ildjarn - ildjarn CD hxc

ildjarn - ildjarn CD hxcHaving played bass in Thou Shalt Suffer, Vidar Ver was already a seminal figure in the burgeoning Norwegian black metal movement of the early 1990s. After they disbanded, and Ihsahn and Samoth began Emperor, Vidar continued recording in the same shared basement studio, adopting the alias Ildjarn. He self released a series of demos between 1992 and 1994, after which he put out four full length solo albums, as well as two EPs and two ambient albums with

deeper and darker energies lurked within

and the lights go out

with an Atmospheric Black Metal that contrasts evocative melodies and orchestral sounds with more aggressive and raw sections that evolve through the songs

But unlike many bands for which such concepts are mere cosplay fantasy fodder

While working on the album

Split LP between Nihil Invocation & Drug Darkness

the journey has never been easy

Texas’s DEVOURMENT are without question extreme metal’s most brutal purveyor’s of filth

Windswept rises from Wellington

it is done right

The band’s charm

delivering a sonic experience that is as punishing as it is hypnotic