Marblebog vs. Hexenwood

Two Black Metal entities, Marblebog, represented here by a frog, and Hexenwood, represented by an Owl go toe-to-toe for Hungarian Black Metal supremacy. Marblebog you may know, the the brilliant one-man band has been featured on the Hearse before and has gained quite a name internationally. What sets Hexenwood apart from the scores of other Black Metal bands is the fact that they are a family. I don't mean they are a tight-knit group that supports one another through troubling times, I mean they are literally a family as well as a kvlt Black Metal band. Like a Satanic Partridge Family or Jackson 5, even little five-year-old Yrys Hexenwood (they all share this surname like The Ramones) is in on the act. Sure it's a great gimmick, but is the music any good? Well, honestly it's nothing all that special, Marblebog definitely comes out on top on this very limited split 7". Generally I don't like to post stuff in the same year it was released but this thing is already out of print, and motherfucker, you didn't get one.

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Silence Dawning

Csendhajnal is the first full-length from the Hungarian Black Metal band Marblebog. The strength of this one-man entity is the lush hypnotic trudge reminiscent of Burzum. This was released on cassette in 2004 and reissued in 2006 on CD. When I first heard Marblebog, my waning interest in Black Metal was rekindled. Dim the lights, pour yourself a cask of wine and let the depressing layers of Csendhajnal wash over your tortured soul.

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