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Panzerfaust is the final truly great album from Norweigan Black Metal icons Darkthrone.

This album is not quite on the same amazing level as their first three BM outputs, which is a shame since some of the best Darkthrone riffs ever written appear on this record. The main reason for this not being as good as it’s pres is because of the vocals from Nocturno Culto being quite a lot worse than usual. He is just way to loud in the mix. Despite that, this is still a great raw Black Metal ... read more

Bergtatt by Ulver is probably the best place to start for anyone unfimiliar or uncomfortable with the sound of Black Metal.

Sure there are some shrieked vocals and nice riffs on here, but a lot of this albums magic comes from the eerie yet beautiful clean singing from Garm, the dark, medival folk interludes, and the overall pagan atmosphere that screams of norse mythology.

An album unlike anything else in the scene, from a band unlike any other.

”Hvis Lyset Tar Oss” was the first Burzum album to be released following Varg’s incarceration for the murder of Euronymous in August 1993. This was of course recorded before then, in the creative months that led to the recordings of all of the early classic Burzum albums. It’s very impressive how Varg managed to develop his sound so much in such short amount of time.

This album sees the use of ambience and synths take a bigger role than ever before, I’d say that ... read more

Not my favorite in the Immortal catalogue but ”Battles in the North” still features some great icy riffs and some great Abbath drumming, even though everything doesn’t come together so well at all times.