Tag: mayhem
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Black Metal: The demise of ‘True Cult’, 1996/97
The years 1996 and 1997 produced some of the greatest black metal albums of all time. So, for example, we have, Burzum: Filosofem, Emperor: Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, Satyricon: Nemesis Divina, Enslaved: Eld, Gorgoroth: Antichrist & Under the Sign of Hell, Ulver: Nattens Madrigal, Immortal: Blizzard Beasts, Sacramentum: Far Away From the Sun, Vinterland: Welcome My Last Chapter, Blut aus Nord: Memoria Vetusta I: Fathers…
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The First Wave of Black Metal… or was it?
Beginnings I remember the day well. An incredibly cold, steel grey day, Tuesday, 1st, December, 1981. I had struggled on to a freezing bus, faced a wind chill factor of -4C on the ferry, and then a twenty minute walk against the piercing wind. My purpose? To buy Venom’s Welcome to Hell on the day it was…