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Track: Minneriket Shares The Stark And Beautiful Track – Hjemlengsel

Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Stein Akslen new project Minneriket draws on influences as various as punk, goth and classical with the intensity of the early Norwegian black metal, to create deeply moving and intresting pieces…

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ALBUM REVIEW – POM POKO – CHEATER.

Pom Poko were first brought to Backseat Mafia’s attention early last year when they released their single “Praise” from their debut album Birthday released in 2019. Since then, they’ve been…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Susanna – ‘Baudelaire & Piano’: recasting the poet in solo dusk

TWO things to note from the off about the Norwegian chanteuse fatale born Susanna Karolina Wallumrød: firstly, she is both a deep appreciator and fashioner of the arts – no…

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See: Enslaved share psychedelic video for new track Urjotun

Norway’s progressive black metallers Enslaved have today released third single ‘Urjotun’ from their upcoming studio album ‘Utgard’ due 2nd October via Nuclear Blast. Vocalist Grutle Kjellson commented:“The lyrical idea for Urjotun had been spinning around in the chaos in…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Siv Jakobsen – ‘A Temporary Soothing’: fashioning a gem of folk delicacy from the lived experience

SIV JAKOBSEN, who grew up on the south-western edge of the wider Oslo conurbation, is a folk artist who is really is singing from the heart. Hailing from the fjordside…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Jaga Jazzist – ‘Pyramid’: graceful, off-world jazz suites remind us how 2020 should be

JAZZ is back in a big way on these shores, with The Comet is Coming, BCUK, Nubia Garcia all absolutely tearing it up with triumphant, high-profile shows – at least…

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Premiere: Beezewax – Mom and Dad

Beezewax have been pillars of the Norwegian indie scene for over a decade, fading in and out of the scene, as bands do from time to time, but providing consistently…

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See: Fight the Fight release new video for ‘Pacemaker’

Norwegian alt-metal quartet Fight The Fight have released their new single ‘Pacemaker’, taken from their second album ‘Deliverance’. In the words of the band: “In Christianity, deliverance ministry refers to the activity of cleansing…

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EP: Remington Super 60 – Indie pop for kids vol. 1

Like a Norwegian happy pill, Remington Super 60 are back with a new release titled Indie pop for kids vol.1. Its joyful, bouncy and almost childish in the way that…

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Album Review: Stina Stjern – Kap Herschell

Norwegian artist, Stina Stjern, has just released a gorgeous album entitled ‘Kap Herschell’ that is an enigmatic, haunting masterpiece that seems to capture the Arctic chill of the north while…

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