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Taake (5/4/25, The Underworld, London, England, UK)

Another evening of black metal at the Underworld on Saturday, with yet another Norwegian act headlining the bill, this time, the controversial Taake, marking the 20th anniversary of their third album, Hordalands doedskvad (Death Poems of Hordaland), or Doedskvad for … Continue reading

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Carpathian Forest (20/3/25, The Underworld, London, England, UK)

Last Thursday night was a black-metal triple bill down at the Underworld, with Norwegian notables Carpathian Forest, last seen by me at last year’s Incineration Fest, returned to the Big Smoke for a fully fledged headline show, bringing along London-based … Continue reading

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Black Occult Fest 2025 (2/3/25 New Cross Inn, London, England, UK)

Sunday’s outing was something rather special: an indoor festival down sarf London way featuring bands of varying but adjacent genres, namely noise, power electronics, neofolk, and my main draw, black metal. In short, a combo of familiar  sounds (and faces) … Continue reading

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Deathfiend and Vultur (22/2/25, Helgi’s, London, England, UK)

After the semi-disaster that was the previous night’s Manson gig, Saturday night’s visit to Helgi’s was just the redress I needed. Having missed them on their first visit to the capital in June due to gig clashes, I made a … Continue reading

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Dark Funeral (7/1/25, O2 Academy Islington, London, England, UK)

Last Tuesday night at the Islington Academy felt like stepping into a Black Mass on account of Swedish black-metal infernalists Dark Funeral occupying the joint as part of their winter Let the Devil In tour. They did a good job … Continue reading

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Kanonenfieber (26/11/24, The Dome, London, England, UK)

Another year older and ornerior, but my birthday night-out on Tuesday left me feeling anything but the latter for a few hours, thanks to the enigmatic and prolific German metal maestro Noise bringing Kanonenfieber, his World War I–themed blackened-death project, … Continue reading

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