In this new year, I've decided to unleash this new Eternal Artefeacts section to talk about albums that are celebrating their anniversary. It's just a section to honour undying cult releases that have written the history of metal.
For this premiere, I'd like to talk about two Black Metal albums released in January 1995. At this time in history, Black Metal was evolving rapidly and scenes were springing up all over the world. The founding black metal scene of the second wave was, of course, Norway. In January of that year, Dødheimsgard released their first album, Kronet til konge. Marking the debut of the band, who went on to change their style almost radically. Nevermind, Kronet til konge is an album that has earned a place among the cult black metal albums of the 90s, thanks to its dark, oppressive atmosphere and raw production (an undeniable hallmark of black metal at the time). My favourite song on this album is Når vi har dolket Guds hjerte
Now we're heading for France, and more specifically Normandy, where the black metal project founded by Vindsval under the name Blut aus Nord released its debut album, Ultima Thulée, which went on to become a monument of French black metal. The album stood out for its exploration of vast territories, even if this debut album combines all the standard elements of black metal at the time, raw primitive production, dark atmosphere, to create mystical, ocult textures. My favourite song is From Hlidskjalf
Folks, I'm not going to dwell on this, tonight I'm listening to these two albums again, which I consider to be essential in black metal history.
