by Alix Vallecillo | Apr 4, 2016 | Award Show Battles, Awards, News
Music awards are usually focused on popular styles of music with mostly mainstream artists being nominated and some try to pretend they also acknowledge metal but usually fail doing so. That’s why, if you wanted to see metal in one an award ceremony, you have to...
by Alix Vallecillo | Mar 2, 2016 | New Music, News, Releases, Updates
If you like progressive black metal or know your Norwegian black metal history, you’re familiar with Enslaved, and if you like ambient folk of the highest quality, you have heard of Wardruna. We reported about the collaboration band the mastermind of both bands...
by Alix Vallecillo | Jan 13, 2016 | New Music, News, Releases
A few months ago, one of the most exciting collaborations in Norway emerged, consisting of Enslaved’s Ivar Bjørnson and Wardruna’s Einar Selvik who gave birth to Skuggsjá. The collaboration was conceived as a commissioned musical work written by both...
by Metal Insider | Jan 5, 2016 | Interviews, Photos
In 2015, Between the Buried and Me took an even more progressive turn on their most recent LP. Their seventh album, Coma Ecliptic, was released last year via Metal Blade Records and was met with generally favorable reviews. While the band announced a tour coming up...
by Metal Insider | Nov 6, 2015 | New Music, News
It’s hard to believe that Enslaved have been around for 13 albums now, but that’s exactly what In Times, released earlier this year, is. And in addition to being well-received by fans and critics, the album also finds the band more popular then ever, with...