From the Vault

In November 2007, I had the rare opportunity to interview Jan, the man behind Trist, a DSBM project from the Czech Republic. To my knowledge, this was the only interview…

  Judas Iscariot, a project by Akhenaten, was born in 1992 in Illinois, USA. It was a completely underground project inspired by a raw and highly distinctive style. Akhenaten, a…

The band Ljå was formed in the city of Stavanger, Norway, in 2002. Ljå creates works rooted in Norwegian black metal, fused with acoustic guitar and repetitive, melodic rhythms. Their…

Taarma was born on a winter night in 1999 in the land of the Afghans, but remained silent until 2003, when its first demo was recorded at the “Black Dungeon”…

Krieg is one of the prominent American bands founded by Imperial in 1995 in New Jersey. “Krieg” means “war” in German. Imperial is considered one of the most significant figures…

Pantheïst was founded in 2000 by Kostas Panagiotou, a vocalist and keyboardist, and is currently active with five members, including four vocalists, a guitarist, a bassist, and a drummer, each…

The Swedish black metal band Setherial was formed in 1993 by Zathanel and Mysteriis. Their first work, a demo recorded in 1994, was titled A Hail to the Faceless Angels,…