Rating: 4.5/5
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Shining’s “Live Blackjazz” showcases expert live fusion of the two genres Norwegians are best at—free jazz & black metal—and is a brilliant look at what music can do in this next decade.

Hear about commonalities with recent tourmates, details on the robbery that almost kept them from doing those tours, his black metal project Djevel, singing/recording in Norwegian, and Erland’s offer to let me punch him in the face should they ever use predominantly English lyrics.

At least there’s *some* justice in the world, as Kvelertak breaches the European boundaries, carrying their chaos across the Atlantic into America.

Rating: 5/5
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Enslaved keeps on exploring their boundaries and are eclipsing the black metal subgenre with “Axioma Ethica Odini”. This time they’ve reached a pinnacle of heavy music; the Norwegian band has released one of the strongest contenders for 2010 Album of the Year!

Rating: 4/5

Stranglehold. The Norwegian death rock band Kvelertak give the listener the proper feel for their music with their name and self-titled debut album. The band borrows the explosive energy from underground hardcore, the riffs from 21st century metal and the chorus anthems from hard rock.

Rating : 3.5/5

“Universal” is the latest and greatest in progressive metal and an epic failure in Black Metal.

Norwegian black metal titans 1349 have announced the title and release date of their new album. The album, entitled “Demonoir,” will be released by Indie Recordings throughout Europe on April 26, and by Prosthetic Records in North America on April 27.

If it’s a return to form following the disappointing “Revelations of the Black Flame”, then I’m interested.

Black metal supergroup’s debut, “The Underworld Regime”, impacts April 13!

Sarke has emerged from behind the drums, and stands as a promising new voice in Norwegian Black Metal.