by Jillian Drachman | Feb 26, 2024 | News
In an unexpected Instagram post, the Finnish record label The Sinister Initiative announced an album by the legendary Swedish black metal powerhouse Shining titled The Helsinki Tapes. This mysterious offering is bound to prove a masterpiece, given Shining’s...
by Jillian Drachman | Feb 10, 2024 | News
The Sinister Initiative has been infecting the world with many of the most brilliant and lethal musical atrocities since its rebirth in 2022. TSI was founded by Shining’s genius mastermind, Niklas Kvarforth, who brings decades of experience as a label owner....
by Jillian Drachman | May 10, 2024 | Reviews
Without the slightest contest or room for doubt, in my clearly unwavering opinion, Terratur Possessions is the best black metal label, besides The Sinister Initiative. Although, when done right, black metal can epitomize the height of art, I hold the elitist belief...
by Jillian Drachman | May 2, 2024 | Reviews
Imperiled Future, the new split by Tuomas Tahvanainen’s Cold Prophet and Maxime Taccardi’s K.F.R, is a rare masterpiece. I am extremely-extremely excited that this ravishing plague has finally been unleashed upon listeners via The Sinister Initiative — the label of...
by Jillian Drachman | Apr 17, 2024 | Interviews
Lethe, the duo of Norway’s Tor-Helge Skei and Switzerland’s Anna Murphy, are about to unveil their third full-length masterpiece, Alienation, on April 26 via Bergen’s Dark Essence Records. Skei is revered for his pioneering role as the driving force behind Manes,...