A FRIDAY FLOOD OF NEWS AND MUSIC: MORS PRINCIPIUM EST, BLUT AUS NORD,...
For me, where I’m currently located, Friday has barely begun, but it has already brought a flood tide of news and music that I think are worth sharing. So much, in fact, that the only way I can...
View ArticleBLUT AUS NORD: “DEBEMUR MORTI”
(In this post Andy Synn reviews the special EP recorded by Blut Aus Nord to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Debemur Morti label.) At least in the majority of the metal media, Black Metal...
View ArticleSEEN AND HEARD: MIASMAL, COBALT, BLUT AUS NORD / P.H.O.B.O.S., HIGH SPIRITS,...
Here are five items I found yesterday that I thought were worth sharing. The first and last items will tear you a new one. In between those you’ll find some tantalizing news and a song that’s an...
View ArticleNEW MUSIC FROM BLUT AUS NORD AND P.H.O.B.O.S.
Last month we reported the announcement by Debemur Morti Records that on June 20 (June 24 in North America) the label would be releasing a split by Blut Aus Nord and P.H.O.B.O.S. entitled Triunity,...
View ArticleNEWS FROM FRANCE: GOJIRA, BLUT AUS NORD, FALL OF SUMMER, MONARCH
I spotted some news items over the last 24 hours that I thought were worth sharing, and the following four happened to all come from France, so I’m bundling them together here. There’s some new music...
View ArticleEYE-CATCHERS: BLUT AUS NORD AND MANES
Here are a couple of news items and new pieces of album art that caught my eye. I don’t have much to add to the information sent to us in press releases — other than to say I am tremendously...
View ArticleAN NCS PREMIERE: BLUT AUS NORD —“PAIEN”
Two years ago Blut Aus Nord produced their last full-length album, Cosmosophy, which brought to a resounding close the 777 trilogy. Every album in the trilogy drew praise from critics and fans alike,...
View ArticleBIG ASS ROUNDUP
(Leperkahn continues to pitch in during my round-up hiatus. Between what I sent him and what he found himself (of which there was quite an overlap), this is a monstrously large collection of...
View ArticleBLUT AUS NORD: “MEMORIA VETUSTA III — SATURNIAN POETRY”
(This is the completion of a review that, in effect, began when I premiered the first advance track from the album.) Two years ago Blut Aus Nord produced its last full-length album, Cosmosophy, which...
View ArticleOUR LIST OF 2014′S MOST INFECTIOUS EXTREME METAL SONGS: PART 1
Welcome to Part 1 of our list of 2014′s Most Infectious Extreme Metal Songs. For more details about what this list is all about and how it was compiled, read the introductory post via this link. To...
View ArticleAN NCS PREMIERE: ÆVANGELIST —“THRESHOLD OF THE MIRACULOUS” (AN EXCERPT)
A vast distance on the planet’s surface separates Blut Aus Nord and Ævangelist, but in the perilous, un-fleshed shadow realms from which their music seems to emanate, they are not so far apart. A...
View ArticleAN NCS PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): BLUT AUS NORD AND ÆVANGELIST —“CODEX OBSCURA...
To get right to the point: On June 17, Debemur Morti Productions will release Codex Obscura Nomina, an album-length split by Blut Aus Nord and Ævangelist, and we now bring you the chance to listen...
View ArticleSELLING OUT, OR, HOW TO MAKE FANS AND KEEP YOUR INTEGRITY
(Andy Synn is the author of this thought piece, and as always, we welcome your own thoughts in the Comments.) I/we recently received a pair of promos here at NCS that couldn’t have been more...
View ArticleBLUT AUS NORD: A REVIEW OF “DEUS SALUTIS MEÆ” AND THE PREMIERE OF “APOSTASIS”
At the bottom of this post you’ll find the first public streaming of a song from Deus Salutis Meæ (“God of My Salvation”), the new album by Blut Aus Nord. It’s the album’s fifth track and its name...
View ArticleOVERFLOWING STREAMS: BLUT AUS NORD, ZEAL AND ARDOR, BAPTISTS, CHRCH, LLNN,...
On each of the last three days I intended to post a round-up of new music and videos that I thought were worth your time, and each day I failed. I would have run out of time again today if I hadn’t...
View ArticleSHADES OF BLACK: BLUT AUS NORD, MARW, ZEIT, THE EMBER THE ASH,...
Although you can’t tell from the title of this post, it’s the first part of another two-part installment of this column. I didn’t call this “Part 1” because I dusted off a long-dormant strategy for...
View ArticleSHADES OF BLACK (PART 1): BLUT AUS NORD —“HALLUCINOGEN”
For this week’s column I impulsively decided to write about two very different albums I’ve been looking forward to for a big part of the year. Why was the decision impulsive, you may ask? Well, I’ve...
View ArticleOUR LIST OF 2019’S MOST INFECTIOUS EXTREME METAL SONGS (PART 15): BLUT AUS...
I usually try to group songs together in these installments in a way that makes sense at least to me, sometimes grouping by genre but in other ways as well. Today, however, the music is a little...
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