Vredehammer – God Slayer (Indie Recordings)

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One of the best offers of current Norwegian scene is back.

Call them black metal or extreme metal, the fact is that Vredehammer managed to record a classic and all totally done by the hands of Per Valla and nobody else. Normally albums like that has a bit of monotony not the case here. (PS: all drums are managed by Nils “Dominator” Fjellström)

For example, the killer From The Abyss sends flak all around and with black metal riffs that will send chills down your spine with the accuracy of a band that is getting bigger and better by the day.

Another example of that is the military beginning of The Joker that somewhat resounds like Enslaved (don’t ask me why) with hard bits of thrash metal and fastest black metal at the same time, making this piece very solid and aggressive.

The title track has bona fide thrash metal riffs with the black metal velocity (you may think it is the same of the aforementioned song but it is not. For example, fans of Immortal will love this one, and as almost always say I’m not trying to mean Vredehhamer are imitating his pals, just that is for the fans of… if you know what I mean.

Now The Dragons Burn is pure black metal even if Per Valla calls his sound otherwise. Impossible to not notice that! This song has the drive and force to attack in any direction with a forceful drumming that is very headbanging. The best song of the album. Maybe. Fans of Sarke will love this one.

Fastness, hate and desolation can be found in the track Blood of Wolves (one of the most interesting in the album due to some elements strange to black metal), over again showing that Per Valla is the lord of the riffs while in the track Death Becomes The New Day, the now-one-man-band, sounds a little bit spatial with castigating drumming and pure mystical riffs and a heaviness not encountered everyday in the extreme metal scene. A little classic.

Coming by the final of this magistral album enters the song Product Human Slave that definitely escapes the black metal formula without losing the cohesive factor of the disc, that is to say the band don’t deviate the path whilst Obliterator also follows almost the same path never losing the verve and making this one a great surprise of the year.

For those who were waiting, it was worth it. For those who not, even better, because a good surprise is something people aren’t getting nowadays. Listen until your ears bleed.

God Slayer is out on May 24^th on Indie Recordings.

Rating: 9/10

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Roderick Blutrache

Prophecy Production, announce the coming back of Trelldom still in 2024.

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The band will record their fourth album this year!

Prophecy Production just have announced they signed with Trelldom for their so waited fourth album, the successor of the Til minne… which was released 17 years ago (2007). Trelldom was formed by Gaahl back in 1992 and it has 3 albums (so far) and a demo under their belts.

Says Prophecy Records:

“Welcome to the Prophecy family, Trelldom! The Norwegian cult black metal act have inked their signatures under a multi-album contract with Prophecy Productions and will release their fourth full-length and long-awaited successor to “Til minne…” (2007) via the label this year.

“Working with an outstanding artist such as the Norwegian vocalist Gaahl and his legendary band Trelldom is both a privilege and an obligation to get everything exactly right”, the label’s founder Martin Koller declares. “We are all thrilled to welcome Trelldom to our roster, and it is no exaggeration when I mention that we have many die-hard fans in this company.”

“It is important to find the right collaboration partners as well as someone who respects and partly understands what we want to convey at all times, which Martin and the people in his company do – art must always come first!”, guitarist Stian Kårstad emphatically stresses. “Therefore, as Trelldom we are very much looking forward to continuing our journey with Prophecy Productions.”

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Roderick Blutrache