Last year’s 25th anniversary of Øya Festival was a big one, but this year’s edition was a stormer. Headliners included Charli ...

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 hours ...

Here are the 11 best Norwegian black metal albums released from 2000 to 2009! Many experts agree that Norwegian bands truly defined black metal during the movement’s second wave. With Darkthrone’s A ...

This is the second U.S. tour for the six-member band. Most of the band’s lyrics are in Norwegian, but some have been translated to English. The band name, Tidlos, means “timeless” in English, ...

The lilting intro to Darling West's "Still Here" is deceptive. As Mari Kreken unwinds a tail of new love, the song quickly shifts tone -- the story takes a turn, and the music veers into a warm pop ...

Pictured is Attila Csihar of the Norwegian band Mayhem which is known as the darkest band in history. It was founded in 1984 by three Norwegian boys, however after two died, the leader chose new ...

Australian promoters have cancelled a tour by Norwegian black metal band Taake after public pressure over the band’s alleged connections with neo-Nazism. In a short statement released on Facebook a ...

There has always been a sense of intrigue and mystery surrounding the world of black metal. Since the early days of Mayhem—the notorious Norwegian band often credited for catapulting the genre into ...

Late Night TV was hopping last night. Kanye West and Jimmy Kimmel were hashing out their differences over on the latter’s chat show, and Tom Hanks was on The Colbert Report. Things were a little ...

The Grand Parade down Main Street in Austin will have an international flavor on the Fourth of July. Helping Austinites celebrate Independence Day will be the Tranby School Band from Norway. The group ...

Yoik master John Andre Eira vocalises sounds, which would make little sense in isolation, but put together create melodies powerful enough to transport the listeners to the northern reaches of Norway, ...