The prominence of black metal has garnered a considerable amount of relative mainstream respect within Norway. It's not uncommon for bands of this ilk to receive a Spellemann award (equivalent of ...

10. Darkthrone It's hard to believe that one of the leading Norwegian black metal bands in the '90s such as Darkthrone actually got its start in death metal, but it did, and the band didn't make ...

Norwegian metal band Sundrowned named their debut album Become Ethereal, and between that and the aesthetic of the artwork (see above), you can probably guess that is not exactly metal at its most ...

Norwegian black metal done right is a "NunFuckRitual." Once you get a taste of it, you will never want to go back to vanilla mainstream music again. Most of us metalheads are guilty of spending ...

Since its church burning scandals rocked Norway in the early 1990s, Norwegian black metal has provided many artists a conceptual angle into interrogating contemporary notions of postmodernity ...

Many people who have seen us perform tell us it feels like we scream not just one woman’s scream, but every woman’s scream,” ...

Norwegian black-meets-thrash metal band Sarke has sadly called it a day. Sarke existed between 2008 and 2025, and released eight albums – Endo Feight in 2024 being their final effort.

Anthrax bassist Frank Bello will play with Satyricon during their upcoming European tour. The Norwegian black metal heavyweights are about to play their first tour in five years – starting at ...

The Norwegian band’s early years were punctuated by headlines about death and church burnings. It went on to become a beacon of experimentation in the genre. Mayhem, from left: Hellhammer (Jan ...