BLACK METAL

[Balor/SS1535]

Been listening to the new Havukruunu album pretty much nonstop for a couple of days.

https://youtu.be/mUsU9ZH-GR4

This is going to be huge, methinks. If it doesn't make lots of top 10 lists of the year, then 2020 will be a very good year indeed.

I listened to this a bit last week, and I agree that it is great (just like their last album).

[Zeno Marx]

Been listening to the new Havukruunu album pretty much nonstop for a couple of days.

https://youtu.be/mUsU9ZH-GR4

This is going to be huge, methinks. If it doesn't make lots of top 10 lists of the year, then 2020 will be a very good year indeed.

Take this for what little it is worth and my great black metal ignorance, but this is a cool hybrid of classic early-90s black metal and hair metal.  Maybe something like TNT?  Thanks for mentioning it.  Into it.

[Atrophist]

Take this for what little it is worth and my great black metal ignorance, but this is a cool hybrid of classic early-90s black metal and hair metal.  Maybe something like TNT?  Thanks for mentioning it.  Into it.

Most people's reading of this seems to be 90's 2nd wave black metal, mixed with folk/viking metal stuff. Names like Bathory and Moonsorrow get mentioned a lot. Not that those two genres are a million miles apart to begin with.

Like most metal bands that I enjoy, Havukruunu don't try to get too clever for their own good, and wear their influences pretty openly on their sleeve. Keeping things fairly simple actually allows your own identity to come through better, I think. I don't really get any hair metal vibes from this myself, although I can see how their riff-centric approach, and penchant for triumphalist solos might give someone that impression.

A friend of mine who's not a Finn but has an interest in the language asked me, "waitaminute, is the name of track two really, "Until Shadows Get Pussy"? Havukruunu lyrics are in a sort of Ye Olde Finnish, but in modern Finnish it could be interpreted like that. Which I guess would land this squarely in hair/glam metal territory, heh.

[thetenthousandthings]

Been on a big CW kick lately, wish there was more Bilirubin & Taut.

anyone able to sell me a Cirrhus shirt? I barely missed out on em when they were available.......

[holy ghost]

Been going through a bunch of LPs to possibly prep for some discogs flipping at worst (at best, storing some shit in my creepy basement) and I didn't remember Mortuary Drape being as bad as they are. Same with Gehenna's first couple records.

On the flip side, HAIL's "Inheritance Of Evilness" DLP fuckin' SLAPS hard.

Also been right up into the newest Primitive Man LP as well.

[Eigen Bast]

Been on a big CW kick lately, wish there was more Bilirubin & Taut.

anyone able to sell me a Cirrhus shirt? I barely missed out on em when they were available.......

Always a good choice. The Even Biology is Revolting... VA has some unreleased Taut and Bilirubin tracks. Also, check out Grizelda if you haven't - saw him live with Cirrhus last year and it ruled.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rh09rNfQjpo

Picked up the two pack of Ifernach CDs from TDG. Skin, Stone...is some great lofi bm and then The Green Druid..  goes into Hvis Lyset Tar Oss tertitory. Not groundbreaking, but very true to its roots.

[NerveGas]

Been going through a bunch of LPs to possibly prep for some discogs flipping at worst (at best, storing some shit in my creepy basement) and I didn't remember Mortuary Drape being as bad as they are. Same with Gehenna's first couple records.

On the flip side, HAIL's "Inheritance Of Evilness" DLP fuckin' SLAPS hard.

Also been right up into the newest Primitive Man LP as well.

Really? Oh man, could not fucking disagree more. All The Witches Dance is killer.

[thetenthousandthings]

Always a good choice. The Even Biology is Revolting... VA has some unreleased Taut and Bilirubin tracks. Also, check out Grizelda if you haven't - saw him live with Cirrhus last year and it ruled.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rh09rNfQjpo

Yeah that comp is great, really like the Kurgan track as well (would like to hear more!)
Was that the gig in Portland? I'm from there, have tried to catch CW bands when possible. There was a really great show in St. John's some years ago: Verme, Rohit, Bilirubin, Purity of Essence

[FallOfNature]

I haven't been able to leave new Lifvsleda full length alone. Recent Ysengrin impressed me too, never cared about their earlier material too much.

[holy ghost]

Recent Ysengrin impressed me too, never cared about their earlier material too much.

I don't love all their material but To Endotaton is so great.... really love the stuff on Liber Hermetis and the split with Stargazer. Will have to check out the new one.

Jammed a little Forgotten Woods recently, always had a soft spot for that band.....

[CVMN]

really into this:

Debut release from this new brazilian Black/Punk act.
Always sick to come up with some actual refreshing Black/Punk sounds and Falsa Voz do it perfectly. Clear comparisons can be done to classics such as Bone Awl or the golden age of Posh Isolation however Falsa Luz really make a sound of their own.

Cold and life-draining sounds, ridden with nihilism and misanthropy. Dark lifeless riffing, with great hooks, stellar post-punkish interludes and sorrowful vocals. Such a sick and memorable tape, definitely some of the best Black/Punk I've heard in recent years..
(from Riste of Pestilence channel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv4O-wy3eSE

[Decrepitude]

Been on a big CW kick lately, wish there was more Bilirubin & Taut.

anyone able to sell me a Cirrhus shirt? I barely missed out on em when they were available.......

Always a good choice. The Even Biology is Revolting... VA has some unreleased Taut and Bilirubin tracks. Also, check out Grizelda if you haven't - saw him live with Cirrhus last year and it ruled.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rh09rNfQjpo

Picked up the two pack of Ifernach CDs from TDG. Skin, Stone...is some great lofi bm and then The Green Druid..  goes into Hvis Lyset Tar Oss tertitory. Not groundbreaking, but very true to its roots.

Thanks for mentioning that tape comp. I've been binging Cirrhus after a get together with friends a week ago but haven't heard any other CW bands apart from Eunuch that I picked up a split from.

Other than that it's mostly been early Blut Aus Nord, Antaeus, Sigh and Varathron for me for the past couple of months.

[HateSermon]

The new Hate Forest album absolutely crushes, as expected.

https://osmoseproductions.bandcamp.com/album/hour-of-the-centaur

[Into_The_Void]

The new Hate Forest album absolutely crushes, as expected.

https://osmoseproductions.bandcamp.com/album/hour-of-the-centaur

Indeed. Same recipe, same result. Slava!!

[CVMN]

Debut release from this new brazilian Black/Punk act.
Always sick to come up with some actual refreshing Black/Punk sounds and Falsa Voz do it perfectly. Clear comparisons can be done to classics such as Bone Awl or the golden age of Posh Isolation however Falsa Luz really make a sound of their own.

Cold and life-draining sounds, ridden with nihilism and misanthropy. Dark lifeless riffing, with great hooks, stellar post-punkish interludes and sorrowful vocals. Such a sick and memorable tape, definitely some of the best Black/Punk I've heard in recent years. (Rites of Pestilence review)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv4O-wy3eSE