Posted by Jeff Podoshen on November 27, 2019
I recently spoke with Erik Danielsson of Watain. He spoke about plans after this last part of the tour is complete as well as what happened at the airport. This was a fascinating talk with an insightful and extremely gifted and exciting artist. You’ve mentioned this is the last part of the tour cycle […]
Posted by Jeff Podoshen on January 2, 2018
If you thought Watain was going towards a slightly mellower, softer sound after releasing 2013’s The Wild Hunt… you were wrong. 2018’s first major black metal release, Trident Wolf Eclipse, is not soft, nor mellow. It’s not even a little quiet. Instead, we see Watain head towards a filthy, mean, aggressive and downright nasty sound that […]
Posted by Rachael Mattice on April 15, 2014
Finding a compatible soul that shares the same beliefs, desires and ambitions as another can be seen as cosmic fate or sheer coincidence. Once the relationship is discovered, it can open a valve of opportunities to your deepest potential. German vocalist Johanna Sadonis and Swedish guitarist Linnea Olsson found this synchronicity and identity in one another, […]
Posted by Benjamin Friedman on July 17, 2013
Apparently, things got pretty crazy on Watian’s wild hunting trip, somehow ending up at mandatory child murder. Or maybe it’s just “The Child Must Die”, a new track from the Swedish black metal group’s upcoming album The Wild Hunt. The graphic in the video for the track depicts some sort of Lion King gone wrong scenario, with what […]
Posted by Benjamin Friedman on June 24, 2013
At 90 degrees, it sure is a scorcher today here in the NYC area. But the single ‘All That May Bleed’ from Swedish black metal group Watain is straight out of the grim and frostbitten lands of the north. The single comes from Watain’s upcoming album The Wild Hunt, which is due out on August 20th […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on June 11, 2013
It’s about 1pm on a sunny Saturday afternoon. It’s a time when most metal heads would probably still be passed out from the prior evening’s debauchery. Yet Erik Danielsson, the frontman for one of the most wild black metal groups Watain, is up and at Duff’s Brooklyn bar with members of metal press and friends. […]
