Nordstjarnans Tidslader - Manegarm

Vargaresa - Manegarm

As Sweden's Månegarm became increasingly successful in the extreme metal field, the amusingly named Displeased Records reissued the band's demo tapes as a collected vinyl and CD, as both a cheap cash-in and present for fans. Unlike the majority of black metal demos, the sound quality here is actually pretty good, and certainly has nothing of the lo-fi bedroom/garage studio hiss about it. What it does have in common with the majority of demos is that the band's sound is comparatively amateur and primitive in these early stages, though it's interesting to see the change in direction between the first four tracks comprising 1996's 'Vargaresa' and the latter songs from 1997's 'Ur ...

Vargaresa - Manegarm

As Sweden's Månegarm became increasingly successful in the extreme metal field, the amusingly named Displeased Records reissued the band's demo tapes as a collected vinyl and CD, as both a cheap cash-in and present for fans. Unlike the majority of black metal demos, the sound quality here is actually pretty good, and certainly has nothing of the lo-fi bedroom/garage studio hiss about it. What it does have in common with the majority of demos is that the band's sound is comparatively amateur and primitive in these early stages, though it's interesting to see the change in direction between the first four tracks comprising 1996's 'Vargaresa' and the latter songs from 1997's 'Ur ...

Urminnes Havd: The Forest Sessions - Manegarm

Just as many women will doubtless be interested in becoming pregnant just to see how their womb works, or just as many men will try to grow a beard at some point out of curiosity, bands such as Sweden's Månegarm who experiment with mixed genres, in their case supplementing black metal with folk elements, will feel the need to prove their credentials at some point in their career in the form of an experimental E.P. 'Urminnes Hävd - The Forest Sessions' is their permissible indulgence into the realm of pure folk, and it's actually pretty good. The problem that some bands encounter when altering their sound is that the music they're playing ends up sounding merely like a cheaper, ...

Urminnes Havd: The Forest Sessions - Manegarm

Just as many women will doubtless be interested in becoming pregnant just to see how their womb works, or just as many men will try to grow a beard at some point out of curiosity, bands such as Sweden's Månegarm who experiment with mixed genres, in their case supplementing black metal with folk elements, will feel the need to prove their credentials at some point in their career in the form of an experimental E.P. 'Urminnes Hävd - The Forest Sessions' is their permissible indulgence into the realm of pure folk, and it's actually pretty good. The problem that some bands encounter when altering their sound is that the music they're playing ends up sounding merely like a cheaper, ...

Dodsfard - Manegarm

Swedish Viking metal band Månegarm really comes into its own with their third album 'Dödsfärd,' retaining the fierce black metal framework of their earlier works, but adding a highly successful melodic folk angle that sees every song transformed from enjoyable black metal into an instantly memorable hit. Harsher and more energetic than the atmospheric Viking metal of Bathory and Moonsorrow, Månegarm's style is distinctive and will likely satisfy fans of either extreme. The cover art is entirely appropriate to these tales of plunder and conquest, but the album still finds time for softer melodic moments, albeit to a lesser extent than their later works. Compared to their ...

Dodsfard - Manegarm

Swedish Viking metal band Månegarm really comes into its own with their third album 'Dödsfärd,' retaining the fierce black metal framework of their earlier works, but adding a highly successful melodic folk angle that sees every song transformed from enjoyable black metal into an instantly memorable hit. Harsher and more energetic than the atmospheric Viking metal of Bathory and Moonsorrow, Månegarm's style is distinctive and will likely satisfy fans of either extreme. The cover art is entirely appropriate to these tales of plunder and conquest, but the album still finds time for softer melodic moments, albeit to a lesser extent than their later works. Compared to their ...