Rebel Extravaganza

Heavy Metal And Other Occasional Musics And Cultures

Autumn Ni Dubhghaill

Album Reviews

Album Review: Enslaved – Mið

Vikingligr Veldi still lives in my car. Monumension and Below The Lights still find occasional play, but if I am to be honest – I’ve been sleeping with the Earth a little too long and the last new release I bought from ENSLAVED was Isa. It’s been a long tyme since then. The newest ENSLAVED offering haes a curious beginning, but once the guitars begin to twiddle in I found myself thinking “Okay, I think I can get into this”. Mið doesn’t really come alive until ‘Spirit Helper’, but when it does, it bursts forth in deep blacks and vibrant […]

Album Reviews

Album Review: Windswept – A Sign Of The Cloven Hoof

WINDSWEPT came first to our ears through headphones and computers. During this first listen and maiden voyage the production felt tall, near toweryng, and a little teetery, like it could topple any moment. The vocals felt more technique than raw emotion, but the riffs were solid and the beats as well. Upon second listen, and a following third, now on a proper stereo – A Sign Of The Cloven Hoof did not tremble, it did not topple upon us. Nor did the vocals disrupt but felt genuinely rife with blasphemy. Now familiar, almost an olde friend, this album became a […]

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Album Review: Taake – En skog av nidstang

On the very first song, we noticed the pulse in our hand trying to keep up with even half the beat. ‘Einstoeingen go eg’ makes it easy to and encourages head-banging and fist shaking. It’s like a wall of distortion that undulates as a thick curtain in the frozen winter wind. Later in the song, a segment serves a startle but quickly snaps back to rescue as the grim riffs enclose. Next we jump to ‘Et dyr tok min hud’, which is a great title leaping directly into infernal black metal with a much more active riff than the previous […]