Folkstorm – Dödsabnorm (Vinyl, LP)Label: Old Europa Cafe – OELP 035Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited EditionCountry: ItalyReleased: 2021Style: Industrial Limited to 100 copies. Folkstorm started out as a martial industrial project of Henrik Nordvargr Björkk in 1999. Over the years it has progressed into a more refined beast, mixing punkish rhythmic noise with aggressive vocals. «Only a year after the «Nihil Total» album Folkstorm returns stronger than ever with an album of suffocating and death-infused ortodox industrial.Recorded using only 70´s circuitry and lots of metallic percussion Nordvargr has created a dense atmosphere that is dark and threatening as well as hypnotic.»creditsRecorded September 2020 in Studio Nar MattaruAll music by Henrik Nordvargr…
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Nordvargr – The Secret Barbarous Names
Nordvargr – The Secret Barbarous NamesLabel: Malignant Records – TUMORCD102Format: CD, EP, ReissueCountry: USReleased: 20 Jan 2017Style: Dark Ambient Active since the late ‘80s as a member of MZ.412 and Pouppée Fabrikk, few names within the realm of dark industrial and blackened ambient carry more weight and presence than Sweden’s mighty Nordvargr. Though side projects Muskel and Körperwelten have been released on Malignant, The Secret Barbarous Names is the first solo recording done for the label, and Nordvargr’s first physical release since 2013’s The Dromopoda Transmissions on Old Europa Café. A vocal based work inspired by the Draconian and Typhonian traditions, the title refers to the hidden meanings of the…
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Kongo – Blubber
Kongo – BlubberLabel: Ur Muzik – UR010Format: CD, AlbumCountry: PolandReleased: 22 Dec 2016Style: Industrial, Experimental Henrik Nordvargr Björkk and Peter Nyström are both well known figures in the realm of dark soundscapes. They have been providing their obscure sonorities for decades now and each new release by either of the two legendary artists is an awaited treat. With their new project KONGO, Björkk and Nyström set off on a journey where they delve deep into early industrial music: using cut-up technique, processing speech samples, looping distorted melodies and making Blubber the ultimate homage to Severed Heads and Cabaret Voltaire’s works. It’s hectic, obsessive, and crazy. And it’s got that punk…
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MZ. 412 – In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi Excelsi
MZ. 412 – In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi ExcelsiLabel: Cold Spring – CSR136CDFormat: CD, Album, Reissue, RemasteredCountry: UKReleased: Oct 2010Style: Dark Ambient, Experimental, Industrial, Power Electronics First of 5 albums in the MZ. 412 reissue series, with a new album planned for next year. 1995 bore witness to the resurrection of nefarious Swedish horde MZ. 412 (previously manifest as Maschinenzimmer 412) – Nordvargr, Drakh, Ulvtharm and Shaitan. This ground-breaking, genre-defining album saw the inventors of «Black Industrial» blur the boundaries between Black Metal, Ritual Industrial, Dark Ambient and Power Noise. «In Nomine…» captures the darkest sides of Satanism, death and ritual sacrifice. An enduring, blasphemous statement of True Swedish…
