Tag Archives: black metal

(new post – review) A.R.A.T.A.N – Chants nerviens (Maltkross Productions)

Not much is known about this band, except that they are hailing from Belgium and this is their first opus containing 7 songs. The music is pretty brutal and harsh raw blackened death metal but with traces of catchy and epic melodic, at moments melancholic guitar work. Some songs are more epic and longer, some are shorter. Lyrics are in Wallonic language, so I don’t understand them at all, so I can’t tell you what are they singing about. I pretty much like this mix of blast beats, death metal brutality and black metal epicness with some gentle and subtle keyboard parts behind the song structures. Vocals are not your typical black metal screaming, they are rather growling in death metal style, but fit perfectly to the song structures. My personal favorites are Nor Terii, Chants Nervien and Aux Marches Picardes. Good album!

7,5/10

(novi post – recenzija) Drudkh – Shadow Play(Season of Mist)

Drudkh nam dolaze iz Ukrajine i na sceni su od 2002., ovo je novi album u moru njihovih raznih izdanja u zadnjih dvadeset i kusur godina. Album sadrži 6 pjesama od kojih je najkraća nešto ispod sedam minuta. Tekstualno, Drudkh se nalaze negdje između pagan black metala, povijesti Ukrajine, folklora i prirode. Glazba koju Drudkh sviraju je mješavina epskog melodičnog i atmosferičnog black metala, sa ponekim ritualističkim utjecajem, kao što je mid tempo i riffovi u jedanaest minutnoj April. Album nema baš blast beatova i agresive, više se oslanja na atmosferu, melodije koje su vrlo melankolične i samim time meni odlične. Vokali su harsh black metal vokali, ali pašu sasvim fino u strukture pjesama, Thurios, koji je zadužen za vokale, gitaru i klavijature odlično radi svoj posao, kao i Roman Saenko na gitarama i basu uz pomoć ostalih muzičara koji sviraju na albumu. Klavijaturni dijelovi dodaju na mistici, hladnoći, ali i obogaćuju i dodaju melodije k sirovosti primalnih black metal gitarskih riffova. Od pjesama koje bih još izdvojio kao moje highlighte albuma, tu su najduža preko dvanaest minutna epska The Thirst, kao i The Eve. Ako volite svoj black metal epski, melodičan i atmosferičan ovo je pravi album za vas!

(new post – new single/video) Finnish pagan metal band Kaamos Warriors is set to release their fifth studio album – the first single and music video Seita out now!

Promo picture by Raine Moilanen

Finnish pagan metal band Kaamos Warriors is set to release their yet untitled fifth studio album later in 2025 via Inverse Records. The first single ‘Seita’ is released today and music video of the track is available here: https://youtu.be/rzjPK5KH9R4

The guitarist Jani Moilanen comments:
“We have a great respect and admiration towards the nature and wilderness and it has guided us deeper into to world of ancient (Finnish) paganism. We live in the area where we are blessed to be surrounded by beautiful nature. All this reflects more and more in our music and can be heard and seen in our new ”Seita” single and music video.”

LISTEN to Seita single on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/kaamos-warriors-seita

BIOGRAPHY:
The Finnish Pagan metal band Kaamos Warriors was formed in 2018 by Jani Moilanen (guitars) and Mikko Ojala (vocals, guitars). Their inspiration for the musical athmosphere is derived from the the beauty and the harshness of the Northern nature. The roots of the band rely heavily on the wilderness of the North. Current line-up includes also Inka Ojala (shamandrum) and Marjo Moilanen (bass guitar). Their presence in the band has further expanded the whole audiovisual atmosphere of the Finnish paganism. Jani, Mikko and Inka have also being playing together in the melodic metal band Dark The Suns. The former bass player for the Kaamos Wariors (played bass in the previous two albums) Jyri Moilanen is currently having a break from playing in the band. All the musical releases of the band have been released via Inverse Records.

Line-up:

Mikko Ojala: vocals, guitars & drums

Jani Moilanen: guitars

Inka Ojala: shamandrum & percussions

Marjo Moilanen: bass

Synths & Soundscapes: Mikko Ojala, Inka Ojala

Poetry recitation: Riia Moilanen, Hilla Moilanen, Pihla Moilanen

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/KaamosWarriorsOfficial 
https://www.instagram.com/kaamos_warriors_official 
https://kaamoswarriors.bandcamp.com