Xisuma's Musical Journey

  As the years stretch on, I find the frequent return of familiar acts to be hit and miss process. Fortunately for a reunited In The Woods.....

With foundations of extreme and cultural aesthetic resolute and intact, Saor embarks on this latest venture through the shackles of familiar...

  Armed with shadowy, ever present grisly distortion guitars, The Dawn Of The Dying Sun preserves the droning heathen atmosphere its predece...

  Exploring the other works of Burzum 's producer Pytten, I happened across ...Again Shall Be. I'd probably checked them out decade...

  Danish outfit Myrkur had a busy 2023. Not only Spine but this TV show soundtrack too. Surprisingly, Ragnarok is the more straightforward...

  Reveling in glum and stormy scenery, drizzly guitars moan and slumberous singing swoons to be routinely assailed by gleams of heathen melo...

With a notable five year break between records, Bathory returns to the new millenium with Quorthon as the sole performer of all instruments...

  Relinquishing the failed detours of Requiem and Octagon , this ninth installment, supposedly compromised of mostly unreleased material fr...

Macabre Omen's mighty Greek mythology inspired take on Black Metal had carved a memorable niche. With word of a new record I snapped up ...

Twilight Of The Gods represents some truly new territory as a part of my nostalgic journey. Bar a couple songs, most of the record was fres...

Ones body will be scared by age but so shall the mind! It seems almost criminal that the brilliance of Hammerheart has faded in reputation...

My introduction to Saor was a breath of fresh air beginning with their sophomore record Aura . Out from the now decades old genre of Bl...

It was a huge surprise to learn of an In The Woods... reunion two years back. After sixteen years on ice, three of the original band ma...

Lastly for now we arrive at the roots of Amalie Bruun's musical endeavor, the debut, self titled EP which is surprisingly better th...

Blown away by their fantastic sophomore record Mareridt I tracked back two years for their debut full length. Simply titled M, we hear...

There's always music to be discovered and this year at Download Festival I decided to wander over to the forth stage while grabbin...

Ive been awaiting this record for some time, Saor, a one man band, really impressed me with his last release " Aura ", a fine...

Surprises seem to be common this year and there is certainly a contest for most "unexpected". The news of a new record almost...

Who are Moonsorrow? A Finnish band from the counties capital Helsinki who define themselves as "Heathen Metal" in an attempt ...