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[ALBUM REVIEW]: The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain

If an album’s title can be interpreted as a statement of artistic intent, then the confidence Watain have in this one is completely undeniable. The band themselves are setting this album up to be compared to the already ridiculously high watermark set by the trinity of Casus Luciferi, Sworn to the Dark and Lawless Darkness. I’m here to tell you that said confidence wasn’t even remotely unwarranted.

Music, Museum of Macabre MediaJason EdwardsApril 29, 2022watain, the agony & ecstasy of watain, nuclear blast, black metal, Erik Danielsson, Håkan Jonsson, Pelle Forsberg, the agony and the ecstasy, charlton heston, rex harrison, post-punkComment

DarkThrone Displays An Ancient Sound with Eternal Extravaganse

Everyone’s favorite Norwegian politician/postal service employee, Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell, and his ever-silent, ever-watchful supplier of friendship and dark money, Ted “Nocturno Culto” Skjellum, have managed to find time out of their busy schedules of campaigning, letter sorting and fundraising to grace our ears with another album from their little-known side project, DarkThrone.