KVAEN - The Formless Fires CD death DOUBLE LP - BLACK VINYL

DOUBLE LP - BLACK VINYL - NAPALM RECORDS 2023

including eight :BOLVERK: originals and a stunning cover of Jonas Fjeld's "The Bells are Ringing for You Now

wicked melodies slither in and out of slow to mid-paced and faster compositions where nothing is forced or superfluous

Hammering and hideous yet nevertheless invoking a clarity that never castrates their attack

whilst Fenriz gave the honour to notable members of the Norwegian metal scene: Garm from Ulver

KVAEN - The Formless Fires CD death DOUBLE LP - BLACK VINYLThere have been many great extreme metal bands from Sweden, but only one from Kalix. This remote beauty spot near the Finnish border, on the northernmost shores of the Baltic, is home to Jacob Bjrnfot, creative mastermind behind Kvaen (named after the folk who populated the area in the Viking era). Kvaens third album "The Formless Fires" is a sumptuous but bitingly intense exploration of beauty and violence, a melodic Black Metal masterwork radiating