’Rating: 7.5/10 Release: 31 May 2024 Label: Black Lodge Records Wormwood is a Swedish melodic black metal band and The Star is their fifth album. I love melo-death and its genre brethren, and this has all the hallmarks: atmosphere, distorted guitars and vocals, and that instantly-recognizable syncopated drum beat. Wormwood’s … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 27 August 2021 Label: Black Lodge Records “Another day, another Swedish Black Metal band” you might think to yourself and I would partially agree but as all things subjective, this is equally a welcomed and rejected perspective to which I’ll simply assume you’re moving forward with the … Continue reading →
From the moment I woke up on Saturday 24th August, the omens were good for the inaugural Månegarm Open Air festival, held in the headliner’s hometown of Norrtälje in Sweden and with a lineup featuring a veritable who’s who of Swedish Folk Metal. The sun was shining on an unseasonably warm day and … Continue reading →
Rating: 10/10 Release: 26 July 2019 Label: Black Lodge Records If you have heard Wormwood’s brilliant debut album, Ghostlands, and are expecting more of the same, Nattarvet is going to be a very pleasant surprise indeed. Whilst the band’s core sound hasn’t changed dramatically, it has noticeably evolved and the … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 10 March 2017 Label: Non Serviam records As I have stated previously, I am always surprised at some of the music we receive at the site for review. Seeing as how I may be the resident black metal expert then the new debut album by Sweden’s Wormwood … Continue reading →
