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Taake – New Video
With the MCD “Kveld” released in April as a taster for the band’s fifth full-length album “Noregs Vaapen”, and with the album itself hitting the streets on DARK ESSENCE RECORDS on the 20th September in...
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Taake –“Noregs Vaapen”
I love this album, but I also hate it. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been trying to put together my “Top 10 Albums of 2011″ list. Now, I know it’s not the end of the year yet… and I know my list...
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Taake and Byfrost @ The Underworld, Camden (19 October 2011)
I go to a lot of gigs, but there are few that I have looked forward to as much as this one. Afterall, I’d been blown away by Byfrost at Bloodstock in August (check out an interview with the band here)...
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SHINING’S NIKLAS KVARFORTH TO APPEAR AT BENEFIT CONCERT FOR SLAVIA FRONTMAN
SHINING’s NIKLAS KVARFORTH has joined the list of musicians and bands who will appear at a special Benefit Concert for SLAVIA founder and front man JONAS R. CHRISTIANSEN (ex-DISIPLIN) who is suffering...
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VULTURE INDUSTRIES: TWO SPECIAL SHOWS…
I post this as a supreme amount of jealousy courses through my veins… if only these shows were in the UK… or if I could get to Slovenia or Hungary! VULTURE INDUSTRIES will play two shows in February,...
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Freebie of the Week: Taake
In case you’re not familiar with the concept of “Freebie of the Week”, here’s a brief explanation… Each week I go on a little hunt through the vast wastelands of the Internet in search of FREE and...
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TAAKE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF TRUE NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL WITH DOUBLE ALBUM...
Having started the band way back in 1993, main man Hoest will celebrate 20 years of staying true to his musical identity by releasing a 20-song, 2 CD collection of TAAKE rarities. The anniversary album...
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Taake –“Gravkamre, Kroner og Troner”
I face a bit of a dilemma with this release (and all compilations, best ofs and others of that ilk). What am I reviewing here? Am I reviewing the music? This seems a little strange, as I’d prefer to...
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TAAKE, AETERNUS AND SLEGEST SET TO TOUR TOGETHER IN MAY
The word “excited” doesn’t quite cover how I feel about this… DARK ESSENCE RECORDS will field three of its bands for a ten-date European tour in May. Along for what promises to be an epic programme of...
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Lou’s Best of 2014 List
The year is quickly drawing to a close, so it seemed only fitting that I should put together one of these lists. An impressive amount of decent metal has been released this year, so whittling it down...
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