Thursday, February 24, 2011

Isvind

Isvind were another early Norwegian Black Metal band. They formed in 1992 and quickly started releasing very limited tapes. The second of these was called Nivelheimen. This is a classic example of Norwegian Blackness circa early '90s. The guitar sounds, the coldness, the Norwegain lyrics, all conspire to create an atmosphere of Scandi-teen communion with nature and Tascam Portastudios. Another grainy aural snapshot of a specific time and place. Spend a half an hour in the frozen woodlands of Isvind's imagination.


5 comments:

  1. Heard 'Dark Waters Stir' but not this one. Ta!

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  2. Isvind were great, especially on the "Dark waters stir" record. I got to see them live when they played a rare show in 2003, which was pretty nice! Managed to shoot a picture of them also, which is something you will not see every day. Check it out on Flickr.

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  3. Nice. Dark waters Stir was one of my favourite BM albums for a long time and still gets regular spins. Cheers for this man.

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  4. killer demo! wish I could find an actual copy of this somewhere, someday. ive only ever been able to locate the Dark Waters Styr tape over the years

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  5. Killer kvilt! I love the way the drummer completely looses time on the third track. Imagine friggin metallica doing that

    -the anonymous jew

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