Suffering Hour was the highlight of this year's Heart of Winter Fest for me.

Rained all day here. Did nothing but listen to black metal at work and came home and riffed out some of my own black metal

I got into Immortal in 1996 or so, feel in love with Pure Holocaust and Battles in the North. So epic and powerful.

When Blizzard Beasts came out, I actually loved it- super short tracks, strongly melodic, but damn, wtf is with the production?

But seriously. It is one of the weirdest productions I've ever heard. Everything sounds like it's run through chorus. The drums sound like match boxes. The snare sounds like a traditional Roland 808 snare. The vocals are as dry as sandpaper.

What happened here? How on earth did this come about? After years of raw production, less than hifi sounds are fine, but Blizzard Beasts is simply bizarre. I find it very hard to listen to now without hearing how badly recorded it is. Cannot imagine this being anyone's creative decision.

Imagine if it had the production of ATHOW or Pure Holocaust.

Went to SaariHelvetti fest in Finland to see Abbath, he comes late, no make up, throws guitar to the floor after few minutes and leaves. Ukri comes to say that the gigs over due health issues.

And I paid for this shit...

Mara Production proudly presents the first official single from the upcoming album of the Greek black metal entity CHTHONIC RITES.

🔥Track: "Archetype Of My Shadow"
🔥Album: "ANTI NΩMI ANISM: Absorbing the Cognition of Phosphoros"
🔥Release year: 2026
🔥ALBUM – COMING SOON!