Published: October 26, 2020

If I was a Bond villain looking to hold the world to ransom by destabilising the Black Metal community (unlikely but stay with me here), my nefarious plot would involve removing the letter “v” from all keyboards being manufactured. Imagine the consternation and beating of breasts that would occur if corpse painted folks could no longer replace “f”s or “u”s with that pointy toothsome letter! Maybe they could move to something...

Published: October 13, 2020

L’uggiosa atmosfera autunnale si presta in particolar modo all’analisi di “I Djävulens Avbild”, ultima fatica in studio degli svedesi Ov Shadows. Il quartetto di Gothenburg presenta quest’album come una solida composizione di black metal svedese moderno: non parliamo dichiaratamente di un concept album, ma il percorso delineato dalla band nella fruizione dei sette brani proposti invita alla contemplazione dell’oscurità che ...