy riff, Sweden’s Kvaen strikes just the right balance of melody, glory and aggression.

Track Premiere: Avslut “Underjordens Apostlar”

October 28, 2019

Swedish violent black metallers Avslut summon the dark on new track “Underjordens Apostlar,” their first off new album, Tyranni.

Track Premiere: MURG – ‘Altaret’

April 1, 2019

Swedish black metal duo MURG premiere haunting new song ‘Altaret’ off new album, “Strävan,” out April 26th on Nordvis Produktion.

Full Album Stream: Ultra Silvam – “The Spearwound Salvation”

March 21, 2019

Two years after their demo and their Demo:listen feature, Swedish youngbloods Ultra Silvam return with a debut full length of lean, tough, and highly combustible black metal. Check it out now.

Track Premiere: Murdryck – ‘Sea Spirit of the Night’

March 1, 2019

Hear a brand new song from Swedish black metallers Murdryck off their forthcoming full length.

Album Stream: Perverticon: “Wounds of Divinity”

January 21, 2019

Swedish black metal icons Perverticon will have a new album, Wounds of Divinity, out January 25th, 2019 on Iron Bonehead. Reign in death!

Demo:listen: Serpents

October 26, 2018

This week’s Demo:listen features the decapitative and strident black metal of Sweden’s Serpents.

Demo:listen: Malakhim

October 27, 2017

This week’s Demo:listen is consumed by the black flames of Sweden’s Malakhim.

Demo:listen: Khem

July 14, 2017

On this week’s Demo:listen we gaze into the curling flames of Sweden’s Khem.

Track Premiere: Jordablod deliver “Chants for the Black One”

April 26, 2017

Check out “Chants for the Black One” by Malmö’s Jordablod from their debut album, Upon My Cremation Pyre.