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    The feral wisdom by Wormlust Here is some particularly demented black metal hailing from Reykjavík, Iceland. With The Feral Wisdom, Wormlust has created a swirling barrage of epic, extreme compositions that was presumably conceived and recorded during the most intense peyote trip ever undergone by a group of Icelandic black

  • Recently, Icelandic folktronica outfit, múm, debuted a new 7″ single, “Toothwheels,” taken from its forthcoming album, Smilewound, out wordwide September 6th on Morr Music. The song is accompanied by a skittering, dimly lit music video that perfectly complements the song’s cold, glitchy beat. In a press release, múm stated

  • 2012

    A strong, passionate track from the new Defense Family 7″, which was recorded in Iceland at a studio owned by Sigur Ros, and the session was even engineered by the band’s frontman, Jón Þór Birgisson. Now the song itself delivers SDF’s usual combo of loud guitars with a

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    To everyone’s excitement yesterday, including mine, Sigur Ros dropped a release date for a new album along with a track from said album. The LP’s title is Valtari, and it’s looking at a May release. The teaser track, “Ekki Múkk,” is contained in the video above, and

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    Icelandic metal band Sólstafir released a new two-disc record titled Svartir Sandar on Seasons of Mist two weeks ago, and I can’t believe I almost missed it. They’ve got a really heavy and open atmosphere surrounding their music. The tunes here really build slowly and subtly, and I’