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Zwartplaag was formed by Onmensch in 2005, the first two demo’s were released shortly after and are entitled: “Zwart verderf” and “Pest”. Shortly after the release of the second demo a line-up was found in Balgaroth (drums, former drummer of Cryptic Mist, then known as Onrein) and Zwijn (bass, vocals). This line-up quickly disbanded, and left Onmensch again as the… Read more

When Gunther Theys founded ANCIENT RITES in 1988, he hardly could have imagined the band to become one of the forerunners in the Black Metal genre, or the band to expand to the seven-headed giant it is now. For indeed, ANCIENT RITES has expanded, changed even, yet remained much the same. Changed, because the band isn’t the same band as… Read more

Nifelheim was forged upon the anvil of wrath in the the year 1990
by Tyrant, Helbutcher and Demon.
Already at this point the band played pure Black Metal in the way of the old cult with black leather, spikes and chains, And made songs like Unholy death, Satanic sacrifice, Sodomizer etc. This were years before the black metal… Read more

Early years (1991 – 1997)
Belphegor was founded as Betrayer in 1991 by vocalist and bassist Maxx, guitarists Helmuth and Sigurd, and drummer Chris. The band released their first demo Kruzifixion in April 1991, and Unborn Blood later on. After adopting the name Belphegor in 1993, they released another demo, Bloodbath in Paradise on Maxi-CD format. At somepoint before… Read more

ENTHRONED was formed in 1993 by Cernunnos. He soon recruited guitarist Tsebaoth and later bassist/vocalist Sabathan. The band released a 5-track demo tape in mid 1994 which brought them to the attention of several independent labels. A 7” split EP with Ancient Rites was then released by the underground label Afterdark Records. After the label’s demise, Evil Omen Records (a… Read more

Marduk is one of Sweden’s leading Black Metal bands along with Dark Funeral. They started out being a Death Metal band with Black Metal elements, but later changed to extreme, hyper-aggressive Black Metal. The bands main theme has always been warfare and anti-Christian. The band formed in 1990 with guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Hakansson, vocalist Andreas Axelsson, bassist Richard Kalm and… Read more

When something is going on in one’s head for a long time and when it haunts your dreams…. It’s time to do something about it. As with Abruptum that was such a phenomena, around 1987 the plans were beginning to form in the mind of IT who wanted to give the world a shock with starting the evil war.
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Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band founded in Oslo, Norway in 1990.

Satyricon credit their 1993 first album, Dark Medieval Times, with starting a sub-genre of black metal termed medieval metal. The album displayed their fascination with the Middle Ages, blending extreme metal with acoustic guitar and flute.

Satyricon’s 1994 second album, The Shadowthrone, kept some of the medieval… Read more

In the late 80ies, when Black Metal in its earliest incarnation was still wrapped in obscurity, HORNY MALFORMITY was erected, the beginning of what was to become the beast called BEHERIT. The fundament was built: harsh Black/Death Metal, influenced by the likes of BLASPHEMY and SARCÓFAGO, an unique nefarious entity even to the standards of today. HORNY MALFORMITY became PSEUDO… Read more

In the year 1997, the underground black metal scene was a rotting corpse, full of commercial and capitalist trend metal bands. It was at this time that three British long-time underground fans with apt musical ability decided that the flame of the dying scene had to be rekindled at all costs. Old Forest was born under the stars, in a… Read more