Skálmöld have been Iceland’s kings of viking metal for about 15 years now. Their talent wasn’t immediately recognized at home, however – no local labels showed interest in putting out their debut album, Baldur. Instead they had to look to an even smaller market to find a label, signing on with Tutl in the Faroe […]
Category: Metal
Morpholith – “Dystopian Distributions of Mass Produced Narcotics” (2024)
There used to be a time when I felt like I was more or less on top of what was happening in the Icelandic music scene. Now look, I’m not delusional – I don’t live there, so there’s only so much I can do to stay up to speed, but we do have the internet, […]
Godchilla – “Psionic Dreams” (2025)
Godchillar are OGs of the Icelandic music scene. Their first album, COSMATOS, came out a decade ago, and they got a cool write-up by VICE a year later in 2016, back when VICE was both still relevant and tuned into the underground. I know I caught them live at least once during a past Iceland […]
Black Sabbath – “Death Riders – Their Satanic Majesties Return” (1980)
For whatever reason I came back from New York City with a couple of unofficial Black Sabbath records. It’s not that I dislike Sabbath – in fact I like them very much. But I’m far from being a superfan, and most of my listening is confined to their first two albums. But that didn’t stop […]
Black Sabbath – “Black Sabbath” (1990)
I try to make a point of only buying physical music that I intend on playing at least once. But… sometimes something very interesting comes along and, well, I buy it even though I have no intention of actually playing it. I just can’t help myself (fact check –> I’m perfectly capable of not making […]