Dayal Patterson

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10 essential proto-black metal albums

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Diving back to the birth of black metal and the records that have stood the test of time.

Meshuggah’s Destroy Erase Improve: the tech-metal masterpiece that reinvented noise

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How Meshuggah’s second album Destroy Erase Improve changed the face of extreme metal

A press shot of Darkthrone taken in 2016

Darkthrone's Fenriz: 2016's most surprising metal celebrity?

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We look back at when Darkthrone's Fenriz had fifteen minutes of mainstream fame as a politician and his band continued to confound expectations, not least their own, with 2016's Arctic Thunder

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Hellfire and black metal: The story of 1349

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An exclusive excerpt from Black Metal: Into The Abyss on Norwegian black metallers 1349

Gaahl steps away from his black metal roots in new album GastiR - Ghosts Invited

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The black metal icon takes a turn for the unexpected with the new album from Gaahls Wyrd

Why Behemoth’s The Satanist is the greatest extreme metal album of the 21st century

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Behemoth's masterpiece not only marked Nergal's return from the brink, it served as extreme metal's crowning achievement

Mayhem – Grand Declaration Of War

Mayhem: Grand Declaration Of War (2018) album review

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Black metal pioneers Mayhem bring their most contentious album back from the cold

Rotting Christ: Their journey from anarchist punks to black metal pioneers

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The story of Rotting Christ's beginnings in the Greek punk scene, taken from Dayal Patterson's new book Non Serviam: The Official Story Of Rotting Christ

Gorgoroth singer Gaahl

The 40 best black metal albums ever

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We celebrate over three decades of extreme music with an epic count down of the all-time best black metal albums

Marduk – Viktoria album cover

Marduk – Viktoria album review

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Sweden’s black metal institution Marduk battles through the potshots with Viktoria

Art for Septicflesh/Inquisition/Stalsarg live at Underworld, London

Septicflesh/Inquisition/Stalsarg at Underworld, London - live review

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Black metal titans combine their forces

Cover art for Horizon Ablaze - The Weight Of A Thousand Suns album

Horizon Ablaze - The Weight Of A Thousand Suns album review

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Norwegian BM collective fail to match adventure to their ambition

Cover art for Drudkh - They Often See Dreams About The Spring album

Drudkh - They Often See Dreams About The Spring album review

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East Europe’s enigmatic BM pioneers ramp up the aggression

Cover art for Ataraxy - Where All Hope Fades album

Ataraxy - Where All Hope Fades album review

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Doom-laden death metallers pile on some emotional weight

Art for Resurrections - Unearthing the latest extreme reissues

Resurrections - Unearthing the latest extreme reissues

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Extreme reissues roundup

Cover art for Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed album

Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed album review

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Deathly, doomy Finns turn up the drama

Cover art for Faal - Desolate Grief album

Faal - Desolate Grief album review

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Dutch miserablists continue to plough their funereal furrow

Cover art for Crucifyre - Post Vulcanic Black

Crucifyre - Post Vulcanic Black album review

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Swedish supergroup offer an inconsistentold-school tribute

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Quicksand at Islington Academy, London - live review

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The Gospel - live

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Master/Dehuman/Damim at The Lounge, London - live review

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The Gospel - Live

Cover art for Nekrasov - The Mirror Void album

Nekrasov - The Mirror Void album reviews

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Challenging solo black metal with a dark ambient undertow

Art for Archgoat/Svartidaudi/Bölzer live at Underworld, London

Archgoat/Svartidaudi/Bölzer at Underworld, London - live review

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Finland’s primal force erupts through north London

Cover art for Antiversum - Cosmos Comedenti album

Antiversum - Cosmos Comedenti album review

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Swiss death/black dreamweavers approach the event horizon

Cover art for Urarv - Aurum album

Urarv - Aurum album review

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Norwegian avant-extremity with a fearless black metal pedigree

Cover art for Overoth - The Forgotten Tome album

Overoth - The Forgotten Tome album review

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Irish death metallers scratch a seven-year itch